High Yield Strategies: - Janine Schaub



High Probability Strategies

High probability strategies (formerly “high-yield” strategies) are any successful strategies that help your students learn.

This chart is a mix of the “high yield” strategies first pioneered by Robert Marzano and then elaborated upon by Douglas Reeves, TDSB, and the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat. These are only a few EXAMPLES and are not meant to be definitive.

|discuss similarities/differences (yields a 45 percentile gain) Examples: QAR, sketch to stretch, affinity diagrams, Frayer model, |

|create metaphors, analogies and graphic representations |

|Summarizing and note taking (34 percentile gain) Examples: outlines, reports, bullets, key concepts, deleting unnecessary |

|information, substitute information, rewrite, analyze information |

|Reinforce effort and provide recognition (29 percentile gain) Examples: portfolios, school newspaper, honor differing learning |

|styles, praise (symbolic rewards rather than tangible) |

|homework and practice (yields a 28 percentile gain) Examples: retell, recite and review learning, journals, homework plan, parents |

|know the goals and objectives but have limited role |

|create non-linguistic representations (27 percentile gain) Examples: webs, diagrams, concept maps, drawings, charts, graphic |

|organizers, sketch to stretch, make physical models, etc. |

|Set goals and provide feedback (23 percentile gain) Examples: display goals, RAN, rubric and exemplars |

|Questions, prompts, cues and advance organizers (22 percentile gain) Examples: focus questions, graphic organizers, think alouds, |

|inferencing, skimming to identify key vocabulary, anticipation guide, annotating the text |

|Generate, explain, test and defend hypotheses (23 percentile gain) Examples: problem solving, history investigation, invention, |

|experimental inquiry, decision making, reasoning, questioning the author, etc. |

|Alignment of standards, curriculum, instruction and assessment Example: moderated marking |

|Modeling and mentoring of instructional strategies Example: weekly PLCs |

|Engaging classroom environments Examples: displaying excellent student work, posting standards |

|fewer assessed assignments and more feedback |

|Monitoring that is frequent and visible |

|Gradual Release of Responsibility to focus on inferring and making connections Examples: modeling, shared, guided, independent |

|reading and writing |

|ADD MORE OF YOUR OWN HERE…These are any successful strategies that you have tried with your students that have contributed to their|

|success! |

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