Title: Strategies that Work Teaching for Understanding and Engagement
1Strategies that WorkTeaching for Understanding
and Engagement
Module 1
Debbie Draper, Julie Fullgrabe Sue Eden
2Links to Tfel
Domain one Learning for effective teaching 1.2
develop deep pedagogical and content
knowledge 1.6 Design, plan and organise for
teaching and learning
3High yield strategies
4What is a high yield strategy?
- High yield strategies are evidenced based
strategies that have been proven to improve
learning outcomes. - There have been a variety of studies,
meta-analysis of these strategies by researchers
such as Hattie, Robinson, Marzano and Glase.
5They determined that these strategies have the
greatest positive affect on student achievement
for all students, in all subject areas, at all
grade levels.
6High Yield Strategies-site level
7High yield strategies
- Focus on developing higher order thinking skills
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- Inform instruction with data
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- Assess student work collaboratively
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8- Emphasize non-fiction writing
- Use the gradual release of responsibility model
- Provide opportunities for purposeful talk
- differentiate instruction
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9- Plan collaboratively
- Promote a culture of high expectation
- Plan large blocks of learning time
10Classroom level-more a daisy than a peacock!
school based strategy as well as classroom
Cooperative Student learning
Assessment As, of and for Learning including
student self assessment, Rubrics and Work
samples
Timely Feedback that Supports learning
Variety of texts Available In classroom
11High yield strategies and comprehension
- Our focus on comprehension covers many of the
high yield strategies during the year of the PD
program. - Eg higher order thinking skills, differentiation,
non-fiction texts, gradual release of
responsibility model
12Investigating high yield strategies
- With someone else or a group, look more closely
at a high yield strategy. - What is it?
- Why is it important?
- Give examples of it in practice.
- Share back.
13Make your own peacock.
- Record your comments about the high yield
strategy on the feathers of the peacock.