Each learner is unique. Approach learning through different pathways. Expect everyone to achieve. Structure With Cooperative Learning Research has found that cooperative learning is the number one strategy for increased student achievement. Explicitly Test-taking skills is a metacognitive strategy that empowers students.
Teachers teach students how to be good learners as well as good test-takers.
Strategies Learners use what they know to help them understand something new. Teach students to look for similarities, common groupings. Attach meaning to a subject by linking it to something familiar. Organize with Graphics Displaying things graphically, students must organize large amounts of knowledge. Makes students think visibly.