The Relay Review

Pedagogical Purpose

Pre structural usePedagogical purpose Student Learning Implication for teachers

Fun (what ever that is) in all its benign glory.

Unistructural usePedagogical purpose Student Learning Implication for teachers

Leg stretcher- increase blood flow and concentration

Reviews what the students can remember

Its competitive- engagement strategy

What they can remember Classroom management issues space, safety, behaviour

Timing of the task – how long and when in the lesson?

Multistructural usePedagogical purpose Student Learning Implication for teachers

To render the learning of the group visible to all – self and teacher assessment.

To act as a Hinge Activity

To assess the learning of individuals- everyone has their say

What they can remember & What they can not.What the next step is& possibly how to get there.

What a quality answer is like

The layout of the sheet

Decisions implications- if something is not learned that you thought would how do you amend your lessonPedagogical Content Knowledge – what’s difficult about this topic?

The order the facts are given

Space available to respond

High Challenge low stress maintaining the balance

DifferentiationA class list to note responses of individuals

Extended Abstract

Pedagogical purpose Student Learning Implication for teachers

To demonstrate that learning is social.

To develop and provide feedback on communication and / or collaboration

To develop a classroom cultural where its ok not to know.

To double check information

How to ask good questions to develop understanding.

That learning may take resilience

You have to keep checking your knowledge

Training students to get unstuck

Non judgemental feedback on the process- photographs, verbatim recording of No put down zone

Developing aspects of quality learning- debriefing opportunities and strategies? follow up opportunities

So..

• Teachers need to go beyond tools or toolkits• Teachers need to milk activities for all their

worth

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