analogies

High Yield Instructional Strategy: Identifying Similarities and Differences

September 24, 2021September 23, 2021 by Phil Harrison

I’m a pedagogy enthusiast, so over my recent quarantine and isolation I revisited Robert Marzano’s classic metaanalysis of high-yield instructional practices, Classroom Instruction That Works. In case it’s been a while, Marzano and his team reviewed some 30,000 studies related to instructional practices and ran statistical analyses to determine which practices provided the greatest effect … Continue reading High Yield Instructional Strategy: Identifying Similarities and Differences

Helping Students Actively Engage With Content

August 27, 2021August 26, 2021 by Phil Harrison

Students can sit in a classroom that offers a clear focus, receive masterfully delivered direct instruction, and still not achieve. Why? Students need to actively engage with content in order to fully understand and apply it to a variety of situations. Only then can it be said that they truly learned something. How can teachers … Continue reading Helping Students Actively Engage With Content