Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement

1. Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement

2. 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

3. Graphic representations Physical models Visualizations Drawings Movement

4. Graphic Organizers

5. Visual Tools Yes

6. Why? Higher-Level Thinking Comprehension Memory Brain-Based Learning Multiple Intelligences

7. Descriptive Pattern Time/Sequence Pattern Cause/Effect Pattern Episode Pattern Generalization/Principle Pattern Concept Pattern Compare/Contrast Pattern Categorize/Classify Pattern

8. Descriptive Pattern Fact Fact Fact Topic Fact Fact

9. Time/Sequence Patterns First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth 1950 1900 2000

10. Cause/Effect Pattern Cause Cause Effect Cause Cause Cause Cause

11. Episode Pattern Duration Time/Sequence Place Time Episode Effect Cause Person Person Person Person Person

12. Generalization/Principle Pattern

13. Concept Pattern Characteristic or Subtopic Concept or Topic Characteristic or Subtopic Characteristic or Subtopic Example or Detail Example or Detail Example or Detail

14. Compare/Contrast Pattern

15. Categorize/Classify Pattern

16. Brainstorming Webs Task Specific Organizers Thinking Process Maps

17. Webbing/Clustering Semantic Mapping Mind Mapping

18. Webbing/Clustering Full Schedule Not Enough Clock Day Time Night Fall Halloween Past Present Colored Leaves Future

19. Clustering Spider Web Topic

20. Semantic Mapping Tools Units ruler scales clocks thermometer MetricStandardNon-Standard meter foot pencil cm inch paper clips liter mile palm Measurement Formulas Types Rectangle: A = l x w Length CapacityMassOther width volume volume time

21. Semantic Mapping Definition Sentence Word Antonym Synonym

22. Mind Mapping

23. Brainstorming Webs Task Specific Organizers Thinking Process Maps

24. Cycles Story Maps Tree Diagrams Flow Chart

25. Cycles Night Sunset Sunrise Daytime Da

26. Text Structures/Story Maps Beginning Middle End

27. Text Structures/Story Maps Problem Goal Event Event Event Solution

28. Text Structures/Story Maps Restate Problem Needed Data The Plan Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Solution

29. Tree Diagrams

30. Flow Chart

31. Brainstorming Webs Task Specific Organizers Thinking Process Maps

32. Concept Map Systems Thinking Thinking Maps

33. Concept Mapping

34. Systems Thinking Monitor To Do List Productivity Mouse Hard drive Stress Keyboard

35. Thinking Maps

36. Patterns Episode Time/Sequence Causal/Effect Descriptive Categorize Classify Compare Contrast Generalization Principle Concept

37. Types Thinking Process Maps Brainstorming Webs Task Specific Organizers Concept Map Cluster Cycles Semantic Map Story Maps Systems Thinking Thinking Maps Mind Mapping Tree Diagram Flow Chart

38. Teach Visual Tools • Discuss what visual tools are and how they can be used. • Show examples and non-examples of visual tools. • Use a completed visual tool to teach a lesson. • Fill in a blank visual tool on the overhead projector. • Give a partially completed visual tool. • Give a blank visual tool to fill in working together in small groups or individually. • Give opportunities to create own visual tools. • Present completed visual tool to class. Discuss.

39. Settlement of colonies Exploration of North America Freedom of Religion Religious Persecution

48. Supporting Details Fact

49. Topic Key Point Key Point Key Point Key Point

50. Key Point Key Point Key Point Topic Key Point Key Point