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Most-Effective Teaching Presenting smaller amounts of material at any time. Guiding student practice as students worked problems. Providing for student processing of the new material. Checking the understanding of all students. Attempting to prevent students from developing misconceptions. 2 Diana Browning Wright, Teaching and Learning Trainings, 2003

Least-Effective Teaching Presenting large amounts of material at a time. Failing to guide student practice. Giving little time for student processing of the new material. Expecting all students to get new material the first time. Failing to prevent students from developing misconceptions. 3 Diana Browning Wright, Teaching and Learning Trainings, 2003

Three principles of learning…  active student participation  learning in a variety of ways and rates  individual and group processes 4

CRITICAL Instructional Strategies Structure Encouragement Time Practice Flexibility Working towards independence Prompting and fading Scaffolding instruction Use of visuals 5

More Critical Strategies Adjust pacing/timing. Break down tasks. Post simple instructions. Use multisensory presentations. Work with cooperative groups. Provide opportunities to learn through centers and stations. Make learning concrete. Activate prior knowledge. Preview vocabulary and concepts. 6

More Strategies to Think About 1. Room arrangements 2. Modeling 3. Breaks 4. Thinking out loud 5. Promoting self monitoring 6. Monitoring and collecting data 7. Reciprocal teaching 8. Memory prompts 9. Direct teaching of metacognitive strategies Adapted from Barak Rosehshine University of Illinois ASCD V32 (6) Aug. ‘90 7

We Learn and Retain 10% of what we hear 15% of what we see 20% of what we both see and hear 80% of what we experience directly or practice 90% of what you attempt to teach others 8

THINK-PAIR SHARE 1. Students listen while teacher poses question. 2. Students individually think of a response. 3. Students pair with neighbour to discuss responses. 4. Students share responses with whole group. 9