Teach an idea
Worked example, then yours
A worked example shows a problem solved step by step, then gives pupils a matching problem to solve straight away.
The real slide Chalk makes, in the Classroom look. Every word is written for your lesson when you use it.
How to run it
- Talk through each step of the example as you show it.
- Pupils solve the matching problem, alone.
- Show its steps and ask where anyone went a different way.
Why it works
Studying a solved problem frees attention to understand the method, where solving from scratch uses it up on searching.
In other subjects
English: a model sentence, then one to writeScience: a calculation of speed
Use in Slides
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