Teaching and Learning

Which of the below are elements of a positive start to a lesson?

• Engaging task or activity

• Prompt start to promote a sense of professionalism

• Learners are welcomed and ready to learn

• All options

Learning programmes should be safe, ............................stretching and relevant to learners’ needs. 

• inclusive
• helpful

• kind

• considerate

Which of the below should be considered when delivering a lesson?

• Support and develop learners’ confidence, autonomy and thinking skills, taking account of their needs and starting points.  

• Develop learners’ mathematics, English, digital and wider employability skills. 

• Apply motivational, coaching and skill development strategies to help learners progress and achieve  

• All options

Which of the below statements is true?

• Feedback should be provided in a timely and personalised manner, that not only identifies areas for development but also empowers learners with clear, actionable steps to feedforward into their knowledge, skills and behaviours development.

• Feedback should be given to only some learners and is generic. Feedback should focus on what the learner did wrong.

What is the most effective way to structure a lesson for engagement and learning retention?

• Follow the same structure for all lessons
  
  
  

• Allow sessions to flow without much structure

• Use retrieval, modelling, and scaffolding tailored to each group

• I focus on mainly on delivering content quickly

What’s the most effective way to ensure learners make consistent progress over time?

• Repeating the same activities until learners get it right
  
  
  

• Using assessment outcomes to inform future planning and differentiation

• Planning lessons independently without linking to assessment

• Focusing only on covering all content in the scheme of work

What contributes most to impactful lesson delivery?

• Using lots of PowerPoint slides with heavy text
  

• Using a variety of teaching strategies tailored to learner needs
  delivery style for all topics

• 
  Talking for most of the lesson to ensure learners listen
  

• 
  Following the same delivery style for all topics

What’s an effective way to check for understanding during a session?

• Waiting until the end of the session to ask questions
  

• Using questioning, low-stakes quizzing, and active checking throughout
  

• 
  Assuming silence means learners have understood
  

• Using questioning, low-stakes quizzing, and active checking throughout