Instructional strategies are actions that teachers take that cause a cognitive change in students. John Hattie (2012) has found that passionate and inspired teaching is critical in fostering the success of student learning. Below you will find some the strategies that have shown great promise to increase student learning.
Worked Examples can also be powerful tools to help student engage the challenge of learning. See the resources below to begin exploring this concept:
The Power of Student Voice - Click HERE
Great Teaching Ideas - Click HERE
Progressions Documents for the Common Core Math Standards - Click HERE
The CBALTM English Language Arts (ELA) Competency Model and Provisional Learning Progressions - Click HERE
Effective Classroom Discussions have Powerful Effects on Learning:
Socratic Questioning
6 Types of Socratic Questions
Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan
Increasing Higher Order Thinking - Reading Rockets
Higher Order Questions Template
Higher Order Math Questions
Activities that Promote Higher Order Questions
General Reading Strategies:
Reading to Learn
Core Reading
Strategy for Determining Importance in Nonfiction
Skimming
Skimming and Scanning
Skimming and Scanning #2
Inference Making:
Teaching Inferencing
Inference Making
Strategies for Making Inferences
Inference Strategies
Research on Inferencing
Skills for Learning Across Content Areas
Problem Solving Tips
Inferencing Organizer
Reading and Responding to Reading:
Reciprocal Teaching
Strategies for Reciprocal Teaching
Reciprocal Teaching Strategies
Reciprocal Teaching in Elementary
Beginning, Middle, End
Cause and Effect
Cause and Effect 2
5 W and How Organizer
Determining Main Ideas:
Identifying Main Idea Strategies
Reading Strategies
Main Idea Strategies
Reading Best Practices
Cornell Note Taking:
The System of Cornell Note Taking
Cornell Note Template
Creating Clear Learning Intentions and Success Criteria:
Strategies for Creating LI/SC
Talking About LI/SC
Strategies for Formative Assessment:
Research Brief
Strategies for Formative Assessment
Formative Assessment Examples
Strategies for Effective Formative Assessment
Formative Assessment Strategies
Reading Strategies:
Strategies for Decoding
Decoding Strategies
Research on Decoding
Story Maps
Multiple Story Maps
Creating an Effective Summary:
The Jot-Dot Summary
Graphic Organizers:
Multiple Organizers for Various Skills (KWL, Compare and Contrast, etc.)
Compare and Contrast:
Graphic Organizer 1
Reading Passages:
ReadWorks.org
K-12 News Articles TweenTribune
Worked Examples can also be powerful tools to help student engage the challenge of learning. See the resources below to begin exploring this concept:
The Power of Student Voice - Click HERE
Great Teaching Ideas - Click HERE
Progressions Documents for the Common Core Math Standards - Click HERE
The CBALTM English Language Arts (ELA) Competency Model and Provisional Learning Progressions - Click HERE
Effective Classroom Discussions have Powerful Effects on Learning:
Socratic Questioning
6 Types of Socratic Questions
Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan
Increasing Higher Order Thinking - Reading Rockets
Higher Order Questions Template
Higher Order Math Questions
Activities that Promote Higher Order Questions
General Reading Strategies:
Reading to Learn
Core Reading
Strategy for Determining Importance in Nonfiction
Skimming
Skimming and Scanning
Skimming and Scanning #2
Inference Making:
Teaching Inferencing
Inference Making
Strategies for Making Inferences
Inference Strategies
Research on Inferencing
Skills for Learning Across Content Areas
Problem Solving Tips
Inferencing Organizer
Reading and Responding to Reading:
Reciprocal Teaching
Strategies for Reciprocal Teaching
Reciprocal Teaching Strategies
Reciprocal Teaching in Elementary
Beginning, Middle, End
Cause and Effect
Cause and Effect 2
5 W and How Organizer
Determining Main Ideas:
Identifying Main Idea Strategies
Reading Strategies
Main Idea Strategies
Reading Best Practices
Cornell Note Taking:
The System of Cornell Note Taking
Cornell Note Template
Creating Clear Learning Intentions and Success Criteria:
Strategies for Creating LI/SC
Talking About LI/SC
Strategies for Formative Assessment:
Research Brief
Strategies for Formative Assessment
Formative Assessment Examples
Strategies for Effective Formative Assessment
Formative Assessment Strategies
Reading Strategies:
Strategies for Decoding
Decoding Strategies
Research on Decoding
Story Maps
Multiple Story Maps
Creating an Effective Summary:
The Jot-Dot Summary
Graphic Organizers:
Multiple Organizers for Various Skills (KWL, Compare and Contrast, etc.)
Compare and Contrast:
Graphic Organizer 1
Reading Passages:
ReadWorks.org
K-12 News Articles TweenTribune
Research on Writing:
The Power of Writing - Click HERE
Writing and School Reform - Click HERE
The Neglected "R" - Click HERE
Writing in the Social Studies Classroom - Click HERE
The Power of Writing - Click HERE
Writing and School Reform - Click HERE
The Neglected "R" - Click HERE
Writing in the Social Studies Classroom - Click HERE
Common Core Math Strategies
Elementary:
- Karen Lassiter’s kindergarten class, where students begin to reason about the numbers 11-19 and construct arguments using manipulatives to support their thinking.
- First graders in Jeanne Wright’s class solving a situational story about leprechaun traps
- Amy Spies’ 4th grade class, students reason about multiplying and dividing fractions.
- Becky Pittard’s 5th grade class, students reason about multiplying and dividing fractions.
- Audra McPhillips’ 8th grade class, where students take reasoning to a new level
- Peggy Brookins’ and Raymond James’ 11th grade lesson on trigonometry
Proving Pythagorean Theorem in Less Than a Minute Video - Click HERE or HERE for Youtube
Power of Worked Examples
Using Worked Examples can be a powerful strategy for helping students learn how to fill in the gaps within their learning (Hattie & Yates, 2014). Sometimes, it may be helpful to provide students with the answers and allow them to work backwards. Please see the following examples:
Math
Algebra - Click HERE
Khan Academy - Multiple Subjects - Click HERE
Discovery ED - Click HERE
Solving Ratio Word Problems - Click HERE
Solving Multiplication and Division Word Problems - Click HERE
Science
Khan Academy - Multiple Subjects - Click HERE
3M Science of Everyday Life - Click HERE
Scientific Method - Click HERE
Parts of the Cell - Click HERE
Interactive Cell Model - Click HERE
Chemical Basis of Life - Click HERE
All Things Biology - Click HERE
English Language Arts
Various Writing Samples - Click HERE
Grade 4 Scored Writing Samples - Click HERE
Grade 6 Scored Writing Samples - Click HERE
K-12 Writing Samples - Click HERE
ACT Student Writing Samples - Click HERE
Common Core State Standards ELA Appendix C - Click HERE
Social Studies
World Geography (Inspired by Elliot) - Click HERE
Khan Academy - Multiple Subjects - Click HERE
Practice Using a Map - Click HERE
Interactive Map Use - Click HERE
Various Map Activities - Click HERE
A Chronological List of Historical Documents - Click HERE
Various US Historical Documents - Click HERE
100+ US Historical Documents - Click HERE
100 US Milestone Documents - Click HERE
