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…
Skiing in the Bavarian Alps
During the second working visit we took our Swedish group on a skiing trip in Garmisch Partenkirchen. The equipment for our guests was booked in advance, so we were ready to set off for a fantastic day in the Bavarian…