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Classroom Observation: Tracking Questions and Responses
Organize Your Teaching > Higher-Order Questions > Overview & Tools
In teams, use this observation form to observe ongoing questions and responses generated by class instruction and then provide feedback on impact and possible improvement.
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Sentence Starters for Generating Higher-Order Questions
Organize Your Teaching > Higher-Order Questions > Overview & Tools
Use this tool to develop questions and sentence starters that will help generate deeper explanations from students.
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Discuss and Design: Effective Classroom Structures for Higher-Order Questions
Organize Your Teaching > Higher-Order Questions > Overview & Tools
Use this observation chart to convene a school in-service session for teachers to learn about creating classroom structures that utilize student questioning to build explanations. Related...
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Learning Together About Using Higher-Order Questions to Help Students Build Explanations
Organize Your Teaching > Higher-Order Questions > Overview & Tools
The discussion questions in this tool can be used to convene a school in-service session for teachers to learn why and how to teach using higher-order questions. Related Media: Using...
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Lesson Planning: Developing a Review Game
Organize Your Teaching > Spacing Learning > Overview & Tools
Use this lesson plan template to design a game that requires students to recall important facts.
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Planning Chart Activity: Building in More Frequent Review
Organize Your Teaching > Spacing Learning > Overview & Tools
This planning chart activity can help to examine the sequence of activities throughout a unit or quarter to map out how key concepts will be revisited. Related Files: Learning Together About...
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Learning Together About Spacing Learning Over Time
Organize Your Teaching > Spacing Learning > Overview & Tools
The materials and worksheet in this tool can be used to convene a school in-service session for teachers to learn why and how to space learning over time. Related Media and Files: Spacing...
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Learning Together About Quizzing
Organize Your Teaching > Spacing Learning > Overview & Tools
Follow the steps in this tool to convene a school in-service session for teachers to learn why and how to use quizzes to support students’ retention of key ideas. Related Media and...
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Discuss and Design: Creating Problem Sets With Worked Examples
Organize Your Teaching > Examples With Practice > Overview & Tools
Adult advocates can use this planner to collect information about the areas in which the student’s teachers have seen or would like to see improvement. Related Files: Student Handout: Order...
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Learning Together About Alternating Examples With Practice
Organize Your Teaching > Examples With Practice > Overview & Tools
This in-service plan can be used to convene a school in-service session for teachers to learn why and how to alternate worked examples with practice. Related Media and Files: Alternating Worked...
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Data Collection Planner: Reviewing the Use of an Existing Data System
Data for Instruction > Districtwide Data > Overview & Tools
This tool aims to facilitate planning for improvement of data systems based on data collected from users. The tool can be used to identify data collection goals and to document decisions made based...
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Districtwide Data System Implementation and Staging Questions
Data for Instruction > Districtwide Data > Overview & Tools
Implementing a districtwide data system is a lengthy process that may involve multiple phases. District administrators can use this tool to consider all aspects of the implementation efforts.
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