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 Mar0919
 
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							| Hi! can anybody help me explaining what "lockstep" is, using the word as a kind of interaction? I saw the word  used in an example of a lesson plan that was sent to me, but I don �t quite get what the word is. Thanx!!!   Mar |  25 Jul 2009      
					
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 Sara26
 
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							| Hi Mar,   You might find what you want.   Hugs, Sara |  26 Jul 2009     
					
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							| Hi, there. may be this can help. 
 Lockstep (N)
 1. A standard procedure that is followed mindlessly
 2. A manner of marching in file in which each person �s leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead
 
 Cheers
 
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							| Thank you Sara & goodnesses!!! hahaha, I �m afraid I am a little, or I might say quite a lot slow!!!! I read those definitions, and had previously looked them up in different dictionaries. I just don �t quite get HOW to use the word in the context of a lesson plan. For example, what was sent to me said: activity blablabla... can be used as pair work, individually, group work or lockstep. I don �t understand what is meant by lockstep...  sorry if I �m too slow understanding!!!!!!!! |  26 Jul 2009     
					
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							| Hi Mar If a class is working �in lockstep�, all the students are doing the same thing at the same time.  |  26 Jul 2009     
					
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							| Hi, Serene! Thank you for your response. But the example you give me, .... isn �t that activity being done as a "group" (all the class)?  |  27 Jul 2009     
					
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