Triggers: Instructional Strategies for Student Understanding

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Teaching can be complex, but educational strategies to ignite powerful student learning do not have to be. This webinar explored an instructional tool to add to your existing “tool belt” that will guarantee to increase learner understanding, motivation, and worthwhile engagement. • Experience Trigger strategies first hand in an engaging webinar format. • Learn how higher-level thinking skills are naturally developed in students as a result of using these strategies. • Discuss the “do’s and don’ts” of implementing Trigger strategies to ensure highest impact and true differentiation for each student. View the full recording and download additional resources at http://www.schoolimprovement.com/resources/webinars/triggers-instructional-strategies-webinar/

Transcript of Triggers: Instructional Strategies for Student Understanding

Triggers:  Instruc.onal  Strategies  for  Student  Understanding  

This  webinar  was  held  on  March  14,  2013.  You  can  view  the  recording  and  download  any  addi>onal  resources  on  our  website.  Click  here.  

School  Improvement  Network  Welcome!  Jacqueline  Loiacono,  Educa.on  Consultant    

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Instruc.onal  Triggers  

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Process  Skills  Descriptors  

Fill  out  the  brief  survey  at  the  end  of  this  webinar  for  a  chance  to  win  a  free  Learning  Targets  Classroom  Poster  Set,  featured  in  this  webinar.  Also  available  for  purchase  for  $49.95  at:    hOp://www.schoolimprovement.com/store/product.php?p=Learning_Framework_Poster_Set_BOLSLPK    

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Measurement Big Rock Concept

How are units of measurement

used in daily life?

Unit Guiding Question(s)

Concept Pattern

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Learning  360  Framework    

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Learning  Targets  

ü  Engage  in  an  instruc>onal  strategy,  Triggers  

ü Make  connec>ons  between  this  learning  strategy  and  higher-­‐level  thinking  skills  

ü  Describe  implementa>on  strategies  for  guaranteed  impact    

     

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Essen.al  Ques.ons  

How  do  we  design  for  true  student  engagement?      

 

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Design  with  inten.on    

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Evanescent  -­‐      adj.  to  disappear  or  slowly  fade  away.      

 

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Key  Ques.ons    •  Which  answer  is  correct?  •  What  accounts  for  the  differences  in  responses?  •  How  does  this  impact  student  engagement?  

WHAT  IS  TRUE  STUDENT  ENGAGEMENT?????  

 

HOW  DO  WE  TEACH  PROCESS  SKILLS??  

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Process  Skills  Descriptors  

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Instruc.onal  Triggers  

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RED          

BLACK  

ORANGE  

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Color  Associa.on    

JUSTIFY/SUPPORT  

1.   Brainstorm  all  words  and  phrases  associated  to  word  

2.   Create  Acros.c  

3.   LeOer  may  appear  at  any  point  within  word  

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Acros.c  

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Evanescent  -­‐      adj.  to  disappear  or  slowly  fade  away.      

 

__________________+________________________=EVANESCENT        _________________-­‐________________+_____________=  EVANESCENT        ________________________X  ______________________=EVANESCENT  

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Equa.on  

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Trigger  Implementa.on    

Introduce                                                                    Model                                           Apply  Content                 Connec.ons  

Step  1   Step  2   Step  3   Step  4  

Have  inten>onal  conversa>ons  and  provide  a  Triggers  sheet.  

Model,  model,  model  with  non-­‐content  material.  

Students  use  Triggers  to  show  content  understanding.  

See  connec>ons  between  Triggers  and  higher-­‐level  thinking  Skills  (Metacogni>on).  

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Why  do  Triggers  Work?    

   

ü  Doable  ü  Prac.cal    ü  Valuable  STUDENT  CHOICE  

MOTIVATION  

Summarize  the  points  a  speaker  makes  and  explain  how  each  claim  is  supported  by  reasons  and  evidence.  

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•  Reading Key Ideas and Details: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.

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Learning  Targets  

ü  Engage  in  the  instruc>onal  strategy,  Triggers  

ü Make  connec>ons  between  this  learning  strategy  and  higher-­‐level  thinking  skills  

ü  Describe  implementa>on  strategies  for  guaranteed  impact    

     

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Essen.al  Ques.ons  

How  do  we  design  for  true  student  engagement?      

 

Fill  out  the  brief  survey  at  the  end  of  this  webinar  for  a  chance  to  win  a  free  Learning  Targets  Classroom  Poster  Set,  featured  in  this  webinar.  Also  available  for  purchase  for  $49.95  at:    hOp://www.schoolimprovement.com/store/product.php?p=Learning_Framework_Poster_Set_BOLSLPK    

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