Break a worthwhile curriculum task into a teacher-reviewed sequence drawn from 33 thinking actions. Add Say It, Map It or Build It only when it supports the learning.
The design goal is to make curriculum meaning more accessible and give learners structured ways to organise and express ideas through talk, visual representation, physical modelling and writing.
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Structural Learning helps teachers make the thinking in a worthwhile curriculum task explicit, then gives learners purposeful ways to talk it through, map relationships or build the structure of an answer.
The aim is practical: help learners make sense of curriculum content, organise ideas and rehearse how they will explain or write about them. The teacher reviews and adapts every suggestion.
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This engaging classroom strategy supports the cognition and communication involved in becoming a confident writer. Learners can use the block-building method to make the structure of language and ideas physically visible.
From phonics to persuasive writing, Writer's Block gives learners a physical scaffold for organising their ideas before committing to paper.
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A general apathy seems to prevail with specific cohorts of children. They're not curious and avoid any intellectual challenge.
Learners have difficulty getting started, creating plans and being reflective. You feel that you are constantly 'spoon feeding'.
Comprehension difficulties make accessing subject matter difficult. Problems arise when trying to use and explain new knowledge.
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This approach is designed to help learners make the thinking in curriculum tasks visible, organise their ideas and rehearse how they will express them. Teachers decide how the framework and Build It activities fit the needs of their classes.
"Engagement levels and marks in the longer written responses have both improved."
"An amazingly effective and flexible process being grasped by schools for its genius and simplicity."
"Results clearly show a higher percentage of children's progress being recorded as 'Better Than Expected'."
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- The LETTA Trust
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