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NINE MOST EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES
according to Robert Marzano

1. Teach similarities and differences.
2. Teach summarizing and note taking.
3. Recognize and celebrate effort.  
4. Assign homework for specific practice. 
5. Ask students to create non-linguistic depictions of content.
6. Foster cooperative learning experiences.
7. Set learning goals with students and provide summative feedback.
8. Engage students in forming and testing hypotheses.
9. Help students create questions and help them organize their thinking about the subject matter.

 - Adapted from Marzano, R. (2003). What works in schools: Translating research into action.

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SUMMARIZATION STRATEGIES from Rick Wormeli
According to Robert Marzano's research shared above, students make significant gains when teachers plan learning activities that allow time for processing information - summarizing it - in different ways.  Below are low-prep, multi-modal activities that are applicable in all contents from upper elementary-to high school classrooms. They can be used at the beginning, middle, or end of a unit with text, vocabulary,  and text or print features.  
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