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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Main Author: Izzy Shirley
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Published: Cambridge University Press
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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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Exploring the Use of Adaptive Teaching Methods to Improve Class Engagement with a Year 9 Latin Class in Chapter 13 of Suburani
The Journal of Classics Teaching
Adaptive Teaching
Group work
Questioning
Language Input
Student Choice
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
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title_short 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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Group work
Questioning
Language Input
Student Choice
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