It gets them excited and interested before the questions start coming. Eileen almost plays the role of an entertainer. She believes that it is important to get students involved and wanting to learn. She does not believe in lecturing with overhead after overhead, whether the students are staying awake or not. There is a lot of cooperative group work.
Students take an active role in their learning process.
They are often given time to work together to come up with answers, then they are asked to present the discovered information to the class. Therefore, each person is participating. I would have to summarize the key concepts and words to Eileen's classroom are respect and cooperation. The students need to respect one another, and the teacher for the cooperation to be successful. It does not take time for her to regain the attention of the class after group work or at the beginning of class.