Momentum

Moves that would help in keeping a good Momentum

The concept of Momentum pertains to the smooth, ongoing flow of events in the classroom (Kounin, 1970). Teaching is full of pitfalls (problems) to momentum. When these pitfalls occur, students' concentration is broken, and they are distracted from or prevented from becoming involved in learning activities.

Moves that would help in keeping a good Momentum:

Provisioning

It means that having things ready to go- the space and the materials.With adequate provisioning, the teacher does not call a group of students together and then leave them for a minute to fetch something needed for the lesson from the closet.

Overlapping

It is the ability to manage two or more parallel events simultaneously with evidence of attention to both.and withitness is being able to be in charge all the time, the senses should be alert at all times all over the place.

Fillers

It means having a box of activities handy for use in case that the teacher has spare time, this helps occupy free time to avoid disasters.

Giving Notice Before Transitions

Momentum can be broken if students are not prepared for transitions (Arlin, 1979), for example, if they are abruptly directed to cease one activity and begin another without time to come to some satisfactory closure in what they are doing.Teachers anticipate and soften these transition by giving students advance notice of when a transition is coming so they can get ready for it.