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DeliberateActsofTeaching

focuseslearninginordertomeetaparticularpurposeMOE2003p78,MOE2006p80

KeyConcept

OurDefinitionofeach
DAT

Keypointswhen
explainingthisDAT
tostudents

ExamplesofusingthisDATwhen
supportingstudentstodeveloptheir
comprehensioninreading

Modelling

Demonstrate:
Demonstratingapervasive
formofinstruction.
Demonstratingimplicit
strategygoaldirected.

Whatyouwantthe
studentstodo?
PurposeDeliberategoal
directed.

MIMyIntention/MOMyoutcome(Helen)

Prompting

Encouragethelearnertouse
whattheyalreadyknowand
cando.
Encouraging,givingideasto
support.

Questioningdetailed
knowledgeofthelearner,
useexistingknowledge.
Questions,waittime,read
on,scaffolding.

ExtendthinkingandDeBonoshats,Blooms
Questioning,HOMslinktopriorlearning,
thinkingaboutourthinking,
Rereading,MSV
rootword,contextclues.

Questioning

Encouragestudentstothink
critically,makemeaningand
checkunderstanding.

Helpthemtomeetgoals.
Externalknowledge.
Buildknowledgeoftypes
ofquestionse.g.Closed,
open,socratic,

Questionsdirectedtothelearninggoal,to
drawandextendstudentthinking.
Thinktime=waittime.

(Outcomecanbeprocessorproduct)

(Refertopage82,EffectiveLiteracyPractice)

Pronunciation,fluency,expression,
punctuation.
Coconstructedrubrics.

Giving
Feedback

Toaffirm
Toinform
Toguidefuturelearning

Knowwhattheyaredoing
andknowtheirnext
learningstep.LOs

Positivefeedback,followedbyfeedforward/
Nextlearningsteps.

Telling

WALTs/MIMO,Makesure
theyunderstandthe
vocabularye.g.whatprior
knowledgemeans.

Communicatingyour
WALTS

Referpg89

Explaining

Extensionoftelling.

Specificlearning
outcomes

Referpg90

Directing

Specificinstruction

Deliberateandfora
purpose.

Referpg90

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