Identify one strategy from the list in the Selecting teaching strategies section that does not feature strongly in your current practice.

To learn about the strategy in more detail, you might explore the generic Pedagogy and practice: teaching and learning in secondary schools, Unit 10: Group work (DCSF 0433-2004 G) and Unit 1: Structuring learning (DCSF 0424-2004 G)

Use the strategy in a practical lesson, and review what impact the strategy had on pupils’ progress and/or motivation.

Consider how more focused use of the strategy might improve the progress still further (e.g. if using chunking, do the pupils need the chunks to be even smaller? If so, will that episode best be taught to pupils as a whole class or in groups or pairs?).

Teach a similar lesson with this revised focus, and consider the pupils’ progress now.