Exploring the Use of Adaptive Teaching Methods to Improve Class Engagement with a Year 9 Latin Class in Chapter 13 of Suburani
After beginning to teach a year 9 Latin class I noticed a distinct lack of engagement from the majority of the pupils. I decided to use four different adaptive teaching strategies to try to improve engagement from the class. After choosing the four strategies (grouping, questioning, input, and choic...
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| description | After beginning to teach a year 9 Latin class I noticed a distinct lack of engagement from the majority of the pupils. I decided to use four different adaptive teaching strategies to try to improve engagement from the class. After choosing the four strategies (grouping, questioning, input, and choice) I planned four consecutive lessons around the strategies and modern literature. The study showed that adaptive teaching strategies work best when teachers have good prior knowledge of individual pupils. Without this prior knowledge, I feel the two most successful strategies, grouping and input, would have been significantly less effective. The less effective of the four strategies, questioning and choice, could have been successful with more time and if they were used consistently throughout the teaching year. They both need time in order to develop the way in which they are used by teachers (specifically questioning) and by pupils (both choice and questioning), which is something I will be considering when starting my teaching career. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-93d27e093d3f4e3fbcb90b1dbe4541662025-01-16T21:49:59ZengCambridge University PressThe Journal of Classics Teaching2058-631011010.1017/S2058631024001259Exploring the Use of Adaptive Teaching Methods to Improve Class Engagement with a Year 9 Latin Class in Chapter 13 of SuburaniIzzy Shirley0University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UKAfter beginning to teach a year 9 Latin class I noticed a distinct lack of engagement from the majority of the pupils. I decided to use four different adaptive teaching strategies to try to improve engagement from the class. After choosing the four strategies (grouping, questioning, input, and choice) I planned four consecutive lessons around the strategies and modern literature. The study showed that adaptive teaching strategies work best when teachers have good prior knowledge of individual pupils. Without this prior knowledge, I feel the two most successful strategies, grouping and input, would have been significantly less effective. The less effective of the four strategies, questioning and choice, could have been successful with more time and if they were used consistently throughout the teaching year. They both need time in order to develop the way in which they are used by teachers (specifically questioning) and by pupils (both choice and questioning), which is something I will be considering when starting my teaching career.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2058631024001259/type/journal_articleAdaptive TeachingGroup workQuestioningLanguage InputStudent Choice |
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| title | Exploring the Use of Adaptive Teaching Methods to Improve Class Engagement with a Year 9 Latin Class in Chapter 13 of Suburani |
| title_full | Exploring the Use of Adaptive Teaching Methods to Improve Class Engagement with a Year 9 Latin Class in Chapter 13 of Suburani |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the Use of Adaptive Teaching Methods to Improve Class Engagement with a Year 9 Latin Class in Chapter 13 of Suburani |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the Use of Adaptive Teaching Methods to Improve Class Engagement with a Year 9 Latin Class in Chapter 13 of Suburani |
| title_short | Exploring the Use of Adaptive Teaching Methods to Improve Class Engagement with a Year 9 Latin Class in Chapter 13 of Suburani |
| title_sort | exploring the use of adaptive teaching methods to improve class engagement with a year 9 latin class in chapter 13 of suburani |
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