Cues,+questions,+and+advance+organizers

1. Cues, advanced organizers, and questions should focus on what is important as opposed to on what is unusual. 2. Higher level questions casue deeper thinking on the student's part. 3. Waiting before expecting student responses will increase studetn think time and the depth of student answers. 4. Questions are effective even when asked BEFORE a lesson. 5. Advance organizers are most useful with information that is not well orgainzed and take the "surprise" out of what is to come! 6. Different types of advance organizers produce different kinds of results.
 * Overview of the Research: **

__**Types of Advance Organizers:**__ 1. //expository// -- descriptions of new content in written or oral form (EX. -- brochures, rubrics, definitions, programs) 2. //narrative// -- presents information in a story format -- makes personal connections with students (EX.-- stories, articles) 3. //skimming// -- quickly reading upcoming information (EX. -- SQ3R) 4. //graphic organizers// -- visually representing infomation (EX. -- tables, graphs, charts)

1. Wait time! 2. Use explicit cues. 3. Ask questions that require inferential thinking. 4. Questions should be analytical in nature. 5. Teach students how to use graphic organizers. 6. Use narrative and expository advance organizers. 7. Focus on what is important. 8. Give students advance organizers that are already filled in at the start of a new unit.
 * What Does This Look Like in the Classroom? **

[|Inspiration] Power Point -- to share stories AND scan pages in and pointer tools to circle important text Microsoft Word -- use the format tools to highlight, italicize and boldface text in expository passages [|Read Write Think] online interactive graphic organizers [|Education World] -- graphic/advance organizer templates [|Scholastic] -- graphic organizers [|Google Lit Trips] [|Bubbl.us] for making organizers online Microsoft Word -- table-making [|Rubistar] -- rubrics shared in advance cue-ing with multimedia: [|BrainPOP], [|Discovery Education Streaming] [|Yahoo] video searches from the home page cues via webcams: [|San Diego Zoo], [|Eiffel Tower], [|Yellowstone], http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/efc/efc_otter/otter_cam.aspx|Monterey Aquarium
 * How Does Technology Fit In? **