Marzano Focused Teacher Evaluation Model Practice

According to Marzano, what instructional strategy yields the largest percentile gains?

• Setting Goals/Objectives

• Feedback

• Advanced Organizers

• Tracking Student Progress

Comparison Activities

Classifying Activities

Analogy Activities

Metaphor Activities

• Using academic games

• Practicing Skills, Strategies, and Processes

• Elaborating on New Information

• Examining Similarities and Differences

Uses KWL Strategy

Provides Advanced Organizer

Allows Students to Brainstorm

Uses a Hook or Launching Activity

• Previewing New Content

• Reviewing Content

• Identifying Critical Content

• Using Questions To Help Students Elaborate On Content

Solving a problem using previously learned information.

Playing games using previously learned information.

• Identifying Critical Content

• Reviewing Content

• Examining Similarities and Differences

• Helping Students Process New Content

The teacher begins the lesson by explaining why the content is important. Using tone of voice, body position, and/or level of excitement the teacher provides cues on important information throughout the lesson

• Helping Students Practice Skills, Strategies, and Processes

• Reviewing Content

• Identifying Critical Content

• Using Questions to Elaborate on Content

When asked, students can describe the level of importance of the information addressed in class.

• Demonstrating intensity and enthusiasm

• Reviewing content

• Revising knowledge

• Identifying Critical Content

"The most important factor affecting student learning is the teacher."

• True

• False

Using increasingly complex questions that require students to think about content

• Previewing New Content

• Identifying Critical Content

• Using Questions To Help Students Elaborate on Content

• Reviewing Content

After completing a "chunk " of new material the teacher gives students a task to digest the information

• Examining Similarities and Differences

• Identifying Critical Content

• Using Questions to Elaborate on Content

• Helping Students Process New Content

Students explain linkages with prior knowledge and make predictions on upcoming content

• Using Questions to Elaborate on Content

• Previewing New Content

• Identifying Critical Content

• Practicing Skills, Strategies, and Processes