I found this chapter very informative. I specifically liked the area of Classroom Practice in Vocabulary Terms and Phrases. I have been struggling to teach all of the vocab in my science class. I found that the steps located on page 128 very helpful and the explanations that followed gave me ideas to implement into my teaching. I also found that the information on page132 talking about how students need to be exposed to details multiple times-at least 3 times and no more than 2 days apart.
I have really learned a lot of valuable ideas from reading Marzano's book. I have read other books my him, but I believe that I have learned more in this book than the others. I thank the program for having me read this book. Sorry to say, I don't think I would have read it on my own.
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Sharon, I don't think I would have read the book on my own either. As teachers, we're usually so busy just trying to do our job and don't have a lot of time to learn how to improve unless it's assigned to us.
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ReplyDeleteI agree, we get cought up with our subjects to teach that we have little time for much else let alone learning better ways of teaching.
I have also enjoyed reading this book and have learned a lot that I am trying to apply to my daily teaching. I too enjoyed reading the section about vocabulary. I found it interesting that vocabulary instruction was one of the most important instructional interventions a teacher can use. I have found the 5 step process very valuable in my civil war unit as well as in math and science.
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