LISAA EN2 - opening sequence

Question 1

What is the main goal of the opening phase in the sequence?

Answer 1

To create a safe, intimate atmosphere where students feel comfortable expressing themselves.

Question 2

What type of tone should you adopt when beginning the conversation?

Answer 2

A warm, non-judgmental, curious tone.

Question 3

What is the first broad topic you explore with students?

Answer 3

Their revision habits and how they may have evolved.

Question 4

What is the purpose of asking whether their study practices have changed?

Answer 4

To understand their real experience without pressure or judgment.

Question 5

Why ask if anyone has started preparing for exams?

Answer 5

To gauge their level of engagement and motivation.

Question 6

What is the reason for asking about memory tools like question-answer sets or flashcards?

Answer 6

To understand what concrete strategies students are using.

Question 7

What is the intention behind discussing spaced learning?

Answer 7

To invite reflection on distributing learning over time rather than cramming.

Question 8

What does asking ‘What helps you when you revise?’ allow you to do?

Answer 8

Identify effective strategies from the students’ point of view.

Question 9

What does asking ‘What does understanding mean to you?’ aim to explore?

Answer 9

Students’ preconceived ideas and definitions of understanding.

Question 10

Why ask students how they know they don’t understand something yet?

Answer 10

To reveal their self-diagnostic strategies and limits.

Question 11

What is the goal of contrasting memory and understanding?

Answer 11

To challenge the assumption that the two are identical.

Question 12

Why ask whether one can memorize without understanding?

Answer 12

To highlight the distinction between surface learning and deeper comprehension.

Question 13

What transition sentence helps introduce the theme of understanding?

Answer 13

‘I’d like us to talk about something deeper than revising: understanding.’

Question 14

What core idea about understanding do you want students to discover?

Answer 14

That understanding is fundamentally about making connections.

Question 15

What is the pedagogical role of questions about linking concepts?

Answer 15

To help students articulate how ideas relate and depend on each other.

Question 16

What does the phrase ‘making the implicit explicit’ refer to?

Answer 16

Revealing hidden relations, assumptions, and consequences in reasoning.

Question 17

What practical question helps students apply the ‘connections’ idea?

Answer 17

‘Can you tell me what this concept is connected to and what these links reveal?’

Question 18

What message do you want to convey at the end of the sequence?

Answer 18

That revising is not just re-reading but exploring relationships between ideas.

Question 19

What is the reason for closing with reflections on links and anchors?

Answer 19

To show that connections strengthen both understanding and memory.

Question 20

What is the overarching purpose of the whole sequence?

Answer 20

To guide students from discussing study habits to rethinking understanding as a relational process.