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EEF mechanisms reflection

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Review the programme

EEF mechanisms reflection

Connect proposed activities with the EEF’s 14 mechanisms for professional development. Record the evidence and rationale, then consider missing opportunities.

This is a reflection aid, not an EEF assessment or approval. It does not award a score or predict impact. Consider the wider programme, not just one INSET day.

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A. Building knowledge

  1. 1. Managing cognitive load

  2. 2. Revisiting prior learning

B. Motivating teachers

  1. 3. Setting and agreeing on goals

  2. 4. Presenting information from a credible source

  3. 5. Providing affirmation and reinforcement after progress

C. Developing teaching techniques

  1. 6. Instructing teachers on how to perform a technique

  2. 7. Arranging social support

  3. 8. Modelling the technique

  4. 9. Monitoring and providing feedback

  5. 10. Rehearsing the technique

D. Embedding practice

  1. 11. Providing prompts and cues

  2. 12. Prompting action planning

  3. 13. Encouraging monitoring

    Here, monitoring means teachers monitoring their own use of a practice. The guidance report calls this self-monitoring.

  4. 14. Prompting context-specific repetition

Mechanism names: EEF Effective Professional Development mechanisms poster, page 1. Prompts are Structural Learning’s planning questions, not EEF scoring criteria.