Summary What is Differentiation? How can we make differentiation happen in our classrooms? Checklist – is my lesson differentiated? Considerations for English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners. Already have the Collaborative Classroom – 50 Cooperative Learning Strategies for Student Engagement? Send us feedback here Want the book at a discounted price? Email me for …
Summary What is Metacognition ? How do we explicitly teach Metacognitive Strategies to English as an Additional Language (EAL) students? Already have the Collaborative Classroom – 50 Cooperative Learning Strategies for Student Engagement? Send us feedback here Want the book at a discounted price? Email me for more details. Free postage across Australia. What is …
Summary What is Feedback? Who benefits from feedback? How can we add EAL strategies to optimise feedback? Already have the Collaborative Classroom – 50 Cooperative Learning Strategies for Student Engagement? Send us feedback here Want the book at a discounted price? Email me for more details. Free postage across Australia. FEEDBACK Specific, accurate, timely, and …
Summary Why do teachers ask questions? How do we optimise questioning in the classroom? What can we do to support questioning in our English as an Additional Language (EAL) classrooms? Already have the Collaborative Classroom – 50 Cooperative Learning Strategies for Student Engagement? Send us feedback here Want the book at a discounted price? Email …
Summary Multiple Exposures – do’s and don’ts Supporting our students to retain information in their long term memory. Strategies to assist our EAL students. Already have the Collaborative Classroom – 50 Cooperative Learning Strategies for Student Engagement? Send us feedback here Want the book at a discounted price? Email me for more details. Free postage …
SUMMARY Collaborative Learning – how do I do this in my classroom? We all want our students to experience success in the classroom. In this episode, discover how to embed cooperative learning in your classroom. Cooperative Learning vs Collaborative Learning. What is the difference? Creating higher levels of student engagement through active participation. What is …
On a surface level, worked examples is a term that is used to define the samples of the tasks we are asking our students to complete. Digging deeper, it is not just an example of the final piece of work but rather explores all the possible steps students can take to achieve success. We can …
According to Hattie (2009) direct instruction has the effect size of 0.59. An explicit lesson should clearly demonstrate: WHAT students need to do HOW they are going to do it In an explicit lesson, both the teacher and students have a clear pathway of the steps that are involved in achieving success. We need to …
A lesson structure includes the planned sequence of teaching and learning activities that will occur during a classroom session. It will provide a clear map all the tasks and activities that the teacher and their students will undertake in order to successfully demonstrate achievement of the learning intentions. In an English as an Additional Language …
Every lesson in the classroom needs to begin with clear learning intentions or goals. These goals clarify what success looks like. They are usually linked to our teaching and learning activities and students demonstrate their new insights by fulfilling the learning objectives or purposes. These goals usually begin with phrases such as “At the end …
