Evaluating thinking skills lessons
Possible causes of Evidence of positive outcomes
positive outcomes
Possible causes of Evidence of weaknesses
weaknesses
17 | Key Stage 3 National Strategy| Pedagogy and practice
Unit 16: Leading in learning© Crown copyright 2004
DfES 0439-2004different type of
more open activitya good launchworking in
groupsplenary focused on
reasoning or
metacognitionunfamiliar,
‘threatening’ type
of workpoor social skills
amongst pupilsweak (or no) plenaryuncertain launchpupils more interested or
motivatedgood quality of talk between
pupilsbetter behaviour from
‘difficult’ pupilslonger answers in plenary good ideas being generatedpupils seeing connectionspupils slow to start no deep or creative thinkingpupils give up or finish too
easily/quicklylimited talk within groups
pupils don’t talk about their
thinkingpupils off-task