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Professional Development to Practice

Step 7: Independent Practice—“They Do”
“Once students have mastered the content or skill, it
is time to provide for reinforcement practice. It is
provided on a repeating schedule so that the
learning is not forgotten. It may be homework or
group or individual work in class…this practice can
provide for de-contextualization: enough different
contexts so that the skill or concept may be applied
to any relevant situation and not only the context in
which it was originally learned.” Hattie, Visible Learning, 206
Hattie, J. 2009. Visible learning. Hunter, M. 1994. Enhancing learning.
Jones, F. 2007. Tools for teaching