3-Read Friday #48

Low participation tasks, Curriculum for Excellence, and a Do Now routine

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Here are three blog posts that I found interesting this week.

1. Tackling Low Participation Tasks by Pete Foster

Asking yourself how cognitively engaged students are at various points of your lesson is a really useful thing to do. Here, Pete tackles head-on two common activities - note-taking and reading - suggesting they may not be as cognitively engaging as we might hope.

2. The Scottish ‘Curriculum for Excellence’: a good example of what NOT to do by Bruce Robertson

If you have heard the criticisms over the past few years about the Scottish curriculum but have not fully gotten to grips with the issues, this post is for you.

3. A nice little routine by Dylan Kane

I am thinking a lot about Do Nows at the moment, so this from Dylan has come at a perfect time. I like the use of mini-whiteboards (obviously), but also the consideration of the different types of questions that could be asked.

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Craig