Classroom Instruction that Works (Marzano, Pickering, Pollock) For each chapter, you will be expected to provide key

points of the chapter, a list of ideas (take aways) that you will work to implement, and any follow-up questions you may have. You can use bulleted lists for this professional reading reflection.

Chapter __1_____ Key Points: Effective instructional strategies can impact student learning Effective management techniques can impact student learning Effective curriculum design can impact student learning Combine these three important areas, learning be enhanced for all the students in the classroom

Take Aways: All these enhance learning and can be used in a social studies classroom Identifying Similarity and Difference Summarize and note taking Reinforcing effort and providing recognition Homework and practice Nonlinguistic representations Cooperative Learning Setting objectives Questions, cues and advanced organizer

Follow-up Questions: I dont know how I could use generate and test hypotheses in a social studies classroom? Chapter __2_____ Key Points: Presenting students with explicit guidance in identifying similarities and differences enhances students understanding of and ability to use knowledge

 Asking students to independently identify similarities and difference enhances student understanding of and ability to use knowledge Identifying similarities and difference graphic form or symbolic formenhances student understanding of and ability to use knowledge Identification of similarities and differences can be accomplished in a variety of ways. Comparing, classifying, Creating metaphors, Analogies Take Aways: Use of graphic organizers through either a venn diagram or some matrix comparison Use of analogies Questions that elicit inferences Follow-up Questions: Wondering how I can work metaphors in a social studies classroom? Chapter __3_____ Key Points: To effectively summarize must delete some information and substitute some information To effectively delete, substitute, and keep content students analyze the information deeply Being aware of the explicit structure is an aid to summarizing

Take Aways: Rule based Strategy to summarizing in history I think would be useful in our eight door foldable providing small summaries of each lesson Reciprocal Teaching Summarizing, Questioning, Clarify and Predicting Research supports note taking instruction and practice in class and helps in studying. Webbing to use history could be used in a unit lesson to small amount necessary to taking notes, pulling out important information Follow-up Questions: How can I find new ways to take notes to make it interesting to the students?

Chapter __4_____ Key Points: Rewards do not have a negative impact on intrinsic motivation Reward is most effective when its contingent on some standard Abstract symbolic recognition is more effective than tangible rewards Take Aways: Pause, Prompt and Praise strategy I think I will try this week for daily pre-quiz activity

Chapter __5_____ Key Points: The amount of homework should vary in the amount of time in elementary, middle school, and high school each having progressive impact on each Parent involvement in the homework should be more of facilitation, with letting the student to solve content. The homework should be identified purpose of the practice and structured, while providing elaboration of the past content and preparation for new content The teacher should comment on homework, it has a great impact than graded or unchecked homework Homework requires focused multiple fair practice in order to Master a skill. Take Aways: All these enhance learning and can be used in a social studies classroom Designing practice that focus on specific elements of complex Skills through by planning curriculum and designing amount time the students need to understand and practice the skill Commenting on homework through the use of portfolios is best at increasing enhanced learning Follow-up Questions: Have seen how portfolio use in English classroom and in Special needs student rooms wonder how it can be adapted to social studies curriculum? Chapter __6_____ Key Points: Non-linguistic Representations enhance the learning of the student through creating mental images Use of a variety of activities help produce images Use of physical sensation, kinesthetic association are helpful in help in creating expressed association with content

Take Aways: All these enhance learning and can be used in a social studies classroom The use graphic organizers and making models I have used in the classroom and have been effective in enhancing the student learning which was shown in their work Would like to kinesthetic activities of moving to express their knowledge of the content. Follow-up Questions: How will I get this type of activity into the content? Chapter __7_____ Cooperative Learning Key Points: There are five elements of Cooperative Learning: Positive Interdependence, Face to Face promotive interaction, individual and group accountability, interpersonal and small group skills, and group processing Should not use grouping by abilities it could have negative impact on learning Cooperative Learning groups should be kept small 1-2 (like a share and pair) 3-4 learning groups Take Aways: All these enhance learning and can be used in a social studies classroom Keep Cooperative Learning to a systematic minimum to keep its effectiveness Formal groups are used to have enough time to complete project Informal groups (pair/share; turn to your allow time to process more content and focus students Think to use a cooperative learning for an end of semester project in the classroom

Follow-up Questions: Wonder how can keep the individuals responsible in their commitment and equal work?

Chapter __8_____ Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback Key Points: Instructional goals narrow what student should focus on in their learning Instructional goals should not be to specific Student should be encouraged to personalize the teachers goals by adapting them Feedback should be corrective, timely, criterion specific in nature in reference to the skill of content knowledge Take Aways: All these enhance learning and can be used in a social studies classroom The use of specific but general enough to provide flexibility for the student, possible to use on end of semester project Use of a contract to allow specific goal and control over in completion of that goal More timely feedback on tests or papers in order to with both positive and corrective feedbacks Use of student lead feedback, which can be used in the project both by the group or other groups. Follow-up Questions: Can the student lead feedback be used in note taking skill building?