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Resources for the Marzano and Graphic Organizers Workshop
James Lerman Kean University 908-737-3761 lermanj [at] gmail [dot] com

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MARZANO STRATEGIES

 * Categories of Instructional Strategies that Strongly Affect Student Achievement**
 * = **//Category//** ||= ======**//Average//**======

**//Effect Size//**
||= ======**//Percentile//**======

**//Gain//**
|| //Cues, questions & advance organizers//] ||= .59 ||= 22 || Source: //What Works in Classroom Instruction// by Robert J. Marzano, Barbara B. Gaddy, and Ceri Dean, Mid-Continent Research for Evaluation and Learning, Aurora, CO, 2000, p. 4 Available free online at []
 * < 1.Identifying similarities and differences ||= 1.61 ||= 45 ||
 * < 2.Summarizing and note taking ||= 1.00 ||= 34 ||
 * < 3.Reinforcing effort and providing recognition ||= .80 ||= 29 ||
 * < 4.Homework and practice ||= .77 ||= 28 ||
 * < 5.Nonlinguistic representations ||= .75 ||= 27 ||
 * < 6.Cooperative learning ||= .73 ||= 27 ||
 * < 7.Setting goals and giving feedback ||= .61 ||= 23 ||
 * < 8.Generating and testing hypotheses ||= .61 ||= 23 ||
 * < 9.Activating prior knowledge [Now called

Good thumbnail overview of the 9 strategies [|here]

Free ASCD study guide for //Classroom Instruction that Works// at []

//Classroom Instruction That Works// by Robert Marzano, Debra Pickering, and Jane Pollock, ASCD, Alexandria, VA, 2001. Link [|here]

Links to additional books, videos, materials and services regarding Classroom Instruction That Works [|here]

Link to Marzano Research Laboratory [|here]

__**Top Resource Websites for Marzano Strategies**__

1. Excellent website that adds 3 strategies to the Marzano group of 9 and provides practical examples along with resources []

2. Wiki designed for use with a 4-day institute. Many resources here and ideas, mostly tech oriented []

3. Wiki that offers a nice list of web 2.0 applications that align with the Marzano strategies[| http://tinyurl.com/6553m7]

4. Practical ideas and resources at http://technologythatworks.wikispaces.com/

5. More resources at []. All links do not work, good overview

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
__**Top Resource Websites for David Hyerle's Thinking Maps (c)**__

1. [|Thinking Foundation], a terrific archive of case studies and videos on effective uses of Thinking Maps

2. Homepage for David Hyerle's website []

3. Great article on using Thinking Maps with success with ELLs []

4. Basic intro to Thinking Maps on the elementary level []

5. Booklet introducing Thinking Maps at the secondary level []

6. Website for merchandizing Thinking Maps materials and services []