«When you're talking
about instructional strategies, all of that requires funding, money and resources.
How can different patterns of performance among students lead to conversations among teachers and administrators
about instructional strategies and resources?
Using the scale, we were able to gather data
about the instructional strategies that were employed, the percentage of students who were engaged, who was responsible for directing the activities (i.e., teacher - versus student - directed), and the levels of cognitive demand that were required.
Not exact matches
In the next article, I will talk
about the guidelines, user - experience
strategies, interaction and
Instructional Design
strategies, as well as digital transformation
strategies for building a flexible and adaptable Learning Experience.
Teachers need time: If we want to see teachers using
instructional strategies like academic discourse, then teachers need time to learn
about, practice, and master this craft.
We often hear
about the debate of how Subject Matter Experts meddle with
Instructional Strategies and how
Instructional Designers do not have the freedom to develop their own product.
According to Becky Smerdon and Kathryn Borman, who led the Gates - sponsored research team that evaluated the initiative, by the late 1990s some consensus had emerged among reformers
about what made schools successful: «a shared vision focused on student learning, common
strategies for engendering that learning, a culture of professional collaboration and collective responsibility, high - quality curriculum, systematic monitoring of student learning, strong
instructional leadership (usually from the principal), and adequate resources.»
Schools that must serve students and families who don't buy into their pedagogical
strategies can not run a focused
instructional program or make reliable promises
about how children will be taught.
If you know anyone in the education field, you may have heard lamentations
about the cyclical nature with which the
instructional strategies and programs from 20 years ago resurface under a new name.
Wrapping these ideologically charged reforms into an expert national «consensus,» though, forces those who have concerns
about these
strategies to look askance at the SEL agenda — when it might instead make clear that there's room in the SEL coalition for those with diverse views on school discipline and
instructional practice.
For 12 years, eMINTS, which stands for Enhancing Missouri's
Instructional Networked Teaching
Strategies, has been educating teachers and other learning professionals
about how to use technology to enhance inquiry - based learning in K - 12 classrooms.
For two years, Agency by Design has partnered with preK — 12 educators in Oakland, California, to develop
instructional strategies and tools to help students think critically
about the design of objects, ideas, and systems — and to test the notion that maker - based experiences can increase students» sense of self - efficacy.
Here's a plan to put a hopeful message in a bottle for the summer of 2015: America Achieves and the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) would work with the America Achieves to design a teacher survey asking
about the Common Core implementation identified treatments and other
strategies (e.g.,
instructional coaching using digital video captured by coached teachers, a specific textbook or curriculum, supplemental programs for students, etc.) their school is using, and a principal survey asking
about similar topics.
Earlier this year, the Fordham Institute's Mike Petrilli — a former Bush - administration official and NCLB champion who has since expressed concerns
about the law — observed: «The question of whether affluent and disadvantaged kids need a different kind of education — different
instructional strategies, different curriculum, maybe even different kinds of teachers — is a serious one.
Kirk Walters, a managing researcher for American Institutes for Research, or AIR, talks
about the Better Math Teaching Network in New England, which is testing new high school math
instructional strategies to be shared with educators around the country.
In this article, two experts in the field offer insights and advice
about using this
instructional strategy in your classroom.
The coach models an activity using the
strategy and the teachers talk
about upcoming
instructional opportunities to use this in their classrooms.
Domain I training provided by Learning Sciences International takes participants through a series of activities and training to help teachers self - reflect
about their personal use of the 41 categories of
instructional strategies and helps supervisors identify these
strategies in use.
For comprehension instruction, eight different
instructional practices were observed and coded: doing a picture walk; asking for a prediction; asking a text - based question; asking a higher level, aesthetic response question; asking children to write in response to reading (including writing answers to questions
about what they had read); doing a story map; asking children to retell a story; and working on a comprehension skill or
strategy.
When you plan your classroom seating arrangement, you make important decisions
about your
instructional priorities, the way you anticipate students will interact, and the kinds of
instructional strategies you will use.
Produced by CUE, each Academy is an intensive, two - day event during which participants get hands - on experience with Google's free products and other technologies, learn
about innovative
instructional strategies, receive resources to share with colleagues, and immerse themselves in a supportive community of educators making impact...
In the article Teaching preschoolers learning
strategies: «What» meets «how», authors Felicia R. Truong, Ed.D. (AppleTree Institute's Director of Curriculum and Content) and Abby G. Carlson, Ph.D. (AppleTree Institute's Director of Research and Evaluation) state that «children need to know how to learn not just what to learn» and write
about how AppleTree's
instructional model Every Child Ready helps educators do this.
