Applying the seven-step model to support independent learning: Primary schools

In this ​‘Voices from the Classroom’ video, Lucy Broomfield – primary school teacher and KS1 phase leader at Chorlton Park Primary School – explains how she uses the ‘seven-step model’ to support pupils’ independent learning.

Drawing from Recommendation 2 of the EEF’s Metacognition and Self-Regulation guidance report, this video highlights how the ‘seven-step model’ for explicitly teaching metacognitive strategies allows the teacher to build solid knowledge and understanding before gradually releasing responsibility to the learner. The ‘seven-step model’ can be applied to learning different subject content at different phases and ages.

We asked Lucy to talk to us about how the ‘seven-step model’ has become an integral part of her teaching habits. Lucy highlights the importance of teachers modelling their own thinking throughout the seven-step model to help pupils develop their metacognitive skills.

In the video, Lucy focusses on what the ‘Activating Prior Knowledge’ and ‘Modelling’ elements from the model look like in her classroom.