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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
Instructional feedback for students is essential to their growth, and instructional feedback has been extensively researched over the past several decades. On giant in that research field is Grant Wiggins. In his article Seven Keys to Effective Feedback (https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/seven-keys-to-effective-feedback), Wiggins shares that instructional feedback should be: Goal-referenced – Tasks must be clearly defined and goals
Students can sit in a classroom that offers a clear focus, receive masterfully delivered direct instruction, and still not achieve. Why? Students need to actively engage with content in order to fully understand and apply it to a variety of situations. Only then can it be said that they truly learned something. How can teachers
Imagine you are being sent to a large store to pick up a small item. Which of the following two sets of instructions would most likely get you to the item in the easiest manner? Go to the store, go inside and go to the west side of the building. You’ll find it over there.
My parents meander. As much as I would like to say this is related to their retirement status and not having set schedules, I cannot. They have been this way for many years. I recall one vacation many, many years ago when my parents packed bags, loaded the car, drove to the nearest highway, and
Over the past several weekends, I’ve been volunteering my time to help a young couple with a home makeover project. Bear in mind, I have very little skill in this area, but I’m a willing participant! On a recent assignment, I was to create a rough opening for a door installation. I read how to
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