Marzanos 6 Instructional Strategies

Cooperative Learning
What: student group work
Effect: creates
interdependence, social
relationships in a work
place, increases creativity

Similarities and Differences

What: compare and
contrasting concepts.
Effect: helps determine
relationships between ideas.
Helps understand the why.

Non-linguistic
Representation/graphic
organizers
What: pictures, symbols,
charts etc..
Effect: aids the visual
learner and helps put a
face to the concept

Homework and Practice

Advanced Organizers

Cues and Questions

What: additional work

done outside of class.

What: establishes what the

student already knows, needs
to know, wants to know.
KWL chart, preview to
concept

What: providing students

with an aid to stimulate
thought in desired
direction. Hints to
activate thought

Effect: allows teacher to

know where to focus, lets
students prepare for
upcoming instruction

Effect: pushes students

into a desired direction
of thinking. Activates
prior knowledge.
Engages students to
think outside the box.

Effect: increases exposure

to concept, can add to
assessment opportunities,
practice makes perfect,
helps learning in multiple
environments