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By choosing the One teach, one observe method One teacher can instruct the lesson, while the other can examine classroom behavior, gather student data, and write down student's questions This data enables the teachers to go back and review instructional decisions, their student's ability to pay attention, participate, and independent work threshold In Station Teaching, Students are divided into three groups. The first two include a teacher facilitating instruction, while the third station allows students to complete a project or an activity reviewing content. There is no need for the third group if the students within that group are unable to work independently. During class, students from each station switch to a different lesson determined by the teachers ahead of time Parallel Teaching, exemplifies the idea of divide and conquer Each teacher instructs half of the class enabling every student to have twice as many opportunities to participate and remain engaged. Being that students learn in various ways, i.e visual, auditory, each teacher can present information based on student interests and skill levels Team teaching, or Teaming is a viable option for teachers who want to share leadership roles and be equally engaged in class instructional activities. Within this option of co-teaching both teachers can be creative in lesson instruction through role-play or demonstration. Most teachers feel this to be the most energizing of the methods, though it relies heavily on instructor compatibility A method in which seems to be most beneficial when instructing students who may benefit from preteaching, is called Alternative Teaching Although this has been traditionally the practice when used for remediation, to rely too heavily on just this one method, undermines the idea and objective of inclusion within the classroom. Therefore this may be used to break the ice for shy, struggling, or ELL students. Alternatively the group be used for enrichment and can include high-achieving students or students for which the particular subject of the lesson interests most One Teaching, One Assist, is a co-teaching method that enables one teacher to instruct, while the other is quietly assisting individual students. When using this particular model, both teachers must be careful not to rely so heavily on the approach because it can create a dependance of a students need for extra help that may not always be readily available. Additionally, the "assisting" educator can be perceived as not having a legitimate role in the class |