Roller
Coaster Project:
Instructional Strategies
Project Overview | Field Trip | Learning Groups | Participants | Links | Rubric/Results
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Roller
Coaster Project: Project Overview | Field Trip | Learning Groups | Participants | Links | Rubric/Results |
| Cooperative Learning Groups | Into, Through and Beyond | CA Science Content Standards | Marzano's Strategies | Bloom's Taxonomy & HOTS | ISTE & NETS |
Cooperative Learning Group Strategies:
| What are cooperative learning groups? | A cooperative learning group is one of many instructional strategies that teachers implement in their classroom to increase student achievement. Small cooperative learning groups (3 or 4) maximize their own and each other's learning. |
| Cooperative Learning Group Example: | Click here for a graphic on the Cooperative Learning Groups. |
| How is Into, Through and Beyond used in this project? | Students will be guided through activities following the instructional strategy called Into, Through and Beyond. For more information, click on the following article from Forum regarding: into, through and beyond. |
California
Science Content Standards
The Roller Coaster
Project covers the following standards:
| 7th grade CA Science Content Standards or try here (.pdf) | Investigation and Experimentation 7. Scientific progress is made by asking meaningful questions and conducting careful investigations. As a basis for understanding this concept and addressing the content in the other three strands, students should develop their own questions and perform investigations. Students will: 7a. Select and use appropriate
tools and technology (including calculators, computers, 7b. Use a variety of print and electronic resources (including the World Wide Web) to collect information and evidence as part of a research project. 7e. Communicate the steps and results from an investigation in written reports and oral presentations. |
| 8th grade CA Science Content Standards or try here (.pdf) | Motion 1. The velocity
of an object is the rate of change of its position. As a basis for understanding
this concept: 1. c. Students know how to
solve problems involving distance, time, and average speed. |
Marzano's
Strategies
The Nebraska ESU (Educational
Service Unit) Technology Affiliate Group has created a site that provides technology
resources for Marzano's nine instructional strategies.
| STRATEGIES USED IN ROLLER COASTER PROJECT | PERCENT GAIN |
| Summarizing and note taking | 34 % |
| Reinforcing effort and providing recognition | 29% |
| Homework and practice | 28% |
| Nonlinguistic representations | 27% |
| Cooperative learning | 27% |
| Setting objectives and providing feedback | 23% |
| Questions, cues, and advance organizers | 22% |
Bloom's Taxonomy & Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS):
| How can I find out more about Bloom's Taxonomy? | We constructed a Google search on Bloom's Taxonomy. The introduction page will give you a quick overview. It was created with the full version of Adobe Acrobat Professional. |
| What does ISTE and NETS stand for? | The national technology standards are the National Educational Technology Standards, typically referred to as NETS. You also want to check out the International Standards for Technology in Education (ISTE). |
