Starter - Brain Teasers

1. Which piece is miss ing from the dia gram on the left.

“Fin­ished­files­are­the­result­of­years­of­sci­en­tific­study­com­bined­with­the­expe­ri­ence­of­years.”

2. Quickly count the number of times that the letter F appears in the sentence below.

http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2006/09/10/brain-exercise-brain-teaser/

3. What can you see?

You have to exercise every day to look like this.

Your brain is like a muscle. You need to exercise it.

What are Metacognitive strategies?

• Metacognitive strategies are teaching approaches which make learners’ think about their learning.

• This is usually through teaching pupils strategies to plan, monitor and evaluate their own learning.

Using metacognitive strategies

• Key questions: • What made pupils successful independent learners. • What caused them difficulty. • How did they overcome and who can they learn

from.

• Hypothesis: What­impact­will­using­metacognitive­strategies­have­on­pupil premium students in­a­key­stage­three­history­group­over­three­terms?

Your brain is like a muscle. You need to

exercise it.Methods – start and end of the research period

• Levels • Observations• Pupil surveys• Interviews

3B4ME Brain, Book, Buddy, Boss

Methods

• Wonder wall• Mental practise• Do, review, learn, apply (Kolb)• Reflecting on work by using wrappers

Review of my preparation for the History Exam. Date …………………

I estimate I will get about …………………………. % for this exam.

For this exam I did /did not look at the revision materials on Fronter.

As well as Fronter, I used ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

In total, I spent about…. ………………………………………mins / hours revising for the exam.

To revise I­……..(tick­what­you­actually­did) Next time I think I need to… [what­do­you­think­you­would­do­differently­next­time?]

Read through my notes, over and over again Wrote my own condensed notes Turned the revision notes into bullet points Highlighted or underlined the key words/main points Used different colours for key words/ key points etc. Created spider diagrams/mind maps Created concept maps Drew annotated diagrams/pictures Family/friends quizzed me Created revision cards Wrote information on post-its Stuck notes on my bedroom wall Created mnemonics Made a recording and played it back to myself Made up rhymes /songs Other

Outcomes

• Pupil premium students will make at least expected progress or better.

• All pupils will benefit from the metacognitive strategies to aid learning and self-evaluation, which they can apply to all subjects.

Quotes

Teaching metacognition – introducing these new skills and beliefs, and giving students practice at applying them – improves students’ learning. (Lovett,­2008)

‘Metacognitive approaches have had consistently high levels of impact…..there is also evidence that low achieving pupils also benefit.­­(Sutton­Trust,­2011)