Best HITS Playlist (AM Session)
You're the DJ of Your Classroom!
Formal Discussions
Cooperative Learning
Overview & Effect Size
Overview & Effect Size
Worked Examples
Questioning
Overview & Effect Size
Overview & Effect Size
Structuring Lessons
Thinking Prompts
Overview & Effect Size
Overview & Effect Size
Next
Best HITS Playlist (PM Session)
You're the DJ of Your Classroom!
Close Reading
Relevance
Overview & Effect Size
Overview & Effect Size
Direct Instruction
Graphic Organizers
Overview & Effect Size
Overview & Effect Size
Feedback
Spark Curiosity
Overview & Effect Size
Overview & Effect Size
Back
.53
Effect Size
Cooperative Learning involves students working together in small, structured groups. Think PIES: Positive Interdependence, Individual Accountability, Equal Participation, and Simultaneous Interaction.
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.75
Effect Size
Close reading is an analytical process where readers pause to deeply examine a text, using Notice and Note Signposts like Contrasts and Contradictions or Aha Moments as clues to help them identify key literary elements, infer meaning, and determine the author's purpose or theme.
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A clear instructional sequence begins when the teacher defines the learning intentions and success criteria for students. This is followed by modeling the skill, checking for comprehension, transitioning students from guided to independent practice, and finally providing closure by reviewing the lesson's main points.
Overview
.56
Effect Size
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.75
Effect Size
To maximize learning, teachers should utilize and combine the most effective of the four main types of feedback. Although students deserve specific and sincere praise, it’s critical to understand that praise alone does not improve future performance; true learning gains come from the actionable information contained within the feedback.
Overview
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.62
Effect Size
Visual organization tools like graphic organizers support comprehension by helping students map conceptual relationships. They offer a clear representation of a student's existing knowledge structure, enhancing memory and making learning more durable.
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.48
Effect Size
Questioning is the skillful use of questions by teachers to provoke deeper thinking, assess understanding, and foster peer discussion. The focus is on asking higher-order cognitive questions to spark curiosity in order to engage all students.
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.72
Effect Size
Curiosity is the powerful impulse you feel when you encounter something surprising, need to clear up a doubt, or have a fundamental desire for greater knowledge.
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Formal discussions are where students engage in sustained, structured dialogue about complex concepts. It involves students listening, building on each other's ideas, defending their reasoning, and reaching shared understanding, with the teacher acting as a skilled facilitator.
Overview
.82
Effect Size
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.46
Effect Size
Relevance occurs across a continuum. To invite students into learning, incorporate personal association, personal usefulness, and personal identification throughout the unit. Relevance is part of motivation which will answer the question, why am I learning this?
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.57
Effect Size
Worked Examples are step-by-step illustrations which allow students to focus on the underlying principles and procedures of a task. They're super helpful for students just learning a new skill because they let you focus on understanding the why and how instead of getting stuck just trying to find the answer.
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.60
Effect Size
A thinking prompt is a device presented to students to promote productive conversations in class. It is is a catalyst for thinking, discussion, and dialogue in the classroom Thinking prompts are used in conjunction with effective questions.
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Structuring lessons is a key component of Teacher Clarity, which includes: Clear expectations Sequencing and linking learningClear instructionsClear transitionsScaffoldingQuestioning/feedbackFormative assessmentExit cards
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.75
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Transcript
Best HITS Playlist (AM Session)
You're the DJ of Your Classroom!
Formal Discussions
Cooperative Learning
Overview & Effect Size
Overview & Effect Size
Worked Examples
Questioning
Overview & Effect Size
Overview & Effect Size
Structuring Lessons
Thinking Prompts
Overview & Effect Size
Overview & Effect Size
Next
Best HITS Playlist (PM Session)
You're the DJ of Your Classroom!
Close Reading
Relevance
Overview & Effect Size
Overview & Effect Size
Direct Instruction
Graphic Organizers
Overview & Effect Size
Overview & Effect Size
Feedback
Spark Curiosity
Overview & Effect Size
Overview & Effect Size
Back
.53
Effect Size
Cooperative Learning involves students working together in small, structured groups. Think PIES: Positive Interdependence, Individual Accountability, Equal Participation, and Simultaneous Interaction.
Overview
&
.75
Effect Size
Close reading is an analytical process where readers pause to deeply examine a text, using Notice and Note Signposts like Contrasts and Contradictions or Aha Moments as clues to help them identify key literary elements, infer meaning, and determine the author's purpose or theme.
Overview
&
A clear instructional sequence begins when the teacher defines the learning intentions and success criteria for students. This is followed by modeling the skill, checking for comprehension, transitioning students from guided to independent practice, and finally providing closure by reviewing the lesson's main points.
Overview
.56
Effect Size
&
.75
Effect Size
To maximize learning, teachers should utilize and combine the most effective of the four main types of feedback. Although students deserve specific and sincere praise, it’s critical to understand that praise alone does not improve future performance; true learning gains come from the actionable information contained within the feedback.
Overview
&
.62
Effect Size
Visual organization tools like graphic organizers support comprehension by helping students map conceptual relationships. They offer a clear representation of a student's existing knowledge structure, enhancing memory and making learning more durable. .
Overview
&
.48
Effect Size
Questioning is the skillful use of questions by teachers to provoke deeper thinking, assess understanding, and foster peer discussion. The focus is on asking higher-order cognitive questions to spark curiosity in order to engage all students.
Overview
&
.72
Effect Size
Curiosity is the powerful impulse you feel when you encounter something surprising, need to clear up a doubt, or have a fundamental desire for greater knowledge.
Overview
&
Formal discussions are where students engage in sustained, structured dialogue about complex concepts. It involves students listening, building on each other's ideas, defending their reasoning, and reaching shared understanding, with the teacher acting as a skilled facilitator.
Overview
.82
Effect Size
&
.46
Effect Size
Relevance occurs across a continuum. To invite students into learning, incorporate personal association, personal usefulness, and personal identification throughout the unit. Relevance is part of motivation which will answer the question, why am I learning this?
Overview
&
.57
Effect Size
Worked Examples are step-by-step illustrations which allow students to focus on the underlying principles and procedures of a task. They're super helpful for students just learning a new skill because they let you focus on understanding the why and how instead of getting stuck just trying to find the answer.
Overview
&
.60
Effect Size
A thinking prompt is a device presented to students to promote productive conversations in class. It is is a catalyst for thinking, discussion, and dialogue in the classroom Thinking prompts are used in conjunction with effective questions.
Overview
&
Structuring lessons is a key component of Teacher Clarity, which includes: Clear expectations Sequencing and linking learningClear instructionsClear transitionsScaffoldingQuestioning/feedbackFormative assessmentExit cards
Overview
.75
Effect Size
&