Similarities+and+Differences

=Similarities and Differences= Similarities and Differences is one of the categories of the nine research-based Effective Teaching Strategies identified in //Classroom Instruction That Works// by Robert Marzano, et al. According to their research, using Similarities and Differences will result in the highest gains in student achievement. There are four different types of strategies in the category of Similarities and Differences:
 * 1) Analogies
 * 2) Compare and Contrast
 * 3) Classify
 * 4) Metaphors

Presentation Materials

 * Compare, Contrast and Classify PowerPoint:** Click on this link for a PowerPoint presentation created by Lynn and her group for the ETS Certification training on 12/6-12/8/10: [|CompareClassifyPresentation.ppt]

Web-based Resources for Similarities and Differences
Click on the links below for resources you can use to apply the effective teaching strategy of //Similarities and Differences//:
 * **Comparative Analysis Template from Inspiration** - [[file:Comparative Analysis Template from Inspiration.doc]]
 * **Double Bubble Chart** - To download a Word document that contains a template for a Double Bubble Chart, go to: http://freeteach.com/graphic_organizers/double_bubble
 * **Similarities and Differences in Science** - For an online evolution game that compares similarities that were inherited to similarities that evolved, go to: http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/similarity_hs_01

ETS Templates for Helping Students Organize Their Thinking Around Similarities and Differences

 * [[image:http://ctteams.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://ctteams.wikispaces.com/file/view/Comparison+Matrix+Template.doc"]][| Comparison Matrix Template.doc] - This a Word document with a template for a Comparison Matrix that contains a space for students to compare the similarities and differences among 3 items and 4 characteristics.
 * [[image:http://ctteams.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://ctteams.wikispaces.com/file/view/Comparative+Analysis+Template+from+Inspiration.doc"]][| Comparative Analysis Template from Inspiration.doc] - This is a Word document that contains a JPEG file from a Comparative Analysis Template developed using the Inspiration software.
 * [[image:http://ctteams.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://ctteams.wikispaces.com/file/view/Double+Bubble+from+freeteach.com.doc"]][| Double Bubble from freeteach.com.doc] - This is a Double Bubble comparison matrix from http://freeteach.com/graphic_organizers/double_bubble.
 * [[image:http://ctteams.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://ctteams.wikispaces.com/file/view/doublebubble+Conflict+comparison+.doc"]][| doublebubble Conflict comparison .doc] - This is a Word document of a Double Bubble Conflict Comparison chart that Mary Blain and Jane Cook created for Mary's students to use to organize their thinking around Conflict and the similarities and differences in the main character of two books that they are reading and how these characteristics helped resolve the conflict.
 * [[image:http://ctteams.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://ctteams.wikispaces.com/file/view/doublebubble+Conflict+comparison+no+lines+or+fill+in+bubble+boxes+.doc"]][| doublebubble Conflict comparison no lines or fill in bubble boxes .doc] - This is the same document as the one above with the lines and white fill color removed from the boxes that are inside the bubbles.