Maintenance

Maintenance is a continuous process to ensure that students retain and strengthen the skills and concepts learned earlier. This can be especially effective for economically disadvantaged students who may not routinely receive reinforcement at home. Maintenance is achieved by revisiting and re-addressing skills/standards taught earlier.

If students do not routinely use a skill, they tend to forget it. Maintenance involves reinforcing skills that were taught earlier. Using instructional time wisely enables teachers to reinforce skills and concept through a variety of retention strategies. Maintenance activities should be practiced daily.

Benefits of maintenance:

• Ensures that skill/standards are retained
• Strengthens students’ knowledge of skills
• Provides additional learning opportunities
• Reinforces thinking process