Transcript The Concept Mastery Routine

with Joe Fisher, Patti Ward, & Monica Harris
October 29, 2010
Monica’s Table
Targets
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
word study
graphic
organizers
explicit strategy
instruction
direct instruction
vocabulary
fluency
comprehension
motivation/
goal setting
cooperative
learning
peer-assisted learning
embedded strategies
modeling
practice
feedback
cue-do-review
I do it, we do it, ya’ll
do it, and you do it.
8-stages of
instruction
Vocabulary
Age
Expressive
Receptive
50 words
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2 years
200-300 words
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3 years
900-1000 words
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18 months
6 years (1st)
2,500 words
20,000 words
11 years (6th)
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50,000 words
17 years (12th)
21 years (college)
22,000 words
80,000 words
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65 years (retire)
45,000 words
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Expressive Vocabulary
Student use of a new word is strongly
related to depth of understanding.
 Deep level = freely used
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 Hit Activity
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Surface level = avoided or misused
 SNL Story
 Kim Ramous’ Temple Story
 Ubiquitous Activity
 Kaul Readings
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Ubiquitous (yoo-bik-wu-tus) adj.
Being or seeming to be everywhere at
the same time; omnipresent.
 “He plodded through the shadows
fruitlessly like an ubiquitous spook.”
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American Heritage Dictionary
Deepening Student Understanding
TTYN - What would you do to help
students better understand a new word?
 Research suggests….
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 Say the word aloud
○ “valentimes”, “valevictorian”, “anenome”
 Give a user friendly explanation and
synonyms – link it to what kids know
 Provide many examples and nonexamples
 Have students generate examples and
connect it to their experiences
Simple Routine – Word Map
What is the CMR?
A research-validated instructional routine.
 Created to deepen diverse groups of
students’ understanding of concepts.
 It is used to describe concepts and clarify
student understanding of them.
 Do NOT use this tool to explain sequences
(e.g., long division) or to compare and
contrast ideas (e.g., animal vs. plant cell).
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What is a Concept?
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Concepts are unique types of vocabulary
words.
They represent categories or classes into
which other ideas fit.
They have characteristics that make them
different from other ideas.
Examples – quadratic equation, democracy,
symbolism, isotope
Nonexamples – ax2 + bx + c = 0, the U.S.
House, Uranium 238
Concept Latter or Pyramid
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Is Epic Hero a concept?
Concept Latter or Pyramid
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Is City State a concept?
Concept Ladder or Pyramid
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TTYN – Try to identify other concepts.
When is the CMR used?
This routine can be used to introduce a
concept.
 It can be used to clarify initial instruction
on a concept.
 Using this routine helps to clarify, refine,
and deepen students understanding of
concepts.
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Where is the CMR used?
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This routine can be used in:
 General education classrooms
 Co-taught classrooms
 Academic support classrooms
 Special education classrooms
How is the CMR used?
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Teaching Device - Concept Diagram
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Cue-Do-Review Instructional Sequence
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
Key Words
Overall Concept
Concept
Always
Examples
Definition
Sometimes
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Never
Nonexamples
Key Words
Examples
Always
Concept
Definition
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
Sometimes
Nonexamples
Never
Overall
Concept
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
Key Words
Concept
Planet
Always
Celestial Body
Sometimes
has life
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is round from its gravity has moons
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has “cleared its neighbor- is cold
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hood” of smaller objects
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orbits the Sun
Examples
Never
makes its own light
Nonexamples
Pluto
Earth
2003 UB313
Mars
Saturn
Overall Concept
Neptune
Definition
A planet is a celestial body that always orbits the Sun, is round from its
own gravity, and has “cleared its neighborhood” of smaller objects.
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Key Words
U.S. Civil
War
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Northern
Ireland
CONVEY CONCEPT
OFFER OVERALL
CONCEPT
Civil War
NOTE KEY W ORDS
CLASSIFY
CHARACTERISTICS
Always Present
economic
within a single nation
religious
about distribution of power
ethnic
Never Present
war between nations
social
political
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ethnic
EXPLORE EXAMPLES
Examples:
Nonexamples:
United States war
between states
World War I
Northern Ireland
many nations
1990's Crisis in the Balkans
social rights
"Desert Storm"
in Kuwait
Sometimes Present
groups of citizens
citizens
one nation
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
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armed conflict
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American
Revolutionary
War
World War II
"Desert
Storm"
in Kuwait
PRACTICE W ITH NEW EXAMPLE
TIE DOW N A
DEFINITION
A civil war is a type of armed conflict among groups of citizens of a single
nation that is caused by concerns about distribution of power.
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Cue-Do-Review Instructional
Sequence
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Cue - Prior to using a Concept Diagram,
discuss with students:
 what you are going to do,
 why you are going to do it, and
 how you are going to do it.
Cue-Do-Review Instructional
Sequence
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Do - Interactively construct a Concept
Diagram with students by:
 using Choral Responding
 using Question Bouncing
 using Response Cards or Slates
 using Think-Pair-Share
Cue-Do-Review Instructional
Sequence
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Review - Ask questions of students to
make sure that they understand the
concept taught.
What is the impact of the
Concept Mastery Routine?
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Validation Study (Bulgren et al., 1993)
 Students with disabilities improved 22
percentage points from pretest to posttest on
concept acquisition, and students without
disabilities improved 34 percentage points.
 Compared to unit test scores when not used,
students with disabilities improved 11
percentage points on unit tests when then
routine was used, and students without
disabilities improved 15 percentage points.
What is the impact of the
Concept Mastery Routine?
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Validation Study (Fisher et al., 2010)
Lets Practice!
Model - Predicate Nominative Clause
 Guided Practice – Fish, Limericks,
Quadrilaterals, or City States
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The Framing Routine – Ed Ellis
HQ Concept Diagrams
 have Characteristics…
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that begin with verbs.
 list Examples and Nonexamples…
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that get progressively harder.
 have a Testing Ground…
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that contains practice items for independent practice.
 are constructed interactively with students.
Let’s Practice Some More!
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Independent Practice – Build several
alone or with colleagues and share with
the group.
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
Key Words
Overall Concept
Concept
Always
Sometimes
Never
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Examples
Definition
Nonexamples
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
Key Words
Overall Concept
Concept
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Sometimes
Never
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Examples
Definition
Nonexamples
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
Key Words
Overall Concept
Concept
Always
Sometimes
Never
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Examples
Definition
Nonexamples
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
Key Words
Overall Concept
Concept
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Sometimes
Never
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Examples
Definition
Nonexamples
Key Words
Examples
Always
Concept
Definition
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
Sometimes
Nonexamples
Never
Overall Concept
Key Words
Examples
Always
Concept
Definition
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
Sometimes
Nonexamples
Never
Overall Concept
Key Words
Examples
Always
Concept
Definition
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
Sometimes
Nonexamples
Never
Overall Concept
Key Words
Examples
Always
Concept
Definition
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
Sometimes
Nonexamples
Never
Overall Concept