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Maths & Memory - for Years 6-8 (PYP)- establishing the patterning base of maths and memory

Learning About Learning for Years 7-10 (MYP)- noticing and improving learning strategies and

techniques, developing personal learning style for success at school

Exam Confidence for Years 10-13 (DP)- practical study and self-motivation skills for high

achievement in all tests and exams

Learning Resilience for Years 12 & 13 (TOK & GATE)

- developing flexible thinking, understanding intelligence, becoming a resilient learner

Crowd control?

To gain good qualifications?

To get to a good university?

To get a good job?

Preparation for life?

To develop brilliant learners?

- self-motivated

- self-directed

- self-regulated

- independent

- lifelong learners?

able to focus and concentrate

good planners, organised

self motivated

hard working, persevering

independent researchers

creative, innovative thinkers

responsible for their own actions

self evaluating, reflective

self correcting

get them out of bed

make sure they eat their breakfast

check their school bag

have them taken to school and picked up after school

have someone clean up after them at home

drop off anything they have forgotten at school for them

take them to after-school activities

provide extra tutors and extra classes for them outside of school

provide motivation, rewards and planning for them

help them with their homework

find resources for them

make sure they go to bed on time

organise their sports, social, musical and academic calendars

provide them with all the necessities of teenage life:

money cell phone TV computer access to broadband personal transport

in return for.?

Efficacy + Agency + Action

Efficacy belief that success in learning is

possible

Agency the skills, strategies and techniques of

effective learning

Action taking action, making mistakes and

failing well

role models biographies, own stories

self confidence measuring self against self

self esteem valuing children for who they are

reaction to challenges

helping them move from

I cant I havent so far

400 USA top corporate recruiters look for:

1) Oral and written communication skills

2) Critical thinking and problem solving skills

3) Professionalism and work ethic

4) Collaboration across networks

5) Ability to work in diverse teams

6) Fluency with information technology

7) Leadership and project management skills

Knowledge of mathematics came 14th on the list just ahead of science

knowledge and foreign language comprehension

Ways of Thinking

Creativity and innovation

Critical thinking, problem solving, decision making

Learning to learn, metacognition Ways of Working

Communication

Collaboration & teamwork Tools for Working

Information literacy

ICT literacy Living in the World

Citizenship local and global

Life and career

Personal & social responsibility including cultural awareness and competence

(Binkley, Erstad, Herman, Raizen, Ripley & Rumble, 2010)

2008 QCA - A Framework of personal, learning and thinking skills that are essential to success in learning, life and work:

Independent inquirers

Creative thinkers

Reflective learners

Team workers

Self-managers

Effective participators

Learning Skills in the UK

EIC - Elementary Integrated Curriculum Framework core curriculum adopted by 47 states (2011)

Academic Success Skills:

Collaboration

Effort/Motivation/Persistence

Intellectual Risk Taking

Metacognition

Creative Thinking Skills:

Elaboration

Flexibility

Fluency

Originality

Critical Thinking

Skills:

Analysis

Evaluation

Synthesis

Learning Skills and Work Habits:

Responsibility

Organization

Independent Work

Collaboration

Initiative

Self-Regulation

Poland

Belgium

Italy

Korea

Singapore

Mexico

New Zealand

The Slovak Republic

Spain

and Turkey

have all developed (or are currently

developing) curricula of essential learning

skills for students

(Ananiadou & Claro,2009)

ATL - 5 Skill Categories

Communication

Social

Self Management

Research

Thinking

ATL - 10 Skill Clusters

Communication

Collaboration

Organisation

Affective Skills

Reflection

Information Literacy

Media Literacy

Critical Thinking

Creative Thinking

Transfer

Cognitive skills making good notes, asking good questions,

summarising key points, skim reading, remembering, time

management, studying

Affective skills self-motivation, perseverance, resilience,

emotional control, courage

Metacognitive skills noticing learning and thinking strategies,

trying new strategies, continuously improving learning

effectiveness

The most significant difference between the high

achievers and the underachievers was that

all the high achievers had learned how to

fail well

- whereas all the underachievers were

failing badly

Failing Well

Acknowledging your failures

- taking responsibility for your

own actions

- working out what you did

wrong

- making changes, and

- having another go

Failing Badly

Blaming the school or the

system

Blaming other people

Pretending you never get or do

anything wrong

Adding drama to failures to

avoid dealing with them

Avoiding any activity that could

possibly result in failure

Its not first to finish who wins!

Encourage them to take on new challenges

and to use failure as feedback

Help them to notice their own strategies for

recovery from adversity

If they have any problems understanding or

learning schoolwork, focus them on the

factors they can control effort and strategy

use

for effort

you are so hard working,

persistent, determined.

links approval to an

attribute of the child over

which they have control -

they can grow, develop and

improve

assessment becomes a

measure of progress, an

opportunity to learn

for ability

you are so smart, talented,

intelligent.

links approval to an

attribute of the child over

which they have no control

- they cant grow, develop

or improve

assessment becomes a

critical judgement, an

opportunity to fail

Focus any praise for achievement on observed effort

rather than ability

Help them to focus on the processes of learning

the strategies they are using as the best source of

improvement

Help them learn to use internet resources well

www.taolearn.com/students.php - my site with links to all the best free sites to help your study, including:

topmarks.co.uk- educational search engine for good school-subject based websites

khanacademy.org- really clear clips explaining every part of most subjects

brightstorm.com- great videos and much more in Maths, Science and English (American English anyway)

getrevising.co.uk/resources- all subjects at all levels, great new shared resources arriving from other students daily

studyblue.com/notes/high-schools/- make and share online flashcards, quizzes and notes, study on-line and on your phone

johndclare.net and spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk - good sites for history, all countries, all ages

s-cool.co.uk and bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/- good resources for all subjects for IGCSE

mrbartonmaths.com/goodsites.htm- a collection of free Maths sites for all levels

rod.beavon.clara.net/chemistry_contents.htm#Physical- great site for Chemistry at all levels

languagesonline.org.uk/- many languages at every level

swipestudy.com- self-tests in most subjects sent to your phone!

languageperfect.com/worldchamps/SiteShell.html - simply the best way to learn any language (it is a school subscription site though)

quizlet.com and easynotecards.com/index- flash card makers for most subjects

High speed internet is necessary look into

gateways, access restrictions, parental tools

Make sure they have an place to do school work

which suits them physically

Help build good habits of study - give your childs

learning the highest priority in the home for a period

of time every evening

Help them learn to build in intrinsic rewards, develop

delayed gratification

To remember what they learn at school, each night

they need to read over what they did that day

Allow them to form study groups with friends as long

as they use time together to get work done

Organisation

The idea of success through learning is picked up

best by imitation - make the culture of your family a

learning culture

Strive to be worthy of imitation

had to work hard?

had to suffer physically, mentally, emotionally?

had to forgo pleasures in your life?

have suffered personal or business set-backs?

And how many want to give your children the

benefits of your struggles without them having

to go through the distress?

but how many of you think that the difficulties

you have faced, the problems you have overcome, the

suffering you have endured have helped you to develop

the resilience you need to create the success for your

self and your family that you enjoy today?

So why protect your children

from responsibility and the

possibility of failure?

earn what they get

organise their own lives

take responsibility for their own actions

fight their own battles

make their own decisions and take all the

consequences

succeed

fail well

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