Learning & Teaching
Guided Practice and Independent Practice
Last week at a Professional Development Day, the focus was on the two different practices that teachers use. They are Guided Practice and Independent Practice.
Guided Practice
Guided practice is when teachers provide multiple opportunities for students to practice, whilst support is gradually removed as the students developed greater independence.
Guided practice means making sure students get details right and practicing doing things right. Once students obtain understanding and fluency they are able to work independently.
Before moving on to independent practice, students are required to show a correct understanding 80% of the time.
During guided practice a teacher will :
- Ask a large number of questions
- Guide students in practicing the new material
- Check for understanding
- Provide feedback
- Correct errors
- Reteach when necessary
- Provide a large number of successful repetitions Rosenshire and Stevens (1986)
Independent Practice
Once students have developed understanding, teachers ask students to complete tasks themselves while the teacher monitors and provided feedback.
Independent practice is the stage where the students work on their own to rehearse, apply and consolidate what has been explicitly taught and guided.
The process is about building fluency and automaticity. Jamie Clark educational
Deliberate repetition and consolidation help students embed knowledge into their long-term memory.
Regular Practice supports accurate and automatic retrieval of learning. Tom Sheerington
Independent learning helps maximise learning because it
- Builds Fluency
- Reinforces Understanding
- Frees Working Memory
- Prevents error- learning
- Promotes independence
- Sustains progress
Mathletics
Congratulations to Layla Radford 1/2KD, who has received the Student of the Week award for Mathletics. Layla has worked hard throughout the year with her Mathletics and is a worthy recipient. Well done, Layla!
