Strategies for effective teaching and learning Dr. Cody Lawson Assistant Professor- Education Office: Jonas 225 Cody.Lawson@bhsu.edu 605-642-6231

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Teaching Strategies in Social Studies This short video displays a few of the educational strategies that are designed to teach analysis and retention, as well as the ability to re-analyze previously learned information. These new strategies are essential for any student enrolled in a course that requires the analysis, memorization, and then re-analysis of a large amount of content-specific material.  Learn more at www.teachingforrecall.com Teaching Strategies in Social Studies Do you remember this? Isn’t this the perfect example of Ineffective teaching? Boring Economics Teacher

Classroom Instruction that works Identifying similarities and differences Summarizing and note taking Reinforcing effort and providing recognition Homework and practice Nonlinguistic representations Cooperative learning Setting objectives and providing feedback Generating and testing hypotheses Cues, questions, and advance organizers Robert Marzano and Debra Pickering

Graphic Organizers

Discussion Strategies • Think • Pair • Share

THINK Provide a few minutes of quiet “think time” to allow students, individually, to review their own descriptions and images of the targeted terms in their notebooks. Consider modeling for them, by thinking aloud, some of the kinds of thinking they might do during this quiet time.

PAIR After students have had a chance to think about the targeted terms, organize them into pairs and ask them to discuss their descriptions and pictures of the terms with their partners. You might need to guide these interactions by suggesting or modeling ways they can discuss the terms, such as * Comparing their descriptions of the term. * Describing their pictures to each other. * Explaining to each other any new information they have learned or “ahas” they have experienced since the last time they reviewed the terms. * Identifying areas of disagreement or confusion and seeking clarification from you or other resources. Ask students not to change their entries in their notebooks yet. At this point in the process, they should simply be discussing their understanding of the terms.

SHARE Invite students to share aloud with the whole class any new thoughts or understandings they have discussed in their pairs. As students share, highlight interesting ideas and encourage students to explain any examples of confusion or any misconceptions that surfaced during their discussions. This step provides an opportunity for you to make sure that confusion and misconceptions have been resolved accurately. Ask students to make additions and revisions to their notebook entries. Monitor their work to ensure that their additions and revision are accurate.

Formative Assessments Formal and informal presentation Scientific method being applied Reading aloud Talking about one’s work Persuasive debates Following instructions Measuring objects Presenting own work Dialogues Storytelling

More formative assessments Dramas/role play Music-related activities Group or partner activities Designing a Web page Giving opinions Listening to others Charades Sculpture Puppet shows Teaching a lesson

Digital Storytelling: An example Digital Storytelling- Writing Prompts for Elementary Education http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/adventure-writing-prompts/ Digital Storytelling Helpful hints and tips http://www.schrockguide.net/digital-storytelling.html Project Ideas and Examples of Digital Storyboards http://www.scribd.com/doc/79101242/10-Digital-Storytelling-Projects

http://www.graphicorganizer.org http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/ http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/lit-elements/index.html http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ https://www.teachervision.com/graphic-organizers/printable/6293.html http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/teachers-guide-on-use-of-graphic.html http://www.educationoasis.com/curriculum/graphic_organizers.htm

Social Bookmarking An online list of bookmarks, categorized by keywords (“tags”) and available to other members Social bookmarking allows different people to create and post customized resource lists of sites related to any number of topics Recommended Sites: http://www.delicious.com http://earth.google.com (bookmarks are of places in the world, with linked information) Ideas for the Classroom: http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/sites/sites080.shtml http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/08/02/

Glogster http://edu.glogster.com Online poster making site Free educational account Embed or share link Teacher sample Student sample Glog rubric Classroom ideas: Alternative to book report Science notebooking / digital science fair Biographies Getting to know you Writing process

Blogs Many free blogging sites Blogger, Posterous, Twitter Post topics, questions, content review, resources Students comment on blog posts and reply to each other Teacher sample – US History Teacher sample – 5th grade math Blogging rubric Classroom ideas: Reading response journal Problem of the day Student writing - peer revision Science notebooking Parent communication

Closures Handout for lesson closures and examples Reflections, Questions for review, exit slips, quizzes, forced choice activity, skit, graphic organizers, etc. Refer to handout and Daily Wrap Up activities!

Daily Wrap-Up What changes in your “usual routine” might be necessary? The KEY to improving student achievement is not looking at HOW to assess, but focusing on WHAT to assess.

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