Marzano

This week we talked about Marzano's 9 Instructional strategies.
The one that I feel will be really useful in my lesson plans and in my classes in the future is Questions, Cues and Advance organizers. I feel that asking questions helps students identify what they already know to use and help learn new information. For example, with my current students now we use Fundations to help with language training. This has been useful in helping students with sign in work and identifying there name as well. By asking them question, or using the letter sound they are able to identify letters. It has been especially neat to see students who are low cognitively identify letter sounds with different objects in the room. I think that Marzano's strategies will be very helpful when coming up with our unit lesson plans. 

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  1. LifeCoachandArtwAngela.blogspot.comSeptember 30, 2018 at 8:35 PM

    Questions, Cues and Advance Organizers help students activate prior knowledge of a subject matter and relate new knowledge to what they already know. Teachers should use questions that focus on what is important. Advance Organizers on what is important and they are useful in organizing complex information. Cues are important with time and how to accept responses particularly with higher level thinking questions.

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