Research Based Strategies

Schools implement many proven, research-based strategies as they work toward "No Child Left Behind" goals.  Common Sense Math will work with any of them. The strategies are easily and effectively integrated into every lesson, if not every problem.

"The strategies are easily and effectively integrated into every lesson, if not every problem?"

Marzano's "Nine" 1) Identify Similarities & Differences  2) Summarize & Take Notes 3) Reinforce Effort   4) Assign & Allow Practice   5) Create Visual  Representation 6) Use Cooperative Learning  7) Get Immediate Feedback 8) Generate Hypothesis & Test  9) Apply Graphic Organizers & Cues	Literacy First State Objective Activate Prior Knowledge Student Active Participation Teacher Input Identify Student Success	DuFor's "Four" Basics              GREAT FOR PLC's  1) What do we want students to know       and be able to do?  2) How do we know they know it?    3) What do we do if they don’t?    4) What do we do if they already       know it?	Ruby Payne's Main Ideas Give students tools that keep them from : "being taken advantage of " "being cheated" "being controlled"
Kagan's Strategies     1) Positive Interdependence         (everybody gain)      2) Individual Accountability         (everyone required)      3) Equal Participation          (everyone participating)     4)Simultaneous Interaction           (everyone at once)	Multiple Inteligences Visual / Spatial Verbal / Linguistic Logical / Mathematical Bodily / Kinesthetic Musical / Rhythmic	Breaking Ranks in the Middle      1) Identify Essential Skills and          Align Strateties      2) Recognize Every Stage       3) Provide Smooth Transition      4) Engage Families as Partners      5) Integrate Technology	Differentiated Instruction Something for All Learners Vary Delivery Styles

Deliver Effective Research-Based Lessons to Students Give a Purpose of the Workout - "What am I going to Learn and Why?" Review prior skills before building on them Keep all students participating and engaged Take notes - summarize and use graphic organizers Practice and give immediate feedback Find similarities & differences in problems Identify if students are "getting it" Reinforce their effort and progress Learn cooperativly - share, discuss, investigate, prove, help Differentiate instruction to reach all types of learners Is flexible to allow visual, verbal, logical, musical strategies for all learning styles   High Level Thinking Flexibility is designed into every problem of every workout. Teachers and parents will easily be able to go from low level recall questions to higher level questions in an instance. "Why?" "Can you prove your idea?" "How did you get the answer?" "Are there other ways to get the answer?" "Where would you use this skill outside of school?" "How is this different?" "What problems of your own can you make?"   Keeping it SIMPLE! We know what students need know to move on We need a tool to see if they "get it" We need a tool to help when they don't  We need a tool to challenge and build when they do     "Why do I need Math? When will I ever use this?" Give them skills to keep them from being taken advantage of      Words all Math teachers hear too often.  Common Sense Math focuses on basic, real-life, commonsense skills.  Skills students will use in real life.        We can help students see that without number sense and mental math skills, they could lose money! Whether by accident or on purpose, we might get less change that we should.  Or get charged more than we should at the cash register.        Helping students see that education and knowlege keeps us from being cheated or taken advantage of, gives them a reason to learn it.