Breaking It DownUsing Technology With

Classroom Strategies That Work

Glenn Gurley and Cynthia Wilson

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Why Technology with Marzano?

• Moves classrooms from teacher dominated to ones that are more student centered.

• Allows for more differentiation• Augments motivation to learn• Encourages collaboration• Promotes critical thinking• Develops problem-solving skills

Instruction That Works: The Essential Nine

Premiered Summer 2008

Take 90 seconds to individually order the nine srategies, based on what you think the research revealed.

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Category Avg. Effect Size Percentile Gain # of Studies

Identifying similarities and differences 1.61 45 31

Summarizing and note taking 1.00 34 179

Reinforcing effort and providing recognition .80 29 21

Homework and practice .77 28 134

Nonlinguistic representations .75 27 246

Cooperative learning .73 27 122

Setting objectives and providing feedback .61 23 408

Generating and testing hypotheses .61 23 63

Questions, cues and organizers .59 22 1251

Instructional Strategies Research

Average Effect Size .20 or Above Significant Impact.80 or Above Very Significant Impact

Meta-analysis combines the results from a number of studies to determine the average effect of a given technique.

Using Technology with Classroom Instruction That Works

Premiers Summer 2009

Wizards

• On the Word 2003 Tools menu, click AutoSummarize. • Select the type of summary you want.• In the Percent of original box, type or select the level

of detail to include in the summary. Select a higher percentage of the original document to include more detail.

• If you don't want AutoSummarize to replace your existing keywords and comments on the Summary tab in the Properties dialog box (File menu), clear the Update document statistics check box.

• Click the 2007 Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options.

• Click Customize. • In the list under Choose commands from, click

All Commands. • Scroll through the list of commands until you

see AutoSummary Tools. • Click AutoSummary Tools, and then click Add.

Note TakingUsingTrack ChangesFeature

Webbing

http://www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/Library/Curriculum/InfoLit/Lessons/Webbing%20Questions.htm

Using

Inspiration

or Word

The Sharks

Middle School TeamHawk G

ood News

Postcards

Students Can Learn toChange their Beliefs

to an Emphasis on Effort

• Izzit - Website - Izzit.org

• Randy Pauch – The Last Lecture - Video

• Muhammad Yunus - Video

• Tiger Woods Foundation Website

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Homework

• Purpose of homework should be identified and articulated.

• Homework should be commented on.• Parental involvement should be limited.• Amount of homework varies on age and

ability.

So how to we prepare students for homework?

Homework should help students

• Master a skill or process• Adapt and shape what they have learned• Increase their conceptual understanding of

skills and processes

How do we assure what we assign meets these needs?

Recommendations

• Use graphic organizers to represent knowledge

• Have students create physical models of knowledge

• Have student generate mental pictures• Use pictographs• Engage in kinesthetic activities

Using Smart Art Graphics in Word

Using Advance Google Searches

Mental images cuesPictographs images

Images for projects

• Upload from and save to your desktop • Edit anytime, from anywhere Pick who can

access your documents • Share changes in real time • Files are stored securely online • It's FREE!

Generalization from Researchon Providing Feedback

• Feedback should be “corrective” in nature. • Feedback should be timely. • Feedback should be specific to a criterion

(appearance, level of learning). • Students can effectively provide their own

feedback.

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Completion

All sections of the brochure are complete and handed in on time.

All required sections of the brochure are complete and handed in on time.

Most sections of the brochure are complete and is handed in 0-1 days late

Three fourths of the brochure are missing and was handed in late.

Content

Optional sections were included.

No optional sections

No optional sections

No optional sections

Connections

There are more than three connections made among the ideas of topography, natural resources, and culture.

There are at least three connections in each major section.

There is at least one connection in each major section.

No connections

Appearance brochure design is neat, creative, and colorful and it is typed.

The brochure is neat and easy to read.

The brochure is not neat but is readable.

The brochure is unreadable

Sample RubricCriteria: Procedure

Generating and Testing HypothesesSix Types of Tasks

• Systems Analysis

• Problem Solving

• Decision Making

• Investigation

• Experimental Inquiry

• Invention

Projective Investigation - Civil Disobedience

Select a major movement and consider what would have happened if there had been no civil

disobedience as part of the movement.

Research On Questioning

• 80 percent of student-teacher interactions involve cues and questions (Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock, 2001).

• 60 percent of the questions asked are lower cognitive questions

• 20 percent are higher cognitive questions• 20 percent are procedural.

Cues

Helping Students Activate Prior Knowledge

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Breaking It DownUsing Technology With

Classroom Strategies That Work

Glenn Gurley and Cynthia Wilson