For this research investigation the term strategies was defined as, “…the approaches that can be used across curricular areas to support the learning of students” (Herrell and Jordan 2004:5) which “…may be used only on occasion” (Ritchhart, Church and Morrison 2011:48). While techniques was defined as “The body of specialized procedures and methods used in any specific field” (Dictionary.com). However, due to the difficulty in establishing and distinguishing between the two during one lesson observation the researcher decided to make the two terms interchangeable.
The tools used to collect information were lesson observations, teacher interviews, PYP Co-ordinator interviews and field notes.