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These are examples of 'word walls' taken from basic concept classrooms. These are new words/concepts that come up during a basic concepts session and are written-up after the session. The word walls give teachers a visible sense of the rate of...
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These workbook images provide a very good example of how to draw the concepts 'same' and 'different'.
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See Session Planner attached. Please feel free to comment and to make suggestions.
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This is a lovely workbook activity that is clearly presented and could involve mutliple steps: i)drawing, ii) colouring in, iii) cutting out, and iv) pasting. This activity could therefore also be used as a classroom activity while the teacher is...
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We are starting to see more classroom that look like Basic Concepts classrooms. These classrooms visually reflect the Higher - and Lower Order Concepts that are being taught. We encourage teachers to have the following inside their classes:
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Here are some good examples of workbook activities for colour.
Pic (top left): A good illustration of how to draw something that is blue - all linked to water
Pic (top right): A good use of space and selection of different objects...
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Demonstrating the conceptual domain of position.
Lower Order Concepts: Top --- Middle --- Bottom
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Demonstrating the conceptual domain of position.
Lower Order Concepts: Top --- Middle --- Bottom
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Demonstrating the conceptual domain of position.
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Demonstrating the Concept Teaching Model
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Demonstrating the Concept Teaching Model
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Demonstrating the Concept Teaching Model
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Demonstrating the Concept Teaching Model
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Demonstrating the Concept Teaching Model
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Demonstrating the Concept Teaching Model
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The teacher in these pictures demonstrates very clearly how to move from the concrete stage in addition to the semi-concrete and then the symbolic stage.
In the concrete stage learners use concrete objects and pack-out the problem using...
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Learners are building shapes with play dough and seriating them according to size from biggest to smallest.
This activity would be run while mediating Size (Step 5: Application) but is also based on a knowledge of Shape.
Building...
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Learners in Kwena Basin learning to contstruct and dot letters.
The learners are required to do a conceptual analysis of each letter before they start to build the letter.
The learners are asked about the colour, shape, size,...
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The teacher has used the poster of the three bears very effectively to support the mediation of size. The poster thereafter becomes a reminder about the concept of size (big-medium-small).
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Learners were asked to seriate the triangles according to colour and size. The activity is demanding as it requires the learners to simultaneously keep their attention on both dimensions of the task: size and colour.
