Assignment:
Evaluate two different content areas appropriate in a middle school environment (math and ELA, science and history). For each content area, complete the use of ONE strategy from the strategies below. You will use two separate content areas, each with a different strategy. For each strategy, find two research articles to support it. All articles must be current from the past 10 years.
• Explain how strategy will be used
• Discuss support from two research articles selected
• How will you use the strategy - be specific (this is not a lesson plan but a narrative explanation)
• Give examples for differentiation, grade levels, and/or different populations of students
The choice of strategies include:
1. Cues, Questions, & Advanced Organizers
2. Nonlinguistic Representations
3. Summarizing & Note-taking
4. Assigning Homework & Providing Practice