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Presenting and Explaining

Increasing Comprehension by Activating Prior Knowledge. ERIC Digest
This digest goes over research that has been conducted to determine the value of providing students with ways to activate their prior knowledge base, in order to increase comprehension when learning.
( http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed328885.html )
Research Base of Presenting and Explaining

Critical Presentation Skills–Research to Practice, ERIC Digest #449
This digest looks at research findings and instructional applications of effective teacher presentation skills.
( http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed291205.html )
David Ausubel: Advance Organizers Overview
Overview of Ausubel's use of advance organizers.
( http://ivc.uidaho.edu/mod/models/ausubel/ )
Advance Organizers
Web site is an overview of advance organizers and how to use them effectively.
( http://scied.gsu.edu/Hassard/mos/8.3a.html )
Planning and Conducting Presentation Lessons

Increasing Comprehension by Activating Prior Knowledge. ERIC Digest
This digest goes over research that has been conducted to determine the value of providing students with ways to activate their prior knowledge base, in order to increase comprehension when learning.
( http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed328885.html )
Schema Activation, Construction, and Application. ERIC Digest.
This digests talks about how readers rely on their prior knowledge and world experience when trying to comprehend a text. Readers make use of their schema when they take what they already know about a topic and relate it to the ideas being presented in a text. The richer a student's schema is for a given topic, the better he or she will understand the material being learned.
( http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed312611.html )
PowerPoint in the Classroom
Teach students how to create multimedia presentations, using Microsoft PowerPoint, by visiting this fun-filled, online tutorial.
( http://www.actden.com/pp/ )
Advance Organizers
Web site is an overview of advance organizers and how to use them effectively.
( http://scied.gsu.edu/Hassard/mos/8.3a.html )
Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers
Tips on cues, questions and organizers.
( http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/books/marzano2001_section9.html )
Classroom Learning Environments and Assessment

ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Education Website with information and links about educational and psychological testing and learning theories.
( http://ericae.net/ )
The Forum -- Holistic Scoring
This site considers the use of holistic scoring techniques to eliminate bias when evaluating essays. This technique looks at the student's work as complete units rather than as a collection of constituent elements.
( http://hakatai.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/labyforum/May93/May93F1.html )
Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers
Tips on cues, questions and organizers.
( http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/books/marzano2001_section9.html )







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