A comparison that helps no one
A reply to a colleague on explicit instruction and inquiry, and why learning is never purely cognitive.
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Writing
Thinking out loud, kept.
Responses, reflections and short pieces on teaching and learning. Some were published elsewhere first. Some were written for one reader and never posted. Each is labelled.
Responses
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Classroom reflections
Nothing here yet.
Short pieces
Direct instruction and inductive reasoning
Why the two are a sequence rather than a choice, and why the reflective pause matters.
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Tools
Colour Code Your Reasoning
A five-colour highlighting method for reading sources, checking your own writing and reviewing a peer's.
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Reasoning framework map
Elements of thought, intellectual standards and intellectual traits as an interactive map, with questions for each standard.
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The Developmental Guide (CDC)
What learners can do at each stage from Kindergarten to Year 12. An artefact of my MEd reading.
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