Questions, Cues, and Advance Organizers

From Web 2.0 That Works: Marzano & Web 2.0

Contents 1 Generalizations From Research 2 Example Activities 3 Recommendations & Ideas 4 Web 2.0 Connections 5 Examples from teachers, students, classrooms, schools

Enhance students' ability to retrieve, use, and organize what they already know about a topic.

Generalizations From Research

1. Cues and Questions should focus on what is important as opposed to what is unusual.
2. “Higher level” questions produce deeper learning than “lower level” questions.
3. Waiting briefly before accepting responses has the effect of increasing the depth of students’ answers.
4. Questions are effective learning tools even when asked before a learning experience.
5. Advance organizers should focus on what is important as opposed to what is unusual.
6. Higher level advance organizers produce deeper learning than lower level advance organizers.
7. Advance organizers are most useful with information that is not well organized.
8. Different types of advance organizers produce different results.

Example Activities

• Cornell Notes
• Graphic Organizers
• Rubrics
• Frayer Model
• Higher-Level Questioning and Wait-time
• Web/Concept Maps

Recommendations & Ideas

1. Use explicit cues
2. Ask questions that elicit inferences
3. Ask analytic questions
4. Use expository advance organizers
5. Use narrative advance organizers
6. Use Skimming as a form of advance organizers (SQ3R)
7. Use graphic advance organizers

Information presented above in the definition is from McREL, and generalizations from research, and recommendations & ideas is from Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement (ASCD)(Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering, Jane E. Pollock).

Web 2.0 Connections

"Y" Under each category indicates that this tool can be used with this strategy.

"Free +" Indicates that the tool is free at the basic level, but that more advanced versions are available at a cost.

Category Key:

SD = Identifying Similarities and Differences CL = Cooperative Learning SNT = Summarizing and Note-Taking ER = Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition HP = Homework and Practice NR = Nonlinguistic Representation OF = Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback HYP = Generating and Testing Hypotheses QCO = Questions, Cues, and Advance Organizers

Tool	Link	Desc	Cost	SD	CL	SNT	ER	HP	NR	OF	HYP	QCO	Notes
Exploratree	[[1]]	Online Graphic Organizer	Free	Y	Y	Y		Y		Y		Y	Interactive, pre-made graphic organizers that can be edited online
Schoopy	[[2]]	School & Classroom Websites	Free		Y		Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Great for guest speakers
MediaWiki	[[3]]	Open Source wiki software	Free	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Wiki engine that powers [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] as well as this wiki.
Netvibes	[[4]]	Online Personal Homepage	Free	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y
iGoogle	[[5]]	Online Personal Homepage	Free	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Integrates with all Google tools
Skype	[[6]]	Voice & Video Communications	Free		Y			Y	Y			Y	Downloads to computer, great for guest speakers
Ustream	[[7]]	Video Communications	Free		Y			Y	Y			Y	Great for guest speakers
MeBeam	[[8]]	Video Chat Rooms	Free		Y			Y	Y			Y	Great for guest speakers
del.icio.us	[[9]]	Online Social Bookmarks	Free		Y	Y		Y				Y
Twitter	[[10]]	Online Messaging	Free		Y	Y	Y	Y		Y		Y
Ning	[[11]]	Community Websites	Free	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Can be used for a classroom website
Basecamp	[[12]]	Online Project Collaboration	Free +		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Backpack	[[13]]	Online Personal Organizer	Free +	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y		Y	Y
TiffanyScreens	[[14]]	Screen-Sharing Presentation App	Free		Y				Y	Y		Y
EditGrid	[[15]]	Online Spreadsheets	Free +	Y	Y			Y		Y		Y	Integrates with Facebook and iPhone
Writeboard	[[16]]	Online Collaborative Note-Taking	Free	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y		Y	Integrates with BackPack
Diigo	[[17]]	Online Social Annotation	Free	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y			Y
MyNoteIT	[[18]]	Online Note-Taking	Free	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y		Y
stu.dicio.us	[[19]]	Online Note-Taking	Free	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y		Y	Currently under redevelopment
pbWiki	[[20]]	Wiki Hosting Website	Free	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
YackPack	[[21]]	Online voice Messaging	Free	Y	Y		Y	Y		Y		Y	Links directs to YackPack for Educators information
Thinkature	[[22]]	Online Collaboration & Whiteboard	Free	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y
Ajax13	[[23]]	Online Graphic Editor	Free	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y			Y	Requires Firefox 1.5 (or higher) Browser
ScanR	[[24]]	Online Scanner, Copier, Fax from Phone or Digital Camera	Free +	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y			Y
Zoho Writer	[[25]]	Online Word Processor	Free		Y	Y		Y		Y	Y	Y	Part of Zoho Suite of Online Apps
Zoho Wiki	[[26]]	Wiki Hosting Website	Free	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Part of Zoho Suite of Online Apps
Google SpreadSheets	[[27]]	Online Spreadsheets	Free	Y	Y			Y		Y		Y	Also contains Documents & Presentations
Google Presentations	[[28]]	Online Slideshow Presentations	Free		Y			Y	Y			Y	Also contains Documents & Spreadsheets
Zoho Show	[[29]]	Online Slideshow Presentations	Free		Y			Y	Y			Y	Part of Zoho Suite of Online Apps
Zoho Sheet	[[30]]	Online Spreadsheets	Free	Y	Y			Y		Y		Y	Part of Zoho Suite of Online Apps
Zoho Notebook	[[31]]	Online Notebook	Free		Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Part of Zoho Suite of Online Apps
EduBlogs	[[32]]	Blog Hosting Website	Free	Y	Y	Y		Y			Y	Y
WordPress	[[33]]	Blog Hosting Website	Free	Y	Y	Y		Y			Y	Y
Technorati	[[34]]	Blog Search Engine	Free	Y	Y	Y		Y			Y	Y
Google Documents	[[35]]	Online Word Processor	Free		Y	Y		Y		Y	Y	Y	Also contains Spreadsheets & Presentations
bubbl.us	[[36]]	Online Brainstorming	Free		Y			Y	Y			Y
Blogger	[[37]]	Blog Hosting Website	Free	Y	Y	Y		Y			Y	Y
Gliffy	[[38]]	Online Diagramming Software	Free +		Y				Y			Y
Rubistar	[[39]]	Online Rubric Generator	Free		Y		Y					Y
Wikispaces	[[40]]	Wiki Hosting Website	Free	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y

Examples from teachers, students, classrooms, schools

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Contributor: Jenny

The book Using Technology With Classroom Instruction That Works provides an advanced organizer example that uses the open-source software: Stellarium

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