Cues,+Questions+and+Advance+Organizers

=**Research Strategy: Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers **= //© 2007 (2010) www.clipart.com//.

Before teachers begin instruction, they must know what students already know about a particular topic. In order to do this, they use cues, questions, and advance organizers. This involves asking questions, prompting student responses, and utilizing graphic organizers. In these ways, teachers learn how to guide their instruction.
 * Overview **

Rationale __ The Renaissance Responders are similar to remote controls. Each student has one. A teacher poses a question and students can answer the question by clicking buttons like “True,” “False,” or “A,” “B,” “C,” or “D.” Teachers have software on their computers that wirelessly collects the data and presents it in an easy-to-analyze format. Teachers can then utilize this data to help form their instruction or share it with students. The responders now even have short-answer capability. This technology would be good to use for cues, questions, and advance organizers because teachers could use this as a way to gauge what students already know before instruction. They can also use it to assess how much students are learning during instruction or have learned after instruction.
 * Technology 1: Classroom Response Systems @http://www.renlearn.com/2know/ **__

__ Resources Needed __
 * 24 pack of responders, $1,195
 * Teacher computer

__ Rationale __ Student interactives are online tools that students interact with and can be used for various curriculum goals. The interactives provided by Read, Write, Think are geared towards language arts themes and topics. Students use computers to get on the website and complete various activities that can be printed off later on if needed. For example, students can create their own crossword puzzle, fill in a plot diagram, create a timeline, make a cover for a book, CD, or DVD, or even create character trading cards. The website provides over 50 interactives. This technology is good for cues, questions, and advance organizers because students are organizing their knowledge in a graphic way. Students are able to make connections and visually share their thoughts.
 * Technology 2: Read, Write, Think Interactives @http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/ **

__ Resources Needed __
 * Computers for each student
 * Internet access

__ Rationale __ One way teachers can learn more about what their students know or have learned is to use a survey program like Survey Monkey. This particular one is a free online questionnaire tool that can be used by anyone. Teachers can use templates to create their own survey or quiz and then add a link on their website, provide the URL for students, or send out an email invitation so that students may access it. Teachers receive real-time results and can download the data in a spreadsheet or PDF format. Survey Monkey is good for cues, questions, and advance organizers because teachers can pose questions to students either before or after instruction. It also allows them to gather data to assist in planning instruction.
 * Technology 3: Survey Monkey @http://www.surveymonkey.com/ **

__ Resources Needed __
 * Computers for each student
 * Internet access

One educational challenge that teachers face is Differentiated Instruction. There are many different types of learners in our classrooms. Each student has the right to learn in ways that make sense to them. A differentiated classroom means that teachers have provided various activities that will allow students to succeed. In other words, there are activities and assessments for lower-level and higher-level students and there are also activities for multiple intelligences. Class Response Systems and Survey Monkey can help teachers gather data about their students that can assist in planning differentiated instruction. Read, Write, Think’s Interactives provide great activities that may appeal more to the visual and linguistic learners. The interactives also allow students to work at their own level and pace so lessons are automatically differentiated.
 * Educational Challenges **

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