Cooperative

Grouping

Cues and
Questions

A teaching strategy for

organizing classroom
activities where
students are placed into
small teams to work
together towards the
same goal.

A tool used to help

guide student
learning towards
higher order
thinking.

Advanced
Organizers
A tool used to
identify what
previous knowledge
a student has and
help him or her
connect it with new
information. An
example of this is a
KWL chart.

Marzano's
Six
Instructional
Strategies

Homework/
Practice
This is where students
are learning on their
own and applying new
knowledge. It should
not be approached as
an afterthought, but as
a focused strategy for
increasing
understanding.

Identifying
Similarities and
Differences
The ability to break a
concept into similar and
dissimilar characteristics
allows students to
understand complex
problems by analyzing
them in a more simple
way.

Nonlinguistic
Representations/
Graphic Organizers
The ability to use visual
imagery, auditory
experiences, and
kinesthetic modes to help
students learn.