When a student is actively engaged in your lesson, he or she pays attention.
That may sound simple, but it isn’t. Some students look at the teacher, but their minds are actually a million miles away. Paying attention means that students are actually focusing on what is going on in the classroom. It’s important to craft lessons that require students to pay attention to the task at hand. In every lesson or activity, you should provide an opportunity for students to do something. Ask them to create an example, build a model, draw a picture, write notes, or stand up and demonstrate what they have learned.
If you want to read more about this, you can read "Classroom Instruction" by Barbara Blackburn. Sample chapters are available here.
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