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Give examples of how you think lessons could be criticised for lacking pace and challenge. Pace and Challenge To know what is meant by pace and challenge. To understand how to develop challenge in the lesson. Pace. What is pace? “The pace is just right, no time is wasted and students move quickly from one learning activity to another. However there is no sense of rushing and everybody has enough time to think.” Grade 1 lesson MAINTAINING COGNITIVE PACE Slick start to the lesson. Brisk well ordered transitions. Appropriately timed activities. Engaging, concise exposition delivered with enthusiasm. Challenge Are students extending their existing levels of knowledge, understanding skills? Are they working to capacity? Are they thinking for themselves and solving problems or are they being spoon-fed by the teacher. Challenge National curriculum thinking skills What is a good question? “A good question makes the mind buzz, it offers a challenge to thinking, a search for understanding.” Modelling - Respond to events, questions in ways that model good learning. - Demonstrate high expectation for thinking/processes, products. - What to do if stuck. Scaffolding - Put steps in place to support a challenging activity. - Remove steps to begin to increase challenge. Nudging - Once students working on a challenge ask questions to prompt student to think about how they are doing the task, i.e – How did you do that? Can you see if there is another way of getting the answer? Encouraging students to understand the process of thinking. Focuses upon process not final product. Planning, monitoring, reviewing. What do you have to do to be successful? As a group, how can you use our individual skills efficiently. How much progress are you making against your plan? Which success criteria are you not yet meeting? How do you plan to meet this? How did you get to that solution? Why did you discuss option b and c? What would you do differentl