You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Theory behind scaffold… The brain sparks and grows when we make mistakes – even if we are not aware of it – because it is a time of struggle; the brain is challenged, and so this is when it grows the most.* Errors […]
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Creating and using concept maps tends to have a high positive impact on student achievement.* Concept maps (graphic organisers) help students to see how various pieces of knowledge relate to one another. It helps structure their thinking. ** Venn diagrams are one type
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. ‘I knew I was going to fail when I didn’t even understand the instructions on the exam.’ So said one student after, indeed, failing an exam that she had studied faithfully for. Instructions on exams, worksheets, laboratory reports, etc., are more confusing and
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. At the university level it is still essential that we give our students the opportunity to practice and reinforce grammar structures. Just as with academic language, this focus helps students to gain more traction in their ability to express themselves, a skill that
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. The use of drama techniques and activities is one of the most effective means of helping students to deepen their retention and understanding of new information. The stress of the activities is to involve the mind, body and voice in manifesting both abstract
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. May 23 – International Turtle Day. Go ahead and laugh aloud. As educators, we can see the humour in most things. Then keep reading. The more we know about this celebration of these amazing creatures, the more we realise that the day gives
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. One would think that at university level, classroom behaviour should not be an issue. You have mature students who have been socialised in the academic sphere for most of their lives. Yet the world is changing, educational figures are often not valued as
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. One of the most common go-to words to explain scaffolding is ‘chunking’. Chunking is the strategy of breaking down material into digestible proportions in order to avoid cognitive overload. If you accept the studies (…………………………………………When we add strategies in activities that promote critical
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. One of the greatest challenges we have as teachers is to help students to avoid cognitive overload. Many times, we ask our students to learn a bulk of information that is difficult for them to assimilate – either because of the content, an
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You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Download PDF of scaffold here. theory behind the scaffolding… The use of textbooks is a controversial topic in education. Do they benefit or constrict our teaching? The studies show that they can do either, depending on how they are written and how we
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