St David’s Catholic College

Coleg Catholig Dewi Sant

Controlled Experiment

Tactical Teaching

Literacy Skills

Reading

Rationale and Approach

To look to improve outcomes at Level 3, specifically in A Level Programmes

• Higher order thinking skills

• Reading skills• Geoff Petty – Improve

your Teaching and that of your Team

• Supported Experiment

Investigation of Active Reading Strategies

• STEPS Tactical Teaching

• 3 Staff Development Sessions

• Choice of 7 Learning Areas

How the Experiment Worked• Each deliverer worked with two groups of mixed ability

• One group was delivered new reading strategies and the other denied these strategies

• Deliverers then assessed outcomes based on written assignments, at the end of a period of teaching

• Purpose - Creating a blueprint for good practice

Results and Effect on Pedagogy• 5 out of 7 Learning Areas returned assessment results

that were higher in groups who were delivered new reading strategies

• Effect on Learners and Effect on Teachers

• Visual Approaches to Reading

• Supported Independent Learning

Activity Outputs• Improvements to Schemes of Work

• Improved awareness of successful Tactical Teaching activities

• A working framework for future controlled experiments

Tactical Teaching Materials

• http://tacticalstepseducation.com/

• tacticalsteps@gmail.com