Pedagogy and Teaching Methods Flashcards
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What does 'scaffolding' mean in teaching practice?
Answer: Providing temporary support structures that help pupils access and complete tasks beyond their current independent ability
Scaffolding provides temporary, tailored support (prompts, frames, worked examples) that enables pupils to achieve more than they could independently, and is gradually removed as competence grows.
What is 'metacognition' and why is it important for pupil learning?
Answer: Thinking about one's own thinking - planning, monitoring and evaluating one's own learning strategies
Metacognition - the ability to reflect on and regulate one's own learning - is one of the highest-impact strategies identified by the EEF, with an average effect of +7 months progress.
In Bloom's Taxonomy, which level requires the highest order of thinking?
Answer: Creating
In the revised Bloom's Taxonomy (Anderson and Krathwohl, 2001), 'Creating' (synthesis) sits at the top, requiring pupils to generate new ideas, products or ways of viewing things.
What is 'cold calling' as a classroom questioning strategy?
Answer: Selecting pupils to answer questions without them volunteering, to ensure wider participation
Cold calling involves the teacher selecting pupils to respond to questions regardless of whether they have raised their hands, improving participation and formative assessment coverage.
What does 'wait time' mean in classroom questioning, and why does it matter?
Answer: The pause after asking a question before accepting an answer, which improves quality of responses
Research by Mary Budd Rowe shows that increasing wait time from 1 to 3 or more seconds substantially improves the quality and length of pupil answers and increases participation.
How does 'retrieval practice' differ from 're-reading notes' as a revision strategy?
Answer: Retrieval practice involves actively recalling information from memory, which is more effective for long-term retention than passive re-reading
Retrieval practice (the testing effect) requires active recall, which strengthens memory traces far more than passively re-reading already-seen material.