With so much discussion
about defining high quality professional development, we talk
about strategies for engaging adult learners, giving educators usable take - away
strategies, and coaching implementation in real - world
instructional settings — all while maintaining a focus on improving student learning.
One recent example of research
about the link between the principal and teachers «professional development is provided by the study of IFL (Institute for Learning) implementation
strategies in three urban school districts.127 That study found that teachers reported varying amounts of
instructional support provided by their principals.
These focused conversations
about the data,
instructional practice, and student engagement
strategies promote professional growth and create a need to know more.
The intent of this article is to share information and provide guidance for preservice and in - service teachers
about a mediated alternative
instructional strategy that has the ability to reach reluctant and struggling readers.
One common feedback from the two sessions given that year were that attendees would like further information
about the rubrics,
instructional resources, and
instructional strategies.
Instructional coaches boost the confidence of proficient teachers to help them stop worrying
about failure, especially as they try new
strategies.
It is not
about offering the program or
strategy that can take the place of
instructional leadership.
This work involves (1) hearing
about the
strategies BMTN teachers are testing and refining, and having teachers the leaders are working with test out the
strategies in their classrooms; (2) sharing resources and
strategies that BMTN teachers might use in their improvement projects, (3) providing insights into policies that might affect the
instructional work of the network; and (4) helping recruit additional teachers and
instructional leaders to the network.
As an
instructional coach, learning
about new
strategies to approach teaching Addition and Subtraction and Multiplication and Division is incredibly valuable.
They emphasize research - based
strategies to improve teaching and learning and initiate discussions
about instructional approaches, both in teams and with individual teachers.
This site offers free information
about the details for screening, progress monitoring, and
instructional strategies.
Teachers are constantly learning
about their students and how they respond to each
instructional strategy used in the classroom.
But when you think
about this hard - hitting
instructional approach and hard - hitting learning
strategy that encompasses so much, all with this great context, it really is Project Based Learning.
Attendees will leave the academy with an understanding of how to incorporate the
strategies and lesson design principles they learned
about and how to implement an action plan for enhancing
instructional know - how in their classrooms, schools, or districts.
Once principals, teachers and
instructional coaches have learned to use these tools strategically for reflection and professional learning, they are ready to learn more
about content - specific
strategies.
Focusing on evidence prompted further discussions
about lesson planning, learning progressions, tiered levels of support, and new
instructional strategies to move individual students from where they are to where they need to be.
This empowers students to take charge of their own learning by understanding their progress, and provides you with the actionable data you need to make timely, informed decisions
about your students» comprehension and your own
instructional strategies.
From assessment and accountability to standards and research - based
instructional strategies, reformers are debating long and hard
about what our teachers should be doing differently to improve student achievement.
During the webinar, Silver and Dewing will talk
about why and how to move beyond
instructional strategies to the larger concept of
instructional know - how.
Teachers» reasons for their decisions
about classroom instruction closely related to their conceptions of science, effective science teaching and
instructional strategies, purposes of science teaching, and student understanding.
Beth and her team use the plans to evaluate program effectiveness and they help inform teachers
about which
instructional strategies are working and if students are moving forward based on agreed upon targets.
Most of the questions contained in this study guide are ones you can think
about on your own, but you might consider pairing with a colleague or forming a study group with others to use Advancing Formative Assessment in Every Classroom: A Guide for
Instructional Leaders to continually assess your current practices and develop
strategies for putting formative assessment to work.
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Instructional Design
Strategy: Scenario - based learning with Watch - Try - Do approach Authoring Tool: Adobe Captivate 9
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Teachers can use the resources below to learn more
about implementing the
instructional practices and
strategies described in the lesson plans shared here (available through the link on the left of this page).
Sherry and Roggenbuck (2014) observed that in their early attempts to respond to student writing English teacher candidates imitated their own former high - school teachers»
instructional strategies, despite their having expressed negative feelings
about those assessment practices.
Although several studies in other disciplines report that teachers planning with print - based ECMs tend to develop a better understanding of
instructional strategies and their impact on student thinking (Collopy, 2003; Grossman & Thompson, 2004; Lloyd, 1999; Remillard, 2000, 2005; Schneider, Krajcik, & Marx, 2000), little is known
about the effects of technology - enhanced ECMs or those designed for teaching in the social studies.
The role of the
instructional coach goes beyond sharing good
strategies; it's
about supporting teachers to think differently
about what's happening in their classroom so they can take new actions.
Our infographic explains all you need to know
about instructional design
strategies.