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Explanations do not allow for checking of pupils’ developing understanding Explanations that provide information without checkin ...

5 Developing pupils’ explaining skills Explaining is a valuable skill but it is also a powerful learning strategy. As Wragg and ...

Alternatively you could: sit two pupils back to back on chairs; give one pupil a small model made of about eight building block ...

This table or a similar one can be displayed as a verbal scaffold to help pupils structure their explanations. 17 | Key Stage 3 ...

In any situation where we are expecting pupils to engage in discussion with each other, be it feeding back in peer assessment or ...

19 | Key Stage 3 National Strategy|Pedagogy and practice Unit 8: Explaining © Crown copyright 2004 DfES 0431-2004 Task 8 Classro ...

Summary of research Explaining can be defined as ‘giving understanding to another person’. Explanations by teachers are a common ...

References Ausubel, D. (1960) ‘The use of advance organisers in learning and retention of verbal material’. Journal of Educatio ...

For further reading, the following publications are recommended: Brown, G. and Hatton, N. ‘Explanations and explaining’. In T. ...

23 | Key Stage 3 National Strategy|Pedagogy and practice Unit 8: Explaining © Crown copyright 2004 DfES 0431-2004 ...

24 | Key Stage 3 National Strategy|Pedagogy and practice Unit 8: Explaining © Crown copyright 2004 DfES 0431-2004 ...

StandardsCurriculum and Guidance Unit 8: ExplainingSecondary SchoolsTeaching and Learning inPedagogy and Practice: Ref: DfES 043 ...

Unit 10: Group work Guidance Curriculum and Standards Pedagogy and Practice: Teaching and Learning in Secondary Schools Senior l ...

© Crown copyright 2004 DfES 0433-2004 Key Stage 3 National Strategy|Pedagogy and practice Unit 10: Group work How to use this st ...

© Crown copyright 2004 DfES 0433-2004 Group work Contents Introduction 1 1Group work – considering the research 2 2 What skills ...

Resolving the issues Pupils can, however, be helped to develop the skills needed for working with others and so benefit from lea ...

2 What skills can we expect of most Year 7 pupils? When they arrive from primary school, pupils will have worked in groups at so ...

3Organising group work – including it in lessons Like any teaching approach, group work will be harder to introduce and manage s ...

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Establishing clear rules and procedures One of the main ways to ensure lessons run smoothly is to establish clear rules and proc ...