23. Categories of Instructional Strategies that Affect Student Achievement … Cooperative Learning ____ Identifying similarities and differences ____ Question, cues and advance organizers ____ Reinforcing effort and providing recognition____ Generating and testing hypothesis ____ Setting objectives and providing feedback ____ Homework and practice ____ Summarizing and notetaking ____ Nonlinguistic representations ____
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26. Learning Cycle and Decision Factors Used in Planning and Implementing Differentiated Instruction
27. Teachers can differentiate … Content Process Product According to student’s… Readiness Interests Learning Profile Through a range of instructional strategies such as… Taped material, literature circles, indep.study, learning contracts, tiered lessons and products, interest centers, varied homework, small group instruction, flexible grouping, anchor activities, Think Tac Toe, Think-Pair-Share, etc.
32. Whole Class Differentiation or Small Group Differentiation
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34. Flow of Instruction 1 Teacher and whole class begin exploration of a topic or concept 2 Students engage in further study using varied materials based on readiness and learning style 3 Students and teacher come together to share information and pose questions 4 Students work on varied assigned tasks designed to help them make sense of key ideas at varied levels of complexity and varied pacing 5 The whole class reviews key ideas and extends their study through sharing 6 In small groups selected by students , they apply key principals to solve teacher-generated problems related to their study 7 The whole class is introduced to the skills needed later to make a presentation 8 Students self-select interest areas through which they extend their understanding 9 The whole class listens to individual study plans and establishes baseline criteria for success .
38. Sample Anticipation Guide Statement Agree/ Disagree Were you correct? Yes/No Evidence Cooperative Learning is an effective instructional strategy Students should only be placed in groups according to their interests
51. Students complete an “Exit Task” Examples: Write down the BIG IDEA of today. Write down two things you could tell your parent that you learned. Write down how the skill we practiced today could be used in the future. Record three vocabulary terms that we used today and their meanings.
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55. Let’s Practice: Differentiation Scenario Your task is to take the following instructional objective and identify two differentiation strategies that might be used to teach the objective. Objective: Students will identify the main idea and relevant details of The Scarlett Letter.
56. Terrance does not feel a connection to school. He is a very intelligent student, but he “follows.” He is hyperactive and does not apply himself. He has exhibited strong reading skills, but does not always complete work. Jack failed reading three times. He is an expert hunter and fisherman and knows more about the outdoors than anyone. He seems to learn best with hands-on activities. His reading and writing skills have only slightly improved over the last 2 years. Marie is a very quick learner. She seems to get things just by listening. She likes to excel. She is very concerned about rules and right vs. wrong. She is a natural leader. Her reading and writing skills are both above grade level.