Instructional Strategies that Enhance Student Learning
Franklin High SchoolFebruary 2010
Bell work What have we learned regarding strategies for
teaching in extended periods? Identify a minimum of one active / high
engagement technique that you use with your students.
Targets Teachers will be able to
identify four types of high engagement strategies, including movement, hands-on learning, student interaction and the use of imagery.
Teachers will be able to take examples of high engagement strategies and apply them to their own teaching.
Going to the Block – Survival Skills
Bell work What have we learned regarding strategies for
teaching in extended periods? Identify a minimum of one active / high
engagement technique that you use with your students. (Think/Pair/Share)
Working with the brain
High Engagement Strategies Movement Hands-on Student Interaction Imagery
Hands-on Science – negative photo activity
What benefits do activities like this provide for kids?
How might you use experiences like this to “anchor” learning for students in your content area?
Student Interaction
Board Relay – Activity What advantages do activities like
this bring to student learning? How can you incorporate a wide
variety of student interaction activities into your classroom?
Board RelayTerms Students Engage Active Movement Hands-on Interact Time Block Learn
Rules Team write a sentence using the
terms listed May incorporate “filler” words as
necessary May vary the form of the term to
fit the sentence 1 pt for each term used in the
sentence Team with most points and best
summary statement within the time limit wins!
Tie breaker will be determined by audience
Imagery Science – Hot Can Demo Math – Scale Model (Geometry)
How does the use of imagery potentially enhance student understanding of complex concepts?
Brain-Based Teaching Model (Handout)
Before (10%) Prepare your learners Create an optimal environment
During (80%) Engage learners by getting them vested emotionally Frame learning to make it relevant, important & compelling Acquire knowledge, skills, values and experiences Elaborate & deepen the learning through trial & error, feedback &
active processing Connect learning to other content, processes & self
After (10%) Settle the learning with time for passive processing Rehearse & Incorporate by revising learning and using it
Closure Complete the illustration row on your graphic
organizer What purpose does the creation of images serve?
Possible examples Hands on
Student interaction
Imagery
Brain-based classrooms“”What does a ‘brain-based’ classroom look like, sound like and feel like? The truth – and the first and shortest answer – is that there is no ‘perfect’ or ‘best’ way to teach. Millions of children have already been educated over the centuries, some
of them very well, by teachers whose careers preceded this revolution in teaching and learning.
But given what we know about the realities of teaching today, what can and should you do that is aligned with the latest research? What is the
reality of ‘teaching with the brain in mind’?”-Eric Jensen