The final type of cognitive strategy that we will discuss in this series of blog posts is metacognitive strategies. As weâve seen, cognitive strategies are the basic mental techniques we use to think, study, and learn (such as chunking, rehearsal, elaboration, and organization). Taking it to the next level, metacognitive strategies involve âthinking about thinking.â …
This aerial picture of the students and staff at Heber School was taken when the school reached an 802 on the Academic Performance Index (API). Heber School has achieved a milestone that some thought was impossible to achieve. Heber Schoolâs 2013 API is 839. For over one hundred years, Heber School was the only…
Woodlake Valley Middle School Gains 67 API Points and 115 ELL sub-group API points through Partnership with DataWORKS Educational Research Woodlake Valley Middle School defies odds by closing the achievement gaps in AMAO 1, AMAO II, and AMAO III in 2012 -2013 Crediting its staff and a partnership with DataWORKS Educational Research, Woodlake Valley Middle…
Read on to learn how DataWORKS used Explicit Direct Instruction, English Learner Strategies, and Classroom Coaching to help one school improve their API score more than 300 points in five years. North Park Middle School in EL Rancho Unified is eyeing an 800 API. They know they can do it, but it didnât seem that…
What makes an effective literacy program? As an adult, you already know how to read and write. You were given skills and tools in school to master reading and writing. These skills and tools came from a literacy program. A literacy program contains all the components necessary for you to master reading and writing. However,…
Cursive is dead. Long live cursive. Just over a year ago, we published an article asking if cursive handwriting is still relevant in todayâs educational system. In it, one of the rationales cited was so that students could read historical documents and, as our companyâs resident expert in history, that got me thinking about what…
At the end of January, six DataWORKS consultants went âDown Underâ again to train teachers and administrators across Australia. The training focused on Explicit Direct Instruction (EDI)Â and the roll out of the Foundation â Year 6 Australian English curriculum created by DataWORKS in 2015. DataWORKSâ partnership with Good to Great Schools Australia had us first…
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The teacher asked students to write a paragraph about video games. Adam wrote: Link is a clever guy who has to rescue Princess Zelda from the villain Ganon. Along the way, he learns to use the Triforce. Anthony wrote: To play the game, you have to be good at using a controller. With the right…
How to learn better means giving students the skills to manage their own learning.   We call these cognitive strategies. In previous blogs, we discussed chunking, rehearsal, and elaboration strategies. This time we will look at organization methods that you can use with your students. Organization strategies Where rehearsal and elaboration strategies focus on words,…