EXPLAINING & MODELLING

Showing how to complete tasks and solve problems

Making thought processes explicit

Securing learning from the classic demo

Using images and symbols to convey ideas

Steps for giving an effective explanation to a class

Learning with sets of tightly connected ideas

A detailed look at the modelling process

Stepped modelling and practice with worked examples

Routines for securing fluency and confidence with words

Supporting students to access texts independently

Exploring options for reading in class

The four dimensions of building fluency

Explicit teaching of reading comprehension by summarising

Supporting students to write creatively

Building students' repertoire of academic writing techniques

An example using graphic organisers to clarify ideas

Providing temporary supports for learning

What does excellence look like?

Teaching children with specific learning difficulties

Using samples of work to guide student learning

Front-loading learning, using Robert Marzano's organiser types

Using images to support conceptual understanding

Relating detailed knowledge to a wider framework

Making the concrete-abstract connection explicit

Anticipating common errors and misconceptions

Linking new ideas to more familiar contexts 

Shimamura's 3Cs in action

Example sequences based on Siegfried Engelmann's work

Common elements in a schema-building process

Setting up and testing hypotheses