The document discusses effective approaches for helping students retain information. It finds that having students explain concepts to others and doing practice exercises are the most effective, followed by discussion, demonstration, and audiovisual aids. Interactive learning where students are actively engaged is most effective. The document also discusses the importance of teacher-student interaction, formative assessment, and making learning an object of discussion and attention. It provides examples of literacy strategies used at a school, such as student literacy consultants, shared modeling of skills, and talk-based learning activities.
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1. Into the golden cloud: building a literacy community Copyright: Graham Tyrer Graham Tyrer: Headteacher, Chenderit School, Northampton grahamtyrer.com [email_address]
2. Which are the 2 most/least effective approaches for helping pupils retain information? audio-visual reading discussion explaining to others demonstration listening practice by doing Copyright: Graham Tyrer
3. Retention rates in order of effectiveness explaining to others: 90% practice by doing: 75% discussion: 50% demonstration: 30% audio-visual: 20% reading: 10% listening: 5% Copyright: Graham Tyrer Keep it interactive its not just children who learn by doing Research: National Training Laboratries, Bethel, Main USA
4. 15 years of analysing education research tells us: (John Hattie, Aukland University covering over 80M students in 50,000 studies) Raising quality of pupil-teacher interaction is key to effective learning Top-rated approaches Pupils assessing themselves by reaching a view on their levels of understanding Setting work that is one step ahead of current level Using formative assessment to decide next steps Teacher clarity being explicit about what to do Reciprocal teaching pupils take turns in teaching class Visible Learning pub by Routledge Copyright: Graham Tyrer Note these are key features of assessment for learning see Formative Assessment in the Secondary Classroom by Shirley Clarke
5. Copyright: Graham Tyrer Making learning an object of attention Making learning an object of conversation Chris Watkins, IOE, Research Matters , Summer 2010
6. Self talk and acting the truth Talk is a gift Copyright: Graham Tyrer
7. Copyright: Graham Tyrer Reading into the world Reading was her way into the world for she knew nothing beyond the family, which was her house, enclosing her on four sides, the entire and only truth. White walls like sheets of paper, the rules of life written on them in invisible ink. Reading tore holes in these paper walls and let her inspect another worldBooks let her float out of herself and into a sort of golden cloudthe book and the world were one and she was both and neither, she was not there, she was everywhere. Michelle Roberts: Impossible Saints
14. However Although On the other hand But Yet Still Nevertheless Nonetheless Conversely Then again Whereas Similarly Likewise Also Correspondingly Equally In the same way Copyright: Graham Tyrer Furthermore In addition Whats more Moreover Besides Additionally Plus It is as if It seems It could be It is almost as if The writer suggests The writer implies This effect emphasises This effect highlights This effect accentuates This effect underlines This effect points to
19. Copyright: Graham Tyrer The way the planets are structured give rise to gravitational pull Formal Believable, thoughtful, ordered, can disguise an opinion Oi, see these planets, right? They spin like anything. Informal Chatty, colloquial, friendly, easy to relate to, makes it sound like an opinion, like someones talking to you When I first saw the planets they made me feel awed and humble Personal Draws the reader to the writer, biased, makes it sound like an opinion The planets spin on their axes and have strong gravitational pull Impersonal Cold, believable, distances reader and writer It takes seven seconds for the light to travel from the sun even at a speed of 186,000 miles per second Factual Credible, authoritative, truthful, unbiased
26. Student Literacy Consultants: Literacy Companies (link to millionaire if not mac) Product designers (link to litweb and vox pops) Delivering lesson starters Functional skill tutors with Y7/8s The litweb Literacy leaders in lessons Things that work Copyright: Graham Tyrer
Make more likely the conditions required for astonishing language Use the Shakespeare inspiration Use the space travel inspiration Use the futures predictions Use the you are heros of public service given all you do and resist and espouse - reminds us of the competing marketplace for precedence in which we work a4l, pers l, num, ict, diff, 3 part lessons etc etc and lit. How much can colleagues carry round in their head? Real audiences and real writing: students researchers, student teachers, students giving citations to members of staff; students learning leadership Community of language helps great language flourish and take root.