The advantages of WBYT as a CI teaching skill (over the batch of skills we used to have to remember) are great. Instead of having to consciously remember to do all of things listed below in class, which I found impossible given all the other things I have to remember, WBYT allows us to do them automatically. It forces us to:
- go slowly.
- teach to the eyes.
- create mental space in the kids’ minds that allows them to understand at a much higher level.
- repeat less, w no need for circling, because they get it the first time.
- stay in bounds because we are so focused on making certain that our students understand.