ABSTRACT
The ultimate goal of every classroom moment is to have what some call “Every-Student-Response” (ESR) and others “the engaged classroom.” In order for the teacher or others to gauge this condition, it is useful to answer three questions. These are as follows:
To what extent is each student engaged/focused?
What percentage of the class is engaged at a given moment?
How worthwhile is the activity at hand?
The first question can only be properly addressed when all the modalities of learning are considered. These are visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile. When a fifth factor is added, relevance, the best acronym is The VAKTR factor (also mentioned in Section I, Idea 22, “Hear It”). This question asks how much of the whole person is involved.