Classroom Instruction That Works

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Classroom Instruction That Works

• By Robert Marzano, Debra Pickering, and Jane
  Pollock

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Identifying similarities and differences might be
the core of all learning.It enhances students
understanding of and ability to use knowledge.

• Marzano, 2001

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Similarities and Differences Strategies

• Comparing
• Classifying
• Creating Metaphors
• Creating Analogies

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Why stress similarities and differences?

• Marzano believes that teaching students about
  similarities and differences may be the
  instructional strategy that makes the most impact
  on student learning.

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Why study what Marzano says?

• The North Carolina Standard Course of Study has
  been aligned with Marzanos instructional
  strategies. The new revisions to the SCoS
  incorporate the new Blooms Taxonomy plus Marzano.