Non-verbal Cues, Examples and Observation Shedule

1. Skill of Silence and
Non-verbal cues
M.Vijayalakshmi
Assistant Professor

2. • Silence means Pause
• Teacher remains silent without speaking
anything
• Nonverbal Cues includes those behaviours
that convey meaning without words
Smiles
Facial expressions
Gestures
Body movements
Head movements

3. Silence - Example - 1
• Silence –
Effective tool – make pupil’s
participation
• Pause – twofold function –
It provides a discussion atmosphere
It eventually helps pupils in learning and
to organize a more complete answer

4. Silence - Example - 2
• Silence –
After introductory statement
• Stimulates pupils to think about
what the teacher has just said

5. Silence - Example - 3
• After a question from a pupil,
silence indicates -
• Teacher is considering the question
• After a momentary Pause – teacher
answers the question or redirects it
to another pupil

6. Silence - Example - 4
• Teachers asks a question and
immediately, without giving
time to the whole class to
think, accepts the answer of
the pupil sitting on the first
bench

7. Silence - Example - 5
•Teacher uses silence to -
•Encourage the pupil to
respond correctly

8. Silence - Example - 6
• Teacher uses silence twice after
the initial answer –
• To inform the pupil that he is on
the right track, and should
elaborate his answer

9. Silence - Example - 7
• Teacher asked a question and observed
the silence
• Followed by a pupil response
• Again, teacher asks a question
• Followed by a verbal prompt –
• To stimulate thinking and formulate
complete and well-worded answer

10. Verbal Prompts
• Consist of phrases –
Please think over your answer
carefully
When I call on you, I want a
complete answer

12. Example - 8
• Teacher uses
Longer silence along with hand
gestures and pre-verbal prompts
Smiles, nods his head and gives a
short pause and points to another
pupil
Points to next pupil

14. Example – 9
Non-verbal cues• Teacher –
o Looks at all the pupils, uses silence for a
few seconds
o Gives smiles
o Says “think it over”
o Nods his head
o Points to pupil
o Smiles, nodding his head, hand gestures,
going near pupil, puts the question
o Tilts his head

15. Example - 10
• Pupil are ready to answer
• Teacher ignores and continues
• Pupil passively listen to the teacher
• Indicates impatient and does not
provide any pauses

18. Multiple Intelligence

20. Non-verbal cues
• Without non-verbal cues, silence is
meaningless
• Behaviours that convey meaning
without words
• Classified into four different
categories

21. Facial
Cues
• Smile, frown, looking thoughtfully at
the pupil, quizzical look, etc
Head
movements
• Nodding, shaking and tilting of the
head
Body
movements
• Moving in the classroom
Hand
movements
• Pointing to the student, ‘continue’ cue,
‘anything else’ cue, ‘stop’ cue, pointing
from a student to another student, etc

22. Facial Expressions

23. Facial Cues

25. Head Movements
• Nodding
• Shaking of the head
• Cocked Ear
• Go near the pupil and Tilt his ear
and listen to his response

30. Hand Movements
• Pointing to pupil
• “Continue” Cue
• “Anything Else” Cue
• “Stop” Cue
• Pointing from student to student

31. Hand Movements

32. Hand Movements

33. Hand Movements

37. Write an Episode
(in not more than ten sentences)
involving the use of the
‘Skill of Silence and Nonverbal Cues’

38. Exercises
• Suppose a pupil’s answer is incomplete, that
nonverbal cues will you use in order that the
pupil completes his answer ?
• Suppose a Pupil’s answer is wrong, what
nonverbal cues will you use / Mention any
three.

39. OBSERVATION SCHEDULE
FOR THE
SKILL OF
SILENCE AND NOVERBAL CUES

40. • Names of the Student ____________________
• Roll No.___________
• Topic ________________________
• Class________________
• Name of supervisor________________________
• Date _________________________
• Time Duration _________________
• Teach/ Reteach

41. • The glossary of the terms is given below.
• Silence: Mean a pause which stimulates
thinking.

42. • Nonverbal cues represent four types of cue:
• Facial cues: A smile, a frown, looking
thoughtfully at the pupil, a quizzical look etc.
• Head movement: Nodding, shaking and tilting
of the head, etc.
• Body movements: Moving from one place to
another in the classroom.
• Hand movements: Pointing to the student,
‘continue’ cue, ‘anything else?’ cue, ‘stop’ cue,
pointing from the student to student, etc.

43. • Instructions: For each of the five aspects of
classroom behavior listed below record
instance (s) as they occur during the lesson.
Now mark the tallies in the appropriate cells.

44. Components Tallies
Silence
Facial cues
Head movements
Body movements
Hand movements
Comments (if any):

45. OBSERVATION SCHEDULE
FOR THE
SKILL OF
SILENCE AND NOVERBAL CUES

46. • Names of the Student ____________________
• Roll No.___________
• Topic ________________________
• Class________________
• Name of supervisor________________________
• Date _________________________
• Time Duration _________________
• Teach/ Reteach

47. • Instructions: This proforma is meant to ascertain the
extent to which the student teacher exhibit or uses
the skill, namely silence and nonverbal cues.
Judgments have to be given on a seven point scale
for the various aspects of the skill, Indicate the
extent of acquisition of the various aspects of the
skill by crossing (X) the appropriate number you
deem fit. The scale value ‘0’ indicates that the
student teacher did not use the concerned aspect (s)
of the skill at all; whereas the scale value ‘6’ means
that the student teacher used/ practiced the skill
aspect (s) very much. Keeping these two extremes in
view, examine carefully the teacher behaviour
related to the various given aspects of the skill and
cross (‘X) the appropriate scale value ranging from
zero to six.

48. Components Not at Very
all much
Teacher used short pauses to stimulate
thinking.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Teacher used facial cues to encourage pupil
participation
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Teacher used head movement to encourage
pupil participation
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Teacher used body movements to increase
pupil participation
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Teacher used hand movements to increase
pupil participation
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Comments (if any):

49. Writing
Lesson Plan
for the
Skill of Silence and
Nonverbal Cues