Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: What techniques do you use to keep students actively involved during a lesson? If you are asked this question in a job interview for a teaching position: What are some things you should avoid when responding to this question? What might be some important points to stress that would get the interviewer's attention? How would you respond to this question? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) The key to keeping students actively involved in a lesson is maintaining a tight instructional framework. A basic framework includes an opening, mini-lesson, activity, and closing. In my experience, students waiver from instruction in transition. One way to manage time in transition is by using a visual stop watch. I display one on my projector and give students approximately 30 seconds between transition.