The defining characteristics of the Practice style are individual and private practice of a memory/reproduction task with private feedback from the teacher.

In the Practice style, the role of the teacher is to make all subject matter and logistical decisions and to provide private feedback to the learners. The role of the learner is to individually and privately practice a task while deliberately making nine specific decisions. These decisions include location, order of tasks, starting time, pace and rhythm, stopping time, interval, initiating questions for clarification, attire and appearance, and posture. The developmental process of independence begins with the shifting of the nine decisions in Practice Style. 

When the Practice style is achieved, the following subject matter objectives are reached:

• To practice by oneself reproducing the model
• To activate memory cognitive operations necessary for the task
• To acquire and internalize content from private practice
• To realize that proficient performance is related to task repetition
• To realize that proficient performance is related to knowledge of results-feedback
• Others

When the Practice Style is achieved, the following behavioral objectives are reached:

• To experience the beginning of independence by making the nine decisions
• To develop initiating skills in the nine decisions
• To realize that decision making accommodates learning the task
• To learn to be accountable for the consequence of each decision, for example:
  • relationship between time and tasks
  • regulation of one's pace and rhythm
  • consequences of use of time
• To learn to respect others' rights to make decisions in the nine categories
• To initiate an individual and private relationship between the teacher and learner
• To develop trust in shifting and making the nine decisions
• Others