Identify two instructional strategies to use in their classroom and add them to their GO TO Page. Using a Venn diagram, learners will compare/contrast the use of ability grouping for differentiation purposes.
Academic Language: language vocabulary needed for this module:
• Robert Marzano: Classroom Instruction That Works Research
• Compare and Contrast
• Classify
• T-Chart
• Higher-Order Thinking
• Metaphors
• Analogies
When reflecting on Hattie’s synthesis of research on the Influences on Student Achievement document, use of compare and contrast is found to have a strong influence on student achievement:
• Elaboration and organization – .75
• Transfer strategies – .86
• Meta cognitive strategies – .60
Thinking is a natural process. However, most students have a difficult time applying thinking strategies in an academic setting. Several leading researchers have discovered that their students had significant gains in learning when teachers use specific thinking strategies in the classroom.
In the book Classroom Instruction that Works, Dr. Robert Marzano describes four methods of using similarities and differences.
1. Comparing- review how things are alike or different based on the characteristics
2. Classifying-group items after we see how they are similar or different
3. Creating Metaphors-link two things that appear to be different but have some likeness
4. Creating Analogies-Look for similarities between pairs of elements
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