Instructional Design

Goal setting supports are the tools, routines and prompts that help learners turn a broad aim into a clear, achievable

Reflection journal prompts are short written questions that ask students to examine their own thinking, choices and progress. Used regularly,

Self explanation prompts are short questions or cues that ask a learner to explain, in their own words, why a

Metacognitive strategy prompts are short questions or cues that guide students to plan, check and reflect on their own thinking

Debriefing structure design is the planned sequence of questions and discussion a teacher uses after a learning activity to help

Socratic questioning planning is the practice of deciding in advance which questions to ask, in what order, and what to

Questioning sequence planning is the practice of deciding, before a lesson begins, the order in which a teacher will ask

Discussion facilitation design is the planning work a teacher does before a conversation begins, deciding what the talk is for,

Peer feedback activity design is the process of planning how students review one another’s work, including what they look at,

Collaborative task design is the planning of group activities so that students must work together to reach a goal that