Organizing Students to Practice and Deepen Knowledge Design Question 3 – Element 15

Organizing Students to Practice and Deepen Knowledge How will you organize and guide grouping in ways that appropriately facilitate practicing and deepening knowledge?

Before we begin… Before we begin talking about element 15, let’s be sure that there is an understanding about how the elements in Design Question 3 are related. This is important as you plan your lessons. Watch the video on the next slide. Please identify the difference between the purpose of Design Question 2 and Design Question 3.

Something to keep in mind… The purpose of Design Question 2 is to introduce new material to students while the purpose of Design Question 3 is to give the students an opportunity to practice using material that was previously taught so that they deepen their understanding. Therefore, teachers have to perform Design Question 2 before Design Question 3.

How do the elements in DQ3 relate to each other? Introduction to Design Question 3.

How are the elements related to each other? You should have noticed: Intentional planning is required for all elements in DQ3 Elements 14 -15 (in red in the diagram to the right) the teacher directs the student learning. In elements 16-20 (in black) the teacher guides the students so that they may work through the information independently. (Gradual Release) Now let’s talk about element fifteen, specifically. DSBPCProDevelopment. "Introduction to Design Question 3." YouTube. YouTube, 17 Jan. 2014. Web. 6 June 2016.

Review Teacher and Student Evidence NOTE: This list of evidence is not all inclusive but is instead a list of possible examples.

Review Scale for Element 15

Desired Effect in the Students Strategies will only produce desired effect when students are appropriately facilitated and monitored in groups. The desired effect is “Students practice and deepen knowledge by interacting in small groups.” To receive an Innovating rating, the teacher must adapt and create new strategies for unique student needs and situations in order for the desire effect to be evident in ALL students.

Before watching the videos, think about… How do you purposefully group students in order to support their deepening of content knowledge? How do you facilitate groups so that the desired effect is reached?

Example of Element 15 Organizing Students to Practice and Deepen Knowledge Note: you must be logged into iObservation to view the following videos. Once you have logged into iObservation, click resource library and type the following into the search bar: Protocol Video: Organizing Students to Practice and Deepen Knowledge” under the Resource Library tab.

Now that you have watched the video, reflect… In addition to organizing students into groups to practice and deepen their knowledge, in order to achieve an Applying rating, how might you monitor the extent to which the group work extends their learning? Need monitoring ideas? Click here To achieve an Innovating rating, how will you adapt and create new strategies for helping ALL students deepen their knowledge that addresses unique student needs and situations? Need adaption ideas? Click here

Remember… Organizing students in groups helps students learn the content at a higher level of rigor. This element should be combined with other strategies such as helping students examine similarities and differences, examine their reasoning, and revising their knowledge. Groups of 2-3 are ideal, no more than 5. Determine if groups should be “mixed ability” or “same ability” depending on learning task "Login." Login. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 June 2016.

It’s Your Evaluation, Make the Most of It! Your evaluator will only rate you on what he/she sees which is OK because it is not necessary for you to have everything checked in the teacher and/or student evidence to receive a good rating. Also, remember you can invite your evaluator to your classroom to see you using this element. You have control of what your evaluator sees.

Is This Element in Your PGP? Sign into www.effectiveeducators.com. Click on the Growth tab Click on the Plans option. Open your current plan and fill out a new Reflection Log, answering the appropriate questions. Decide how you will change your teaching as a result of viewing this module. Execute your change, reflect on its impact, and complete another Reflection Log in iObservation.

How Are You Supported? Here are resources in case you have further questions: Your evaluator Another evaluator on your campus Your school’s Classroom Practice Mentors (CPMs) For more examples and resources visit the All About Marzano website Everything you ever wanted to know (and more) about Organize Students to Practice and Deepen Knowledge – Pasco County Schools