Strategies for encouraging persistence/managing impulsivity.
 Students could have a time in the lesson where they only submit questions in
writing-so they are not just jumping in before thinking about the question they
want to ask.
 So you don’t keep repeating instructions –say you will only tell them once.
 Students work on their own for a few minutes (can put a ‘responsible risk’ post-it
note on their answers if they’re not sure of the answer-then if stuck use a strategyask a friend-then try their group-then help cards from the teacher-then ask the
teacher! Have a definite process for them to follow and perhaps a reminder of the
stages on the wall, or stuck in their books.
 Describe common problems in your subject as a wall. Some people give up when
they get to the walk and lie down/walk away..not us!!!We can climb over it go
around it or smash through if we try alternative strategies. Students write down
common problems ..(some examples from English finding rhyming words when
writing poetry/how to write a good piece of descriptive writing/spelling
strategies/knowing when to use their, they’re and their etc etc! Students could
then think write round robin in groups to thought shower possible strategies, share
as a class, then write postcards-write the problem, then possible solutions. Could
reinforce as a class with quiz quiz trade.
 Use the rubic for assessing how good they are at persistence and drawing their
attention to their normal reaction to problems in your subject! ( On this week’s
powerpoint for the thinking toolkit session)
Put it into student speak with the class
e.g . NOVICE = needy-‘I’m stuck, I can’t do it’
APPRENTICE = needs scaffolds-‘can you check this?’
PRACTITIONER = doing it-‘I’ve done this a different way’
EXPERT = confident, can source a wide range of strategies, knows which
strategy to use and when, can transfer skills to a range of tasks, ‘here you go’
•What information do I have?
• What info do I need?
• What materials do I have
available?
• How much time do I have?
• Who can I work with?
• What experience of this
do I have?
•What can I do now?
• What tools are in my
toolkit to help me try
again?
• What does s uccess look
like?
• How do I achieve it?
• How can I meas ure how
successful I am?
• How do I change if I am
uns uccessful?