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Starter - Brain Teasers
1. Which piece is miss ing from the dia gram on the left.
“Finishedfilesaretheresultofyearsofscientificstudycombinedwiththeexperienceofyears.”
2. Quickly count the number of times that the letter F appears in the sentence below.
http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/09/10/brain-exercise-brain-teaser/
3. What can you see?
You have to exercise every day to look like this.
Your brain is like a muscle. You need to exercise it.
What are Metacognitive strategies?
• Metacognitive strategies are teaching approaches which make learners’ think about their learning.
• This is usually through teaching pupils strategies to plan, monitor and evaluate their own learning.
Using metacognitive strategies
• Key questions: • What made pupils successful independent learners. • What caused them difficulty. • How did they overcome and who can they learn
from.
• Hypothesis: Whatimpactwillusingmetacognitivestrategieshaveonpupil premium students inakeystagethreehistorygroupoverthreeterms?
Your brain is like a muscle. You need to
exercise it.Methods – start and end of the research period
• Levels • Observations• Pupil surveys• Interviews
3B4ME Brain, Book, Buddy, Boss
Methods
• Wonder wall• Mental practise• Do, review, learn, apply (Kolb)• Reflecting on work by using wrappers
Review of my preparation for the History Exam. Date …………………
I estimate I will get about …………………………. % for this exam.
For this exam I did /did not look at the revision materials on Fronter.
As well as Fronter, I used ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
In total, I spent about…. ………………………………………mins / hours revising for the exam.
To revise I……..(tickwhatyouactuallydid) Next time I think I need to… [whatdoyouthinkyouwoulddodifferentlynexttime?]
Read through my notes, over and over again Wrote my own condensed notes Turned the revision notes into bullet points Highlighted or underlined the key words/main points Used different colours for key words/ key points etc. Created spider diagrams/mind maps Created concept maps Drew annotated diagrams/pictures Family/friends quizzed me Created revision cards Wrote information on post-its Stuck notes on my bedroom wall Created mnemonics Made a recording and played it back to myself Made up rhymes /songs Other
Outcomes
• Pupil premium students will make at least expected progress or better.
• All pupils will benefit from the metacognitive strategies to aid learning and self-evaluation, which they can apply to all subjects.
Quotes
Teaching metacognition – introducing these new skills and beliefs, and giving students practice at applying them – improves students’ learning. (Lovett,2008)
‘Metacognitive approaches have had consistently high levels of impact…..there is also evidence that low achieving pupils also benefit.(SuttonTrust,2011)