Sequencing Learning

Question 1

What are the components of a lesson plan?

Answer 1

Resources
Adaptive Teaching 
Assessment 
Key vocabulary 
Prior knowledge 
Misconceptions
Learning objects 
Learning intentions 
Activities 
Teaching inout 
The role of others within the classroom

Question 2

What are the components of a medium term plan?

Answer 2

Brief overview of the lesson
Learning intentions and objectives
Continuity
Progression

Question 3

Why are medium term lesson plans important?

Answer 3

Enables teacher to gain an overview of a sequence of learning

Used by a year group team of teachers

Maps out the stages of learning that children should progress through

Identifies component knowledge

Guide for teachers to base their individual lessons on

Question 4

What are the 5 types of inquiry?

Answer 4

Observing over time 
Pattern seeking 
Grouping and classifying 
Secondary sources
Fair testing

Question 5

What is working memory?

Answer 5

Cognitive structure in which conscious processing occurs

Question 6

What is cognitive load theory?

Answer 6

The long term memory consists of a range of schemas
Learning is about changing those schemas, through acquiring knowledge and making connections with different schemas

Before entering long-term memory and developing schemas, information must be processed by the working memory

Question 7

What is cognitive overload?

Answer 7

When too much information is being processed by the working memory, which means that it cannot be processed into the long term memory