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Effective Modeling Strategies for Lessons

This document discusses the importance of modeling skills and processes for students. It states that good modeling involves demonstrating and thinking aloud about what you are doing. This allows students to see the process, ask questions, and hear someone's thoughts on decision making and problem solving. The document provides tips for teachers to practice modeling well such as preparing, making links to prior knowledge, maintaining eye contact, and repeating the modeling. It stresses the importance of modeling skills, decisions, procedures and allowing students to practice and become independent.

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Effective Modeling Strategies for Lessons

This document discusses the importance of modeling skills and processes for students. It states that good modeling involves demonstrating and thinking aloud about what you are doing. This allows students to see the process, ask questions, and hear someone's thoughts on decision making and problem solving. The document provides tips for teachers to practice modeling well such as preparing, making links to prior knowledge, maintaining eye contact, and repeating the modeling. It stresses the importance of modeling skills, decisions, procedures and allowing students to practice and become independent.

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Modelling

Demonstrating and simultaneously describing and explaining what you are


doing

Modelling = demonstrating + thinking aloud about the process

…more likely to produce work to the required standards …clear about the skills they need to use

…clear
Good modelling means that pupils are about
… what a good finished product should look like
…able to work independently

… on task, engaged and motivated …confident that they have the knowledge and skills to accomplish

to develop the vocabulary needed to communicate their knowledge


…able to understand the strategies required to plan and complete the

…aware of the procedures they need to follow


…able to develop the vocabulary and skills required to evaluate their work

It helps your pupils if they …

See the process slowed down


See someone else do the task
Ask questions about the process as it is happening
someone thinking aloud about the decisions they are making

Hear someone identify problems as they arise and think aloud about h
ar someone explain what they are doing at each stage

Top Tips Prepare well Make links

Practise it, rehearse Take into account pupils’


what you will say prior knowledge and
experience

Eye contact One step at a time And again

Keep a view of the class Maintain the pace of the Repeat the modelling
(don’t turn away) lesson (some skills are only
acquired through practice)
For good modelling you need to …

Establish Rules
 Don’t call out
pupils about possible hazards and how to avoid them
 Concentrate, listen
“think aloud” about skills, decisions, processes and procedures
and watch
 Make sure you can
see clearly
 Wait until the teacher
has finished speaking
before you ask a
question
show pupils that they can make alterations and corrections  Don’t talk when
someone else is

show possible pitfalls and how to avoid them

Can you tick these boxes?


I am specific about the tasks
I am specific about what pupils will learn
I do not expect my pupils to watch for extended periods
I challenge my pupils
I provide my pupils with the criteria for success
I explain underlying principles
I always involve my pupils in the process (through questions,
contributions, ideas)
I provide opportunities for my pupils to practise the new skill
I support first attempts with prompts, scaffolds and praise
I enable my pupils to become independent
I help my pupils to see how they can learn from others

Make it clear to your pupils the importance of making decisions regarding:

How to select
information, How to The use of
How to begin data, materials organise protocols How to end
that are information, relating to the task
relevant to the data or ideas presentation
task

Andy Brumby 07968 992462

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