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There exists a rich body of literature regarding the importance of gratitude and its positive impact on our overall well being, and sometimes it is difficult to translate all of this knowing about gratitude into doing gratitude. In the article 10 Ways to Be a More Thankful Person, author Andrea Uptmor shares the following ways…
My household is a place where food is important (as you can probably attest by my girth). Each weekend, we plan a menu for the upcoming week. Based upon that menu, we prepare a list of grocery needs. I write the grocery list down, and many times I write the list based upon departments and…
We’ve been revisiting the nine research-based high-yield instructional practices identified in Marzano’s Classroom Instruction That Works. As teachers, we know the power of collaboration based upon our PLC successes and based upon the focus we placed on collaboration just a few years ago. According to Marzano and his team, the meta-analysis shows that cooperative learning…
In the now classic book Classroom Instruction That Works, Marzano finds through meta-analysis that students who regularly have opportunities to create nonlinguistic representations of current and new knowledge increase achievement. The effect size attributed to this strategy is .75 ((please remember that the effect size is the increase in student achievement as measured in standard…
Homework is a hotly debated and often researched topic among educators. There seems to be a rather significant divide at times regarding whether or not it really makes a difference for students. Today’s writing is not intended to swim into those deep waters. Instead, today we will continue to move forward with our review of…
We’ve been revisiting Marzano’s nine high-yield research-based instructional practices. Today’s practice – Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition – has the potential to yield a positive gain of .80 standard deviation. That’s rather significant! Below are some things to consider when bringing this practice into your classroom: Not all students realize the importance of believing in…
Last week I began revisiting Marzano’s nine high-yield instructional strategies. Summarizing and note take is one of the nine. Meta-analysis indicates an effect size of 1.00 (a positive increase in score of 1.00 standard deviations). That’s significant! Below is more specific information about Summarizing and Note Taking. Summarizing and Note Taking (Effect size = 1.00)…
As a middle school and high school choir director, I frequently walked throughout the ensemble during a rehearsal to hear individual members singing their respective parts. In that real-time setting, I was able to help correct errors in pitch, dynamic, tempo, diction, phrasing, and breathing. I am convinced that those moments of “in the moment”…
I’m sure you’ve heard the old adage, “Practice makes perfect.” While it rolls nicely off the tongue, it is not completely true. I learned this when I had to take piano lessons in college as a music major. For the 10 years prior to my matriculation into the university, I had played piano by ear…
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