Element 24
Increasing Response Rates
Elements 1 -3 have a focus on Providing and Communicating Clear Learning Goals
Where do I start?
Your primary resource is your book The New Art and Science of Teaching by Robert J Marzano. This site will take you further into each element.
Dive Deeper
The Marzano Compendium of Instructional Strategies is a great place to begin. This folio is designed to help teachers increase their effectiveness by focusing on professional growth. It includes numerous strategies and reproducibles.
Self Assess
This scale will help you assess and monitor your progress with this element.
4
Innovating
I adapt behaviors and create new strategies for unique student needs and situations.
A teacher is using and monitoring strategies to increase response rates, and she notices that one student seems frustrated. This student is used to volunteering to answer questions and therefore having many chances to share what he thinks with the class. Now that this teacher is using a wider variety of response strategies, he has fewer individual chances to speak. To remedy this, the teacher works out a system with this student in which he writes down his answers to questions that other students answered verbally.
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3
Applying
I use response-rate techniques to maintain student engagement, and I monitor the extent to which the techniques keep students engaged.
While using strategies to increase response rates, a teacher notes several indicators of engagement, such as students’ level of attention and how prepared they are to answer a question when called on. When he first starts using the strategies, students seem caught off guard and take a few moments to answer the questions that he asks. After a few weeks of consistent use, though, he notices that students seem to be preparing their answers before he calls on them.
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2
Developing
I use response-
rate techniques to maintain student engagement in questions, but I do not monitor the effect on students.
A teacher uses response-rate techniques to give all students in her class frequent opportunities to respond. However, she makes little effort to determine if the strategies are having a measurable impact on student engagement.
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1
Beginning
I use the strategies and behaviors associated with this element incorrectly or with parts missing.
A teacher asks questions during teacher-led instruction, but he only calls on students who volunteer.
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0
Not Using
I am unaware of strategies and behaviors associated with this element.
A teacher lectures on the content for long stretches of time without pausing to ask students questions.
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What does it look like?
Here is an example video from one of our D49 teachers!
Watch Example: Providing and Communicating Clear Learning Goals Classroom: Kindergarten
Teacher: Jaci Reed (RVES)
iObservation Videos
More videos can be found in the Resource Library in iObservation.
Strategies In Action - Video 14: Reviewing Content & Managing Response Rates Grade: 4
Description:
View the Strategies in Action video for reviewing content and managing response rates. As an enhancement, access the debrief tool titled, Strategies In Action - Video 14: Reviewing Content & Managing Response Rates (Grade 4) Debrief.
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Strategies In Action - Video 19: Managing Response Rates
Grade: 4
Description:
View the Strategies in Action video for managing response rates. As an enhancement, access the debrief tool titled, Strategies In Action - Video 19: Managing Response Rates (Grade 4) Debrief.
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Strategies In Action - Video 44: Managing Response Rates & Using Verbal and Nonverbal Behaviors that Indicate Affection for Students
Grades: 9-12
Description:
View the Strategies in Action video for managing response rates and using nonverbal and verbal behaviors that indicate affection for students. As an enhancement, access the debrief tool titled, Strategies In Action - Video 44: Managing Response Rates & Using Verbal and Nonverbal Behaviors that Indicate Affection for Students (Grades 9-12) Debrief.
Protocol Video: Managing Response Rates Grade: 2
Description:
In this video, Dr. Marzano introduces and discusses the lesson segment enacted on the spot with specific attention to managing response rates.
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