“Simply said, when students understand the purpose of a lesson, they learn more” (Fraser, Walberg, Welch, & Hattie, 1987; Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock, 2001 in Fisher & Frey, 2010, p. 1) It has been stirring for a while.  At first I didn’t even notice him.  He kept coming around more...

Robert J. Marzano has become famous for testing instructional strategies to see if they result in quantitative achievement gains.  The following is a summary of his vocabulary learning strategy and some products that may help you to implement the process.  (Be sure to do all six steps!  His research has...

  This is my new favorite teaching tool!   Write and Wipe Pockets are so flexible and give students the opportunity to practice reading and writing in English!  Check out my YouTube video with lots of ideas for how to use them!

I was doing some research on the Department of Education website (ed.gov) for a book I am writing and stumbled upon a new tool for educators and administrators.  Their Doing What Works website makes sense of research-based practices for teaching English Language Learners and more.  They’ve got videos, classroom examples,...