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Figure 6.4 Churchill’s kite

Figure 6.2 The Learning Challenge

objects to copy: This can be played with almost any relevant object, picture or even sound. The key to it is for children to recreate accurate details from memory, using any thinking skill that might help.

Inference squares - vad vet vi, vad kan vi inferera, vilka nya frågor kan vi ställa

▪ If you have to try, you must be learning.
▪ Challenge is good for us.
▪ Dedication’s what you need (good old Roy Castle).
▪ Great effort!
▪ You succeeded because you worked hard, got help
when you needed it and kept going to the end.
▪ I’ve not been able to play the piano – yet! (not: I’m
hopeless at the piano).

Confusion is a common occurrence in maths and science, where, unlike most verbal areas, new material often involves completely new skills, concepts, or conceptual systems.

It might not surprise you to know that boys tend to receive more criticism than girls – as much as eight ttimes more, according to Dweck

Professor Barry Hymer advises, that you think in terms of ‘gift-creation’

Handling v. tillstånd

According to Robert Marzano’s meta-analyses of hundreds of studies examining the options, he suggests that mixed-ability classes that are then divided into small cooperative learning groups are the best way forward.