Examples of Committed practice

The second class visited was a support english lesson for ESL students. The teacher described what the students were doing as committed practice, I interpreted this as deliberate practice.

Deliberate practice could  crudely defined as requiring

1. -          bigger problem that can be broken down to smaller ones.
2. -          An understanding of the task at hand so that it allows investment into a conscious and focused effort.
3. -          An element of choice or control over what is practiced.
4. -          A chance to deconstruct and restructure learning

The students were using a shared reading protocol. Protocols were ubiquitous and the Principle ( Derek Pierce) as the schools fourth R- Ritual



The support lessons were integrated into the project/ expedition that the students were working on. So that the reading was relevant to the work. The students were developing the key vocabulary that would allow them to talk/ write in the subject genre.

Other examples of committed practice include

• The dress rehearsal of public speaking before a exhibition- a presentation to an expert panel.
• Multiple assessment of each content standard.  
• more to follow