"I use them more than I give myself credit for because they are just a part of teaching."
"I can see increased involvement by the students when using reciprocal teaching, which leads to better understanding. Also, the organization of two-column notes helped students retain vocabulary and meaning better and quiz scores reflected that fact."
"I had my students make KIM vocabulary flashcards for math. Picture on one side, definition/ example/ sentence on back. Students have been successful at studying vocab, remembering the definitions, and applying knowledge on tests."
"In using Two-Column notes, my students have been better prepared for the weekly quizzes and have generally been scoring higher than in previous years."
"The students are aware and have commented on their increased ability to comprehend challenging texts."
"All of these strategies are helpful and students benefit in most of their core classes when these strategies are developed and used by students."
"Their responses are more complete, more substantive. Their oral responses are more full, and their retention is much improved. I'm very pleased with the results." |
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"The two-column notes increased the students ability to identify and study the important topics, concepts, and vocabulary."
"Team cooperation, the strength of the program here is that our team is using common terminology - not that we weren't teaching the skills before."
"Read around the text is PERFECT for science. I have found that if I take the time to do this with a section before the students start an assignment, there are VERY few questions of "Where do I find this information?" They become much more independent." |
