Marzano’s Nine Instructional Strategies for Effective Teaching and Learning

Instructional Strategies handout

     Among the most effective strategies are:

        Identifying Similarities and Differences 

            Cork Board

            Bubbl.us

            Google Draw

            Wordle
            

            Fifteen Useful Online Mind Mapping and Brainstorming Tools 

        Summarizing and Note Taking 

             AP Calculus Wiki Solutions Manual (High School)

             Kinesiology (High School)

             Loveland-LaReole French Class wiki (High School)

                  Student samples: Danielle and Louis

             Armstrong U.S. History wiki (Middle School)

             Big Horn Read (Middle School)

             Techno Tigers (Elementary)

             Let's Go West! (Elementary)

             The 21st Century Kid (Elementary)

             Resources for History Teachers (Grades 1-12)

             Even more examples can be found here.

             Using wikis to support Reciprocal Teaching

        Nonlinguistic Representation 

             Flickr's Tell a Story with 5 Photos

             Smilebox
             Stained Glass Collage
             Glogster for Education

             WebDoc

     All these tools support:
        Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition
        Cooperative Learning

Visual Ranking Tool 
        Visual Ranking Tool

        Tutorial for Visual Ranking Tool

Additional Resources