Experts respond to classroom events predictively and proactively via precursor detection, while novices are either unaware or reactively aware¶

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q2 i? Experts' elaborate scripts enable predictive/proactive responses based on perceiving precursors before events escalate, whereas novices either ignore events they cannot interpret or react to overt disruptions. → Charlotte E. Wolff 2020

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Charlotte E. Wolff 2020¶

Charlotte E. Wolff, Halszka Jarodzka, Henny P.A. Boshuizen. (2020). Classroom Management Scripts: a Theoretical Model Contrasting Expert and Novice Teachers' Knowledge and Awareness of Classroom Events. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-020-09542-0

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The article's theoretical analysis of decisions to act distinguishes predictive responses (rapid detection of nuanced contextualized cues allowing proactive prevention) from reactive responses to already problematic events. Novices' decisional options are more limited: they may overlook information experts account for, or react to overt problems.

"A predictive response is based on the perception of precursors, i.e., the signals perceived before an event has escalated into a full-blown disruptive situation demanding the full attention and resources of the teacher"

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