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Practice guide
Teach explicitly
This practice guide will help teachers explain, demonstrate and model learning content explicitly in ways that manage cognitive load to support students with building foundational knowledge before they practise independently.
Practice guide
Monitor progress
This practice guide will help teachers check that students understand and can apply new knowledge and skills, and give additional instruction, guidance or feedback where necessary.
Practice guide
Explain learning objectives
This practice guide will help teachers create, explain and use well-informed learning objectives and success criteria and activate students’ prior knowledge.
Explainer
Explicit instruction optimises learning
This explainer provides an introduction to explicit instruction, with a focus on explaining how it contributes to positive outcomes for students’ learning achievement and dispositions.
Practice resource
Teaching for how students learn: A model of learning and teaching
Teaching practices that are aligned with how students learn are the most effective in improving education outcomes for all. There is strong evidence about the processes that occur during learning.
Year 8 Science Unit 1, Lesson 10: Example lesson plan
This example lesson plan was developed by Ochre Education and science teacher Darcie Clarke. It outlines her approach to teaching a Year 8 science lesson on conducting a diffusion experiment.
Year 8 Science Unit 1, Lesson 11: Example lesson plan
This example lesson plan was developed by Ochre Education and science teacher Darcie Clarke. It outlines her approach to teaching a Year 8 science lesson on describing the digestive system.
Year 8 Science Unit 1, Lesson 15: Example lesson plan
This example lesson plan was developed by Ochre Education and science teacher Darcie Clarke. It outlines her approach to teaching a Year 8 science lesson on revising cells.
Year 8 Science Unit 1, Lesson 9: Example lesson plan
This example lesson plan was developed by Ochre Education and science teacher Darcie Clarke. It outlines her approach to teaching a Year 8 science lesson on reviewing how particles diffuse.
Video
Explicit instruction in English
Explicit instruction is a teaching practice that evidence says makes a difference. In this video, Melissa Garstang-Leary explains how she uses explicit instruction in her English lessons.
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Explicit instruction in mathematics
Explicit instruction is a teaching practice that evidence says makes a difference. In this video, Sue Davis explains how she uses explicit instruction in her mathematics lessons.
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Explicit instruction in science
Explicit instruction is a teaching practice that evidence says makes a difference. In this video, Darcie Clarke explains how she uses explicit instruction in her science lessons.