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Re-thinking starters: Initial Stimulus Material

January 27, 2016February 1, 2016Oxford Geography Team
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Are you bored with your normal lesson starters? Does your repertoire only stretch as far as a recall of previous learning? Whilst recap quizzes may be tried and tested and useful in linking one lesson to another, there is a way to boost curiosity and enquiry in your classroom. Initial Stimulus Material (ISM) ties in […]

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