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The Skillful Teacher

Chapter 9: Clarity - explores the repertoire of ways teachers can make concepts and

skills clear and accessible to students.

Ten categories of teacher behaviour are described, each with its own research base andorganized into five functions: framing the learning, presenting information, creating

mental engagement, getting inside students' heads, and consolidating and anchoring

the learning.

raming the !earning

" raming the #ig $icture- students understand the following

 % &bectives

 % (tinerary

 % #ig idea)essential *uestion

 % +eason its worthwhile

 % +eason for activity % riteria for success

" etting +eady for (nstruction

 % /ctivating students current knowledge

 % $re-assessing

 % /nticipating confusions and misconceptions

$resenting the information

" $resenting information through well-chosen 0xplanatory 1evices

 % 2imple cues

 % $rogressive minimal cues

 % 3ighlighting important information

 % /nalogies

 % 1iagrams

 % Translation into simpler language

 % $ictures or pictographs

 % harts, whiteboards, smart boards

 % 1ocument camera or transparency

 % /udio and video recordings

 % omputer presentation

 % 4odels

 % 4ental (magery % 4odeling Thinking aloud

 % raphic &rganizer 

" 2peech

 % /voiding 5mazes6 or 5vagueness6 terms

 % 4atching to setting and student culture

reating 4ental 0ngagement

" 0xplicitness: 4aking explicit and not leaving to chance the following:

 % (ntention of cues

 % ocus of *uestions

 % 7ecessary steps in directions % 4eaning of references

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" 4aking ognitive onnections: #y teacher for student or by student at

invitation of teacher 

 % 2howing resemblance to student experience or something already

learning

 % /sking students to compare and contrast

 % 0xtending implications and future actions % 4aking transitions between ideas

 % 2ignaling shift in activity, pace, or level

 % oreshadowing

ognitive 0mpathy

" hecking for understanding

" 8nscrambling onfusions

" 4aking 2tudents Thinking 9isible

onsolidation and /nchoring the !earning" 2ummarizing