Robert Marzano is a leading educational researcher who has provided a model for teaching effectiveness. His Marzano Research website outlines his strategies and gives teachers and administrators tools to help teachers become more effective. Marzano has also recently created an evaluation tool to measure the success of highly effective teachers. There are distinct classroom strategies that will allow teachers to work effectively in the classroom.
Ensuring success with Marzano’s strategy Marzano’s research has compiled data help ensure success and includes:
Marzano believes that teachers who set goals and check for understanding will be effective. Teachers should also give positive feedback for student progress. If students do not understand, a teacher may need to go back and re-teach certain concepts. Teachers should also help students interact with new information by chunking smaller sections and then checking for understanding, using media, making predictions and responding in writing. The more engagement and ownership of the learning, the more students will retain.
Resources:
*Teaching for Rigor- A Call for a Critical Instructional Shift- Marzano
*The Highly Engaged Classroom- article and self- assessment rubric
Ensuring success with Marzano’s strategy Marzano’s research has compiled data help ensure success and includes:
- Good teachers set goals.
- Effective teachers provide feedback.
- Teachers should help students interact with new knowledge.
- Good teachers should provide students with simulations and low-stakes competition.
- Effective teachers should establish and maintain classroom rules.
- Teachers should maintain relationships with students.
- Good teachers should communicate high expectations.
Marzano believes that teachers who set goals and check for understanding will be effective. Teachers should also give positive feedback for student progress. If students do not understand, a teacher may need to go back and re-teach certain concepts. Teachers should also help students interact with new information by chunking smaller sections and then checking for understanding, using media, making predictions and responding in writing. The more engagement and ownership of the learning, the more students will retain.
Resources:
*Teaching for Rigor- A Call for a Critical Instructional Shift- Marzano
*The Highly Engaged Classroom- article and self- assessment rubric