Transcript Marzano Nine

Marzano’s Nine Best
Practices to Improve
Student Achievement
“Expect Success and Nothing Less”
Best Practices Impacting Student Achievement
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Best Practice
Generate and test
hypotheses
Nonlinguistic representations
Questions, cues, and
advance organizers
Comparing, contrasting,
classifying, analogies, and
metaphors
Homework and practice
Summarizing and note taking
Setting objectives and give
feedback
Reinforce effort and give praise
Cooperative learning
Predict Rank
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the best practices from 1-9
with 1 having the greatest impact on
student achievement.
Best Practices that support
Student Achievement
1. Finding Similarities and
Differences
2. Summarizing and Note
Taking
3. Reinforce Effort and
Give Praise
4. Assigning Homework and
Practice
5. Cooperative Learning
6. Nonlinguistic
Representation
7. Setting Objectives and
Providing Feedback
8. Generating and Testing
Hypotheses
9. Cues, Questions, and
Advance Organizers
Best Practices: Percent Increase
on Student Achievement
1. Finding Similarities and
Differences 45%
2. Summarizing and Note
Taking 34%
3. Reinforce Effort and
Give Praise 29%
4. Assigning Homework and
Practice 28%
5. Cooperative Learning
27%
6. Nonlinguistic
Representation 27%
7. Setting Objective and
Providing Feedback 23%
8. Generating and Testing
Hypotheses 23%
9. Cues, Questions, and
Advance Organizers 22%
Finding Similarities and Differences
Increases Student Achievement by
45%
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The ability to break a concept into its similar and
dissimilar characteristics allows students to
understand and often solve complex problems
by analyzing them in a more simple way.
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Representing similarities and differences in
graphic or symbolic form enhances students'
understanding of and ability to use knowledge.
Finding Similarities and Differences
Compare
 Classify
 Create metaphors and analogies
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What can we compare?
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Books
People
Objects
Animals
Places
Music
Events
Comparing Animals: Cats and Dogs
1.
2.
3.
4.
Has 9 lives.
Has claws.
Can see in the
dark.
Hair balls
1. Both have four legs.
2. They are mammals
3. Both shed hair
4. They are pets
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2.
3.
4.
Has a good sense of smell.
Used in rescue situations.
Man’s best friend.
Good protection.
Encourage students to sum up the similarities and differences orally and in writing.
Summarizing and Note Taking increases
student achievement by 34%
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These skills promote greater comprehension by
asking students to analyze a subject to expose
what’s essential and then put it into their own
words. Use the Sponge Metaphor for writing a
good summary.
Research shows that taking more notes is better
than fewer notes, though verbatim note taking is
ineffective because it does not allow time for
processing the information.
Provide Tools for Summarizing and
Note Taking
Tools help students engage in rigorous
thinking, organize complex ideas, and scaffold
their interactions with texts.
Use the 10:2 Rule…
10 minutes of teaching with 2 minutes of
reflection time.
Reinforce Effort and Provide Praise increases
student achievement by 29%
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Make the connection between effort and
achievement. “Work Hard Get Smart!”
Provide praise that is specific and timely.
“You worked hard on that opening sentence.
Now, it really grabs my attention and
makes me want to read on.”
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