Automaticity is the ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low-level details required, allowing it to become an automatic response pattern or habit. It is usually the result of learning, repetition, and practice.
Some examples of automaticity would be riding a bike or driving a car, things that we are able to do without thinking about it. This is the point we want our students to reach through direct instruction. Teachers will first break a new subject up into sub skills, bridging new knowledge to old. The next step would be to present lots of examples and then to model. Finally, providing prompts and cues and lots of repetition and practice, the student will hopefully reach automaticity with that new subject.
No comments:
Post a Comment