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the top three strategies

that you think will most impact
student achievement.
Please, also share your
questions, ideas, and feedback
on the survey as well.

Best Practices
for High Impact
Learning is what they remember
after they have forgotten
everything you said.

Presenters
Carolyn

Ford

Professional Learning Coach

Meredith Hewatt
Teacher Leader, BCES
Polly Holder
Teacher Leader, WGHS

What are teaching

strategies I can use to
promote student
achievement?

What does the research say?

Classroom instruction that works!

Marzano,

Pickering, & Pollack, 2001, ASCD

Robert Marzano is a senior fellow at the
Mid-continent Research for Education
and
Learning Institute in Aurora, Colorado
He is well known and respected for his work in
translating research and theory into classroom
practice.

Marzanos nine
Identifying

similarities and differences

Summarizing and note taking
Reinforcing effort and providing recognition
Homework and practice
Nonlinguistic representations
Cooperative learning
Setting objectives and providing feedback
Generating and testing hypotheses
Cues, Questions, and advance organizers

Learning Focused
Schools
Max

Thompson, Project Director

of the LEARNING-FOCUSED
Schools Model
Connecting exemplary practice in
curriculum, instruction,
assessment and school
organization to increase learning
and achievement in schools

Strategies That Most Impact Achievement

Visible learning
John

Hattie, Director of the Melbourne

Educational Research Institute at the
University of Melbourne, Australia
Visible Learning is a synthesis of more
than800 meta-studiescovering more than
80 million students. According to John
Hattie Visible Learning is the result of 15
years of research about what works best
for learning in schools.

Visible Learning
Student

self-assessment
Response to intervention
Teacher credibility
Providing formative assessments
Classroom discussion
Teacher clarity
Feedback
Reciprocal teaching
Teacher-student relationships
fostered
Spaced vs mass practice

Survey Says . . .

What are the common findings?

Student Summarizing = Formative
Assessment

Student
Benefits

Reflect on lesson
Review content
Revisit text and notes
Determine importance
Clarify thinking
Synthesize
information
Opportunity to ask for
further clarification

Teacher
Benefits

Gather evidence of
learning (informal
assessment not
always for a grade )
Notice students
confusions or
misconceptions
Adjust instruction
Basis for flexible
grouping

Practices in Action
Formative
Assessment:
Hand Signals
Graffiti
Plickers
I have, Who has
Youve got mail

Summarizing:
Somebody
Wanted
Snowball Fight
Tweet Summary
Summary Ball
Give 1, Get 1
Red Light, Green
Light

So now what?
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There is not one answer to
address every need.
Use your professional judgment
to pick the best practice for
each lesson and for your
students.
Remember that YOU, the teacher,
are the most important variable

Polly

Meredit
h

Carolyn