Carol, I was referring to Classroom Instruction That Works. The authors are Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock. There are 9 strategies they refer to. Some are cognitive others are management oriented and some have to do with getting students to engage successfully. He also has a website(sorry don't remember the address) where there are references to instruction and different forms of assessment. Reading his book has not really changed how I think about my reading instruction but has made me think really hard about math science and social studies. Like where when and what I have them practice to get my students to a point of mastery. Also about how many times a student needs to experience information before they "know" it, and having them experience it in different contexts( which relates very much to what Art Hyde say in his math book ?Comprehending Math?). My reading has made me question recall as a lower thinking skill. We think it is when we are looking at the context of what we expect of our students but what they have to do cognitively to get that information into their brains and then be able to locate with in the context of the situation they are expected to recall it in is a lot more complex than we think it is. Wow this is longer than I meant it to be and a lot more rambling. Sorry. Darcy 5th grade teacher
> Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 10:28:06 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] State Testing - Marzano > focus?> > Darcy,> > Can you please shed some light on the Marzano discussion? > Is there a particular book you are referring to when talking about Marzano's > strategies?> > Thank you!> Carol> > Carol A. Mauer> BCSC Literacy Coach> > Lincoln Elementary School> 376-4447> > > > >>> Darcy Bardwell <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> 5/27/2008 2:36 PM >>>> As far as I have ever known the reading > EOG was never based on MOT strategies. The categories of questions just had > similar labels - like connections. The test for the past 5 years and the new > one this year has been based on Marzano. Marzano fits very well with MOT, at > least most of it. Marzano includes more than just thinking strategies.> > > Darcy> NC 5th grade> > > > > Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 05:01:18 -0700> From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject: [MOSAIC] State > Testing - Marzano focus?> > My fourth grade students take the NC end of grade > test starting next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I am nervous about it > because we've heard that the state switched the emphasis from MOT strategies > to Marzano and Pickering's strategies. (Yet I've not heard of any state > sponsored training for teachers regarding the switch or the "new" > strategies.)> > Is this something that those who have given the test have > seen? Obviously, there is nothing I can do at this time to influence what my > students do this year. If this is something many of us see regarding the > test, then I may need to change my practices for next year to include this. > Also, rereading the book with would be beneficial, as would seeking > training.> > I also wonder what the more academic of us out there think? Have > you compared and contrasted the strategies? What are the differences? What > would you suggest I add to my instruction that would help me bring in this > focus? Are there any discussion groups for this type of instruction?> > > > Joy/NC/4> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> How children learn is as important as what they > learn: process and content go hand in hand. > http://www.responsiveclassroom.org> > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________> Mosaic mailing list> > [email protected]> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please > go to> > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.> > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > _______________________________________________> Mosaic mailing list> > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please > go to> > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.> > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
