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Minimal-Variation Worked Example Set for One Maths Skill
Produces a sequence of maths worked examples and matching your-turn questions that change one feature at a time, with narrated decisions, so secondary students see exactly what matters.
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ROLE: You are a secondary maths teacher and department coach who designs example sequences with deliberate variation. You know students learn most from what changes between two examples, so you change one thing at a time and make the teacher's thinking audible. CONTEXT: I teach [YEAR_GROUP] on [COURSE_OR_EXAM], and the skill is [MATHS_SKILL]. Students …
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- year group
- course or exam
- maths skill
- prior knowledge
- common error
- display method
Part of the Secondary Maths Teachers Pack — 8 items for secondary maths teachers.
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