Department of Education

Region III
Division of Mabalacat City
What is the meaning of the word explicit?

• very clear and complete

• definite
• Specific
• precise
• fully expressed without vagueness
 ACTIVITY
Directions:
1. Think of the time you learned how to use apps
like FACEBOOK, TWITTER, VIBER, INSTAGRAM,
GOOGLE STORE, GOOGLE FORMS etc.
Focus on the following question:
• Why did you want to learn the use of the
application?
• How did you learn the use of a particular apps?
• How did you know you learned it?
• Which of the learning experiences you
had was the most effective?
 COMPONENTS
EXPLICIT TEACHING

1. Modelling
2. Guided or
directed practice
3. Independent
practice
Gauthier, Bissonnette and Richard (2013)
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 EXPLICIT TEACHING

MODELING
Teacher Behaviors Learner Behaviors
 Initiates  Listens
 Models  Observes
 Explains  Creates an
 Thinks aloud example
 Shows how to based on
do it teacher model
 EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION

Guided Practice
Teacher’s Behaviors
Learner Behaviors
 Demonstrates  Listens
 Leads  Interacts
 Responds  Questions
 Suggests  Collaborates
 Explains  Responds
 Acknowledges  Tries out
 Answers Questions  Participates
 EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION

Independent Practice
Teacher Learner
Behaviors Behaviors
 Scaffolds  Applies
 Validates
 Teaches as learning
needed  Takes charge
 Evaluates  Practices
 Observes
 Encourages  Solves problem
 Clarifies  Approximates
 Confirms  Self-corrects
 Coaches
STRUCTURE OF AN EXPLICIT LESSON
What kind of pupils need explicit
teaching?
Is explicit teaching applicable to
fast learners?
Shall we say that explicit teaching
is another word for
“spoon feeding” ?
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Remember:

• Modeling (I Do)
• Guided Practice (We Do)
• Independent Practice
(You Do)

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 Lesson Plan
I. Objective(s)
II. Subject Matter/ Selection/Materials
III. Procedure
a. Introduction/Preparation
(Opening up)
b. Teaching/Modeling (Teaching it)
c. Guided Practice (Teaching it)
d. Independent Practice (Guiding it)
IV. Evaluation (Closing it up)
V. Assignment/ Agreement (Closing it up)
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• Explicit instruction is skill based,
but pupils are active participants in
the learning

• Pupils are cognitively engaged

throughout the learning encounter.

• Explicit instructions is holistic.

• Explicit instructions is skill and drill.

• Explicit Instruction integrates smaller

learning units into meaningful wholes

• Explicit Instruction is developmentally

appropriate.
• Explicit Instruction teaches basic
skills in isolation from meaningful
contexts.

• The teacher constantly monitors

understanding to make sure students are
deriving meaning from instruction.

• Explicit Instruction is “one size fits all”.

• Explicit Instruction is used in
diverse contexts and curricular
areas.

•Explicit Instruction is for

basic skills only.

•Explicit Instruction is all

teacher directed
out
.

How well you teach =

How well they learn

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