Effective+Teaching+Strategies

= Effective Teaching Strategies (ETS) =

ETS Handouts and Training Materials
Click on the hyperlinks below for handouts and training materials related to Effective Teaching Strategies:
 * [[file:HANDOUT for ETS Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback 2-25-09.doc]] - This is a Word document with a handout that Jane Cook created for training at Windham Middle School on 2/25/09.
 * - This is a PowerPoint presentation that was developed by Jane Cook for the Effective Teaching Strategies - Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback PD session at Windham Middle School on 2/25/09.
 * [[file:ETS for WMS on 12-3-08.ppt]] - This is a PowerPoint presentation that was developed by Jane Cook for the Effective Teaching Strategies - Similarities and Differences PD session at Windham MIddle School on 12/3/08.
 * [[file:HANDOUT for Effective Teaching Strategies 10-29-08.doc]] - This is a Word document that was developed by Jane Cook as a handout for an Overview on EffectiveTeaching Strategies for Windham Middle School on 10/29/09.
 * [[file:What-So What-Now What Strategy Frame.doc]] - This is a Word document that was developed by Jane Cook which contains a What-So What-Now What Strategy Frame for taking notes about the effective teaching strategies.
 * [[file:ETS Bingo.doc]] - This is a Bingo game put together by Jane Cook to use during Effective Teaching Strategies workshops.
 * [[file:ETS Overview for 10-29-08.ppt]] - This is a PowerPoint presentation put together by Jane Cook for an Overview on EffectiveTeaching Strategies for Windham Middle School on 10/29/09.
 * **ETS Handouts from Jane Cook's ETS 4 Session Workshop Series at Windham Middle School** - Below are Word documents that Jane Cook developed for her ETS Workshop series. They contain information and resources related to the effective teaching strategies researched by Marzano and his colleagues:
 * [[file:HANDOUT for Effective Teaching Strategies Session 1 developed by Jane Cook.doc]]
 * [[file:HANDOUT for Effective Teaching Strategies Session 2 developed by Jane Cook.doc]]
 * [[file:HANDOUT for Effective Teaching Strategies Session 3 developed by Jane Cook.doc]]
 * [[file:HANDOUT for Effective Teaching Strategies Session 4 developed by Jane Cook.doc]]

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

 * [[file: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.
 * [[file: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.
 * [[file:Double Bubble from freeteach.com.doc]] - This is a Double Bubble comparison matrix from http://freeteach.com/graphic_organizers/double_bubble.
 * [[file: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.
 * [[file: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.

ETS Web-based Resources
Click on the hyperlinks below for Web-based resources related to Effective Teaching Strategies:
 * **CALI Effective Teaching Strategies** - For a CT State Department of Education Web site with resources on the Marzano research-based effective teaching strategies, go to: http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2618&q=321748
 * **Effective Instructional Strategies** - For a Web site that includes numerous Web-based resources aligned with research-based effective teaching strategies, go to: http://manila.esu4.org/instructionalstrategies/stories/
 * **Effective Teaching Strategies** - For a Web site developed by the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory and the Western Center for Drug Free Schools and Communities with information on effective teaching strategies, go to: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/drugfree/sa3effec.htm
 * **Focus on Effectiveness:** **Research-based Strategies** - For a Web site on effective teaching strategies developed by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, go to: http://www.netc.org/focus/strategies/
 * **Similarities and Differences** - Click here to go to the Similarities and Differences page in this Wiki
 * **Similaritiies 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