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Marilyn Merritt Frank Humphrey Service-like Event Project Center for Applied Linguistics Arlington, Virginia Frequently in any elementary or preschool classroom and even more frequently in open classrooms, there are situations in which children are expected to work independently while the teacher is engaged in working directly with other children. Often those children working independently need or desire the teacher's attention for help, approval or direction before the teacher has finished his/her activ-
Merritt et al. (Mon,) studied this question.