1. the act or practice of teaching excessively, beyond what is necessary or beneficial for student learning
Usage: often used in educational contexts to describe ineffective pedagogy

1. to teach (a subject or skill) excessively or in excessive detail, often to the detriment of student understanding or engagement
Usage: present participle of 'overteach'

Examples

• The teacher was overteaching the grammar rules, spending three weeks on a concept that students could grasp in three days.
• Overteaching can overwhelm students and reduce their motivation to learn independently.
• By overteaching every detail, the instructor left no room for student discovery and critical thinking.
• The curriculum suffered from overteaching of test-preparation strategies at the expense of deeper learning.
• Some educators worry that overteaching phonics rules can hinder children's natural reading development.
• The coach was overteaching the fundamentals, drilling the same drills repeatedly until players lost interest.