Instructional Planning
Using nine categories of Marzano's strategies
"Simply using the strategies at random will not raise student achievement; teachers must also understand how, when, and why to use them."~Bryan Goodwin, Simply Better
Power walk-throughs are a great tool that allows me to get in the classroom and observe what the students are doing. I love walking into a classroom of created learning chaos. The students are learning, through doing. Many teachers are masters of this type of learning chaos. And, some teachers struggle with the concept of losing control of the class. So, a level of learning is never mastered by the students. I challenge you, yeah you...to let go and allow your students to learn through chaos.
Creating the Environment for Learning
- Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback
- Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition
- Cooperative Learning
Helping Students Develop Understanding
- Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers
- Non-linguistic Representations
- Summarizing and Note Taking
- Assigning Homework and Providing Practice
Extending and Applying Knowledge
- Identifying Similarities and Differences
- Generating and Testing Hypotheses
Teach Two Types of Knowledge: Declarative and Procedural
Declarative knowledge is informantional. Procedural knowledge is process oriented and includes skills, tactics, and process. ~Classroom Instruction that works, p. 159
Declarative knowledge is conscious; it can often be verbalized.
Plano West Senior High School
Email: camica.evansbrown@pisd.edu
Location: 5601 West Parker Road, Plano, TX, United States
Phone: 469752-9600