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* GREEN means “I understand fully. I’m okay without help. I feel I have progressed a lot.” | * GREEN means “I understand fully. I’m okay without help. I feel I have progressed a lot.” | ||
'''Use of Traffic Lights in the classroom:''' | |||
* While the teachers are teaching, they can ask students to hold up the Lights to assess if she should proceed to the next topic or not. | |||
* Students can voluntarily show a Light indicating their current level of understanding. They can change the light several times during a single lesson. In this way, the student can bring their understanding to the teacher's notice without disturbing other classmates or flow of the lesson. Teacher can address the student at an appropriate time. | |||
* While working independently, students can display their light on the table to indicate that they need help. Teacher can visit the student to provide assistance. | |||
Eventually students are expected to independently use the Traffic Lights without teacher's instruction to do so. The Traffic Lights should become a silent way of communicating in the class. | |||
Traffic Lights also reduce student's physical stress of standing in queues or raising their hands while waiting for teacher's attention. | |||
There can be various ways of making Traffic Lights depending on the availability of materials. Some suggestions of different materials are: | There can be various ways of making Traffic Lights depending on the availability of materials. Some suggestions of different materials are: | ||
* coloured paper (red, orange, green) such as charts, paper from old magazines etc. | * coloured paper (red, orange, green) such as charts, paper from old magazines etc. | ||
