Category Archives: Practice

Getting the right definition Initially, I started writing about ” live modelling”, but the more I wrote, the more I realised that it wasn’t really an accurate description of my classroom practice. I played with some wordier definitions, such as “interactivly modelling your thinking” but I think this is more concise & more accurate. LiveContinue reading “On metacognitive modelling..”

In the beginning (of my teaching career*) there were pre-written exemplars and they were, and still can be, a helpful way of giving students model answers to help develop their learning. However, what I didn’t initially understand was that just giving students an example to stick into their exercise books wasn’t ever going to beContinue reading “On Exemplars..”