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302EAL in Practice 302 · Reflective practice

Compare First and Final Attempts

Keep a short first response and a later version; identify what changed in subject understanding.

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01 · Make the thinking visible

Worked model: Compare First and Final Attempts

Four-step teaching routine for Compare First and Final Attempts. Full instructions are in Teach it.
  1. 1Keep a short first response and a later version
  2. 2Compare responses or participation before and after the routine
  3. 3Consider other factors and identify what the evidence cannot establish
  4. 4Retain, adapt or discontinue the support with a clear reason
Worked classroom example

A learner now links a claim to a data value without the sentence opening. This supports fading that prompt on a similar task; it does not establish independent performance in every genre.

A model to discuss and adapt to your class.