Specific Types of Knowledge: Vocabulary and Details

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Marzano considers strategies for four specific types of knowledge1. Vocabulary terms and phrases2. Details3. Organizing Ideas4. Skills and Processes

The Research

22 Point Percentile Gain in Student Achievement

“Vocabulary terms are a part of the K-12 classroom. Research shows that direct vocabulary instruction improves students’ achievement. When students have instruction on new words, they are more likely to understand the words in context when they encounter them again.”

“Students must encounter words in context more than once to learn them.”

“…words are critical to learning the new content. Associating an image with a vocabulary term is one of the best ways to learn a new word.”

Essential Questions• How much do you recall

about the photographs?• What colors were in the

lady’s shirt?• What color was the young

man’s eyes?• What color of paint were on

the girl’s right hand?

It was on the board?Didn’t you just hear me say…We fail to make connections

with the students and then ask them to recall so many unrelated inexplicit details.

What if?• When you walked in I said that I wanted you to take note of

all of the details that you see in the photographs above. In a moment I am going to take them away and have you to recall as many as you can without looking at the photograph.

• How many of you would recall more information? Why?• We will do more activities with these words throughout to

week so that you can understand these words in reading, writing, and listening.

Recommendations for Classroom Practice• Using a five-step process for teaching vocabulary

• Asking questions to help students generate information about different types of terms

Using a Five Step Process for Teaching Vocabulary• Multiple exposures1. Present students with a brief explanation or description of the new

term or phrase.2. Present students with a nonlinguistic representation of the new

term or phrase.3. Ask students to generate their own explanations or descriptions of

the term or phrase.4. Ask students to create their own nonlinguistic representations of

the term or phrase.5. Periodically ask students to review the accuracy of their

explanation and representations.

5 step process in practice

1. Assemble groups of 10 or less2. Match the teacher’s action to the

step that is most likely describes

Ask Questions to Help Students Generate Information About Different Types of Terms• Vocabulary Notebook – a place to record explanations and

nonlinguistic representations. (sample questions to draw out explanations pg. 298 fig. 23.5)

Reflection: Describe where you are in this strategy?Most of us give nonlinguistic representations…how many allow

students to create, analyze, interpret and assess their own representations?

CCSS – Instructional Strategies/Thick and Thin Questions pg. 18 Language K-5 HCSD guide

Assessing the Impact • Student pg. 300• Teacher pg. 303

DetailsPg. 305

Details“Details are very specific pieces of information”

1. Facts – person, place, living/nonliving thing, event2. Time Sequences – between two points of time – first, second

etc.3. Cause and effect sequences/causal – ex: The events leading

to the Russian Civil war.4. Episodes – setting, specific participants, particular duration,

specific sequence of events, particular cause-and-effect

Recommendations for Classroom Practice• Expose students to key details multiple times• Using dramatic representations of key details

Expose students to Key Details Multiple Times (at least three) ex. The Whiskey Rebellion

Class discussions – episode guidelines

Time Sequence Organizer

(pg. 308/ fig 24.2)

Next few days…Video,

Summary (homework)

Use Dramatic Representations of Key Details“Research indicates that DRAMATIC REPRESENTATION has the

biggest effect on student’s learning.”ex: act out the process of oxygen, cellular towers, scene from a

story, mathematical formulas

Assessing the Impact• Students pg.310 fig. 24.4• Teacher pg. 311-312 fig. 24.5

Peer Share

Marzano Nine Instructional Strategies

Teacher Toolbox• Cooperative learning• Setting objectives and providing feedback• Homework and practice• Reinforcing effort and providing recognition• Specific types of knowledge

*Multiple Exposures – Dramatic – Nonlinguistic - Connected

Nsider KNews – Be N the KNow• Update your skills/rosters in Conflux – Heather Homan/Michelle

Ray• Visible Objectives with CCSS reference numbers• K-5 – Teaching Common Core• Elective teachers working toward integration on CCSS• Mentor Reports Friday @ 10:00 a.m. • 100% Independent study rewards• Complete the State survey at your earliest convenience.