Instructional Page
Lessons Learned About Reflective Practices
Relationships are first
Expand options through dialogue
Focus on learning
Leadership accelerates reflective practice
Energy is required for any system to grow
Courage is required to reflect and act
Trust takes time
Outside-in
Nurturing people and ideas
How Can You Reflect?
· Journaling
· Reading literature about your subject area
· Review a case study
· Developing a teaching portfolio
· Exercising…. To clear the mind
· Taking a personal retreat
· Observing or listening to your own teaching
Instructional Strategies of the Week
Identifying Similarities and Differences
The first category of instructional strategies is identifying similarities and differences. Marzano's research indicates there are four processes that identify how items, events, processes, or concepts are similar and different. They are comparing, classifying, creating metaphors, and creating analogies.
http://gets.gc.k12.va.us/vste/2008/1simdiff.htm
http://classroom.leanderisd.org/webs/marzano/identifying_similarities_and_differences.htm
Questioning Strategies to Promote the “HOTS”
(HOTS – Higher-Order Thinking Skills)
As teachers we tend to ask questions in the "knowledge" category 80% to 90% of the time. These questions are not bad, but using them all the time is. Try to utilize higher order level of questions. These questions require much more "brain power" and a more extensive and elaborate answer. Below is the top question categories as defined by Bloom
EVALUATION
· making value decisions about issues
· resolving controversies or differences of opinion
· development of opinions, judgements or decisions
· do you agree that ...?
· what do you think about ...?
· what is the most important ...?
· place the following in order of priority ...
· how would you decide about ...?
· what criteria would you use to assess ...?
Lessons Learned About Reflective Practices
Relationships are first
Expand options through dialogue
Focus on learning
Leadership accelerates reflective practice
Energy is required for any system to grow
Courage is required to reflect and act
Trust takes time
Outside-in
Nurturing people and ideas
How Can You Reflect?
· Journaling
· Reading literature about your subject area
· Review a case study
· Developing a teaching portfolio
· Exercising…. To clear the mind
· Taking a personal retreat
· Observing or listening to your own teaching
Instructional Strategies of the Week
Identifying Similarities and Differences
The first category of instructional strategies is identifying similarities and differences. Marzano's research indicates there are four processes that identify how items, events, processes, or concepts are similar and different. They are comparing, classifying, creating metaphors, and creating analogies.
- Comparing is identifying similarities and differences between or among ideas.
- Classifying is identifying characteristics and grouping like items.
- Recognizing metaphors requires identifying a pattern in one topic, then finding a different topic that has the same pattern.
- Using analogies involves identifying and analyzing relationships between ideas.
http://gets.gc.k12.va.us/vste/2008/1simdiff.htm
http://classroom.leanderisd.org/webs/marzano/identifying_similarities_and_differences.htm
Questioning Strategies to Promote the “HOTS”
(HOTS – Higher-Order Thinking Skills)
As teachers we tend to ask questions in the "knowledge" category 80% to 90% of the time. These questions are not bad, but using them all the time is. Try to utilize higher order level of questions. These questions require much more "brain power" and a more extensive and elaborate answer. Below is the top question categories as defined by Bloom
EVALUATION
· making value decisions about issues
· resolving controversies or differences of opinion
· development of opinions, judgements or decisions
· do you agree that ...?
· what do you think about ...?
· what is the most important ...?
· place the following in order of priority ...
· how would you decide about ...?
· what criteria would you use to assess ...?