Plugged Into Classroom Instruction that Works

Strategies forIncreasing Student

Achievement

Plugged Into Classroom Instruction that Works

Strategies forIncreasing Student

Achievement

Anita McPartland anitamcpartland@lancasterisd.org

Lancaster ISD

Research-BasedResearch-Based

• Works by Robert J. Marzano– 100 research reports over 30 years– Focus on highly effective instructional strategies

• Findings– 9 categories of effective instructional strategies

• Purpose– Help teachers hone their craft– Identify strategies more precisely– Use strategies more purposefully– Increase student achievement

Research-Based StrategiesResearch-Based Strategies

• “Art” of teachingvs.

“Science” of teaching• Nine strategies with a

high probability of enhancing student achievement forall students in all subject areas atall grade levels.

• Classroom practices and examples

ReinforceEffort

-Recognition

Similarities-

Differences

Homework-

Practice

NonlinguisticRepresentation

CooperativeLearning

Cues,Questions,& AdvancedOrganizers

Summarizing-

Note Taking Set Objectives

-Feedback

Generating& Testing

Hypotheses

Nonlinguistic RepresentationNonlinguistic Representation

Mental picturesMental pictures

Physical sensationsPhysical sensations

Creating a Magazine CoverCreating a Magazine Cover

• 5th grade students• Cameras• PowerPoint• Image Editing • Word Art

Share examples of covers.Share examples of covers.

Building the CoverBuilding the Cover

1. Camera tips and tricks.2. Picture taking in pairs.3. Picture guidelines.4. Memory Card use.5. Picture import.6. Memory card clearing.7. Rubric for project.

Rural Alphabet BookRural Alphabet Book

• 2nd grade students• Power Point• Students take picture• Insert images into PPT• Draw tools to form letters• Print and bind

Summarizing and Note TakingSummarizing and Note Taking

Summary framesSummary frames

Webbing techniquesWebbing techniques

Kindergarten ProjectKindergarten Project

• Collaboration with classroom teacher

• Coordinated with field trip to the zoo

• Publisher - Newsletter• Word Art• Clip Art

Identifying Similarities and DifferencesIdentifying Similarities and Differences

Core of all learningCore of all learning

Enhances understanding of knowledgeEnhances understanding of knowledge

Living ~ Non-LivingLiving ~ Non-Living

• 2nd grade students• Inspiration• Animal classifications

• Identified living things

• Identified non-living things

Reinforcing Effort and Providing RecognitionReinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition

Attitudes and belief systemsAttitudes and belief systems

Effective tools for rewarding studentsEffective tools for rewarding students

Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning

Organizing and managementOrganizing and management

Focus and collaborationFocus and collaboration

Science Safety VideoScience Safety Video

• 3rd Grade• Storyboard • Scripts• PowerPoint• Photo Story• Digital

cameras

Homework and PracticeHomework and Practice

Refine and extend knowledgeRefine and extend knowledge

Focused practiceFocused practice

Practice ~ Practice ~ PracticePractice ~ Practice ~ Practice

• PreKindergarten• Kindergarten• Excel• Letter recognition –

Capitals / Lowercase• Counting to 100• Counting Patterns

Cues, Questions, and Advance OrganizersCues, Questions, and Advance Organizers

Activating prior knowledgeActivating prior knowledge

Critical for learning for all studentsCritical for learning for all students

Primary Years ProgrammePrimary Years Programme• 3rd grade Bilingual

Students• English Project• Creating a Business

Instructional StrategiesImpact

Student Achievement

Instructional StrategiesImpact

Student AchievementTechnology Integration

ReinforceEffort

& Recognition

CooperativeLearning

NonlinguisticRepresentation

Cues,Questions,

& Organizers

BibliographyBibliography• Marzano, R.J., Pickering, D.J., & Pollock, J.E. (2001)Classroom

instruction that works: Research-based strategies for increasingstudent achievement. Alexandria, VA: Association of Supervisionand Curriculum Development.

• Pitler, H., Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., & Malenoski, K. (2007) Using technology with classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA: Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Lancaster ISD Instructional Technology

Lancaster ISD Instructional Technology

Anita McPartland Meghan O’Connor