“Building better Instruction” by Kathy Brabec, Kimberly Fisher, and Howard Pitler. In this article, nine research-based instructional strategies and concrete examples of readily available technology that support them are explored. At Theory-Based Meta-analysis of Research on Instruction, Robert J. Maranao analyzed the results of more than 100 research projects.
1. Identifying Similarities and Differences
2. Summarizing and Note Taking
3. Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition
4. Homework and Pracitce: “Picering, and Pollock’s book indicated students need to practice a skill 24 times to reach 80% competency, with the first four practices yielding the greatest effect.
5. Nonlinguistic Representations
6. Cooperative Learning
7. Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback
8. Generating and Testing Hypothesis: students apply their knowledge and thus deepens their understanding
9. Cues, Questions and Advance Organizers
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Technical Tools
Word Processing
Web Resources Including:
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Organizing and Brainstorming Software: Kidsinspire, Inspiration and Kid Pix
1. Identifying Similarities and Differences
2. Summarizing and Note Taking
3. Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition
4. Homework and Pracitce: “Picering, and Pollock’s book indicated students need to practice a skill 24 times to reach 80% competency, with the first four practices yielding the greatest effect.
5. Nonlinguistic Representations
6. Cooperative Learning
7. Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback
8. Generating and Testing Hypothesis: students apply their knowledge and thus deepens their understanding
9. Cues, Questions and Advance Organizers
·
Technical Tools
Word Processing
Web Resources Including:
NoteStar automatically embeds the Web site annotation into each note.
RubiStar generic rubrics that can
Webquest
Organizing and Brainstorming Software: Kidsinspire, Inspiration and Kid Pix