Element 31
Providing Opportunities for Students to Talk about Themselves
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.
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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.
The teacher identifies students who seem to be disengaged in the material and asks them to fill out more in-depth interest surveys. Using the data gathered from the additional surveys, the teacher creates informal linkages during class discussion or, when needed, meets with students to relate content being taught to their personal interests and have them comment on the linkages.
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Applying
I provide opportunities for students to talk about themselves, and I monitor the extent to which my actions affect students’ engagement.
The teacher uses interest surveys to better understand students’ personal lives and keeps a running list of relevant information about students. The teacher then uses the information on this list to create informal linkages during class discussion and let students comment on those linkages. The teacher notices that, since she has been using these strategies together, students seem more engaged in the material.
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Developing
I provide opportunities for students to talk about them- selves, but I do not monitor the effect on students.
When appropriate, the teacher provides opportunities for students to make link- ages between the content being taught and their lives. However, the teacher does not try to determine if making these linkages helps students remember the content.
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Beginning
I use the strategies and behaviors associated with this element incorrectly or with parts missing.
The teacher administers student interest surveys and student learning profiles at the beginning of the year. However, the teacher does not use the data gathered to relate the content to students’ lives.
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Not Using
I am unaware of strategies and behaviors associated with this element.
The teacher is only vaguely aware of students’ lives outside of school. The teacher does not provide opportunities for students to relate content to their personal interests.
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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
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Strategies In Action - Video 48: Previewing & Providing Opportunities for Students to Talk About Themselves
Grade: 7
Description:
View the Strategies in Action video for previewing new content and providing opportunities for students to talk about themselves. As an enhancement, access the debrief tool titled, Strategies In Action - Video 48: Previewing & Providing Opportunities for Students to Talk About Themselves (Grade 7) Debrief.