According to studies by Hattie and Marzano, various forms of feedback (teacher -> student, student -> teacher, peer -> peer) have proven especially effective for improving students’ learning performance. However, there is a question of how to organize feedback of…
“AIDS-HIV” (Mirror Example)
Curriculum, Subject Matter, Prior Knowledge On Friday, December 12, 2014, I introduced the Curriculum for the Eighth Grade to Class 8B and chose “HIV/AIDS’ as the subject matter for the mirror example. Given that as a rule, students have an…
iQuestion – uAnswer
In this method the pupils think of questions about a text or text extract on their own. Then they ask a partner their questions and the partner answers. The questioner decides whether or not the answer is right. This can…
Think-Pair-Share
In this method the pupils jointly (partner work) prepare an entry in their copy books/grammar books/exercise books about the topic they are working on. They consider what is important, look for a suitable example and try to make the entry…
Cultural studies in English classes (mirror example)
As part of the Comenius Regio project our Swedish partners made a suggestion as to how teaching can be built on a foundation of scientifically sound methods (see the article ‘Constructing the Mirror Example method’ by Per Lundholm). The task…
My experiences with class observations
My training was complete. I had also completed what I often experienced as excruciating commentary from seminar instructors. I felt one thing was clear: in the future, the door of my classroom would remain closed. I had no further interest…
Video feedback using Jing
An essential part of the learning process consists in giving feedback to your pupils, how they’re performing at present and how their knowledge and skills have improved still further. For instance, this can take the form of general feedback given…
Teaching Astronomy (Mirror example)
The first time the class met the mirror example they where seventh graders. We where about to start a new subject, physics. The first time the class was met with the mirror example they where seventh graders. We were about…
Learning conversations – our pupils’ views
The teachers think that learning conversations are a good tool to use in teaching but what do the students think about it? What gains and drawbacks do they see with this way of learning? To learn about the students’ thoughts on…
Constructing the Mirror Example method
Part of the project was to make lessons using the same systematic approach in both countries (hence “mirror example method”) to evaluate the chosen method’s ability to reach the pupils and teach them the subject effectively. To do this, we decided…