Author: Craig Barton
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Tip 14. Nine ideas to improve Call and Response
A summary of all nine ideas: Doug Lemov describes Call and Response in Teach like a Champion 3.0, available here General links
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Tip 13. Five ideas to improve the use of voting systems
A summary of all five ideas: My Diagnostic Questions website is here You can investigate Plickers here General links
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Tip 12. Twenty-two ideas to improve the use of mini-whiteboards
A summary of 24 ideas (yes, a bonus two!): David Didau writes about the use of mini-whiteboards in English lessons here DJG Teaching describes how they used mini-whiteboards in a science lesson here There is a handy graphic on the use of mini-whiteboards by Mr Thorton here Another hands summary is shared by Chris Moyse…
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Tip 11. Eight reasons to strive for mass participation more frequently
Adam Boxer writes really well about participation ratio in this introductory blog post, and then in more detail in this post General links
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Tip 10. Ten ideas to improve Cold Call
A summary of all 10 ideas: Doug Lemov describes Cold Call in Teach like a Champion 3.0, avaiable here Tom Sherrington describes Cold Calling as the number 1 strategy for inclusive classrooms in this blog post, and then offers some Cold Call variations here. Tom also discusses when hands-up may be helpful here Adam Boxer…
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Tip 9. Front-load the means of participation
Adam writes about front-loading in this blog post Adam Boxer talks more about the importance of front-loading in his book, Teaching Secondary Science: a complete guide, available here General links
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Tip 7. Six ideas to help establish positive norms in your classroom
The most useful summary of research into the development of norms in the classroom I have read is Ollie Lovell’s book, Tools for Teaching, available here InnerDrive have a fantastic blog post entitled 9 ways to define and develop your classroom culture, available here Tom Bennett’s selection of tips all make use of establishing norms…
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Tip 6. Develop a set of high-value activity structures
You can access all my Venn Diagram activities here General links
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Tip 5. Two tips to help a routine stick
Peps McCrea has a great thread about routines here Harry Fletcher-Wood writes about forming good habits here Two excellent books on habit formation are: General links