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Narrative architecture·Medium cognitive demand·20–40 minutes

Walkthrough

Guide students through a process or chronology while making each transition and decision visible.

Knowledge
Chronological · Procedural · Causal
Sequence
Modelling · Guided Construction
Interaction
Medium

A walkthrough follows a real sequence step by step. Its value lies in exposing the joins: what changed, what information became available, and why the next step followed from the previous one.

01How the architecture unfolds

  1. Establish the starting state.
  2. Reveal one step or event.
  3. Pause to name what changed and why.
  4. Ask students to predict the next move.
  5. Complete the sequence and reconstruct its logic.

02The work on each side

Teacher moves

  • Think aloud at decision points
  • Keep earlier states visible
  • Separate sequence from causal explanation

Student moves

  • Track
  • Predict
  • Annotate transitions
  • Retell

03What would count as learning?

  • Students can explain why each step follows
  • Students can apply the sequence to a parallel case

04Across the curriculum

Media Studies

Continuity editing

Assemble a scene cut by cut and name the spatial problem each edit solves.

Mathematics

Completing the square

Make every transformation and its justification visible before fading support.