Professional Learning

The First Letter Mnemonic Strategy helps students to identify, organize, and memorize lists of information. This strategy consists of steps for making and memorizing lists as well as steps for creating a mnemonic device. (Length: 22:19) Learn More

This manual contains a set of instructional methods that science teachers can use to help students engage in higher order reasoning associated with argumentation. Learn More

"Teaching Cause and Effect" contains a set of instructional methods that teachers can use to help students engage in higher order reasoning, thinking about a relationship in which one thing either leads to another or results from another. Learn More

The Concept Anchoring Routine focuses on how teachers can help students understand key concepts. This routine is designed to promote increased understanding by anchoring new information to familiar information. In this video, a secondary teacher uses the Concept Anchoring Routine to help students gain an understanding of the concept oxidization. She compares the familiar concept of how a washing machine cleans laundry to the new concept of how a liver oxidizes alcohol. (Length: 21:00) Learn More

This video introduces viewers to the Concept Diagram and the Concept Mastery Routine and helps them understand how to incorporate these items into their teaching repertoires. (Length: 19:00) Learn More

The Lesson Organizer is used to plan lessons and introduce and connect ideas to the unit and the course. This video shows how a secondary teacher uses the Lesson Organizer Routine to introduce and support learning in a lesson on alcohol. The Lesson Organizer visual device is used to display information and guide learning Learn More