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  • Support for early career teachers
  • Teach First
  • Year 1: First half-term: what makes classroom practice effective?

    • Session Overview

    Questioning is an essential part of effective classroom practice and can be utilised throughout lessons for many different purposes.

    To support you to use questioning effectively, in this session you will explore:

    • Why is questioning important?

    • Questioning to assess understanding

      • Avoid self-report questions
      • Check whole class understanding
      • Wait time

    • Extending and challenging pupils

      • Do not complete pupils’ answers
      • Ask follow-up questions