Learning-focused classrooms are the result of the interconnections of a number of variables. Increasing practitioners’ expertise enhances their capacity to orchestrate learning on multiple levels. Thus, the learning-focused teacher attends to the classroom environment, the instructional content, and the students both individually and collectively. All of these interrelated components operate both in the moment and over time.

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