Why do your students need to learn to think



[pic] Why do your students need to learn to think?

What do you observe about their responses and behaviours in a learning situation?

|What do you see them doing? |What do your hear them saying? |How are they feeling? |

|Robyn - Yard- Playing fantastic games/inventive games without |Robyn - Yard – gesture ideas to others |Robyn – Yard – feel good, happy, involved, isolated, negative about self, |

|equipment |He hurt me/poked tongue at me/pushed me |insecure, frustrated |

|Kids taking initiative getting groups together |ELC – “My turn” “fall” language from past experience |ELC – enjoying it / free activities one to two children one to three issues |

|Dobbing – solve my problem |Physically imposing by some children on others |some children swamped |

|ELC - Randomly moving equipment |Prep – “I can’t” “Help Please” “You can do it” |Prep - Maybe ?? I can’t be bothered What can I get away with |

|Prep - Sitting waiting for others to do everything for them no or |Lin – “What?” “Can’t” “Yes, got it” “I know, I know….” |Lin – some lack confidence, overwhelmed |

|limited input |Deb – “Me, me, me” “Stop” “Finish” to each other |Those who are confident who have got it |

|Lin - Some questioning discussion resourceful – using peers to seek |Trudy – wave for attention, eye contact, take hand |Deb – motivated or disheartened nervous |

|support cf cheat –recognising and using skills of children in group |Marylou - Single words |Trudy – excited with new activities |

|Deb – being competitive plus or minus with others / groups |Gestures |Repetitive loose interest |

|boys/girls, have to finish first own performance |Unrelated responses / comments – songs mimic recall |Virginia – frustrated with lack of communication insecure |

|Trudy – (Special Needs Group) have a go / try |Hand up me….. help… don’t…. |MaryLou – frustrated step back feel too risky |

|Ask for help if it is a new activity | | |

|Virginia – not being independent of adults demanding asking for help | | |

|Marylou – see good persistence in some | | |

|How would you like them to be? |

|Independent Willing to try – have a go Feel secure Have opinions valued and respected |

|Confident Use strategic thinking Being flexible Have own ideas |

|Resilient Self belief Happy Having fun |

|Observant – peers / others Stop think then do Open to new ideas Accepting of others ideas |

|Determined Proud / pride in self and others Part of a group |

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