RESEARCH BASED STRATEGIES: NOT A CHECKLIST
(Source Marzano, Pickering, Pollock. Classroom Instruction that Works ASCD)
STRATEGIES
Identifying Similarities & Differences
EXAMPLES
Venn Diagram
LOOKS LIKE
IN THE CLASSROOM
Students should compare, classify, and create metaphors,
analogies and non-linguistic or graphic representations
Summarizing & Note Taking
Mind Map
Students should learn to delete unnecessary information,
substitute some information, keep important information, write
/ rewrite, and analyze information
Reinforcing Effort & Providing
Recognition
Goal Setting
Display finished products, praise students’ effort, encourage
students to share ideas and express their thoughts
Homework & Practice
Reflective Journal
Retell, recite and review learning for the day at home
Nonlinguistic Representation
Graphic Organizers
Nonlinguistic Representations
Cold-blooded
Body
Temperature
Control
Vertebrate
Lungs
Breathe
Structure
Scales
Most lay
eggs
Reptiles
Body
Covering
Reproduce
Students should create graphic representations, models, mental
pictures, drawings, pictographs, and participate in kinesthetic
activity in order to assimilate knowledge.
Some born
alive
Dry Skin
Turtles
Groups
Habitat
Lizards
Land
Alligators &
crocodiles
Snakes
Cooperative Learning
Jigsaw
Integrate content and language through group engagement,
Setting Objectives & Providing
Feedback
K—W—L
Articulating and displaying learning goals, contract learning
goals, etc.
Generating & Testing Hypotheses
Use of inductive and
deductive reasoning,
Have students create a data set, sort ideas into various clusters
and then generate titles for each cluster. Ask students to predict
what would happen if an aspect of a familiar system, such as the
government or transportation, were changed.
Questions, Cues and Advance
Organizers
Think Aloud
Wait Time…Pause briefly after asking a question. Doing so will
increase the depth of your students' answers. Vary the style of
advanced organizer used: Tell a story, skim a text, or create a
graphic image. There are many ways to expose students to
information before they "learn" it.