Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Prompt # 3: First Things First (Covey)


View this short “teaching moment” by Stephen Covey:

With your best pedagogical eye, identify specifically each Marzano 9 High Yield Strategy that Covey used to convey the lesson he was trying to teach.

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  1. I didn't see Covery use EACH strategy - was I supposed to? I saw him use most of them!

    Covey set the objective for the woman: fill this bucket, make sure it doesn't overflow! And then he provided feedback while she was doing it: he asked her if she was planning on leaving out vacation or her big opportunity, etc.

    Covey also used questions and cues to keep the woman and the audience engaged, asking if they could relate and comparing it to being too busy driving, you don't have time for gas. I would also maybe stretch it as far as saying that the concept of the "important stuff" being the big rocks and the whole metaphor of big rocks and small rocks is an advanced organizer, because it's organizing the thoughts in an unconventional way. It's also obvious that the rocks and the pebbles or whatever those little green balls are nonlinguistic representations of -- well, I'm not sure what this is, some sort of workshop so they're the foundations of something.

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  2. Identifying similarities and differences--he had different sizes of rocks/issues to work with.

    Summarizing--in a way because the whole project was an analogy.

    Practice--she could not do it all the first time.

    Nonlinguistic--the rocks represented things and had words written on them.

    Setting objectives and providing feedback--he clearly stated the rules and objectives and he responded/questioned her as she worked.

    Generating/testing hypothesis--she had to use problem solving skills and think up strategies to use.

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  3. Identifying similarities and differences
    Reinforcing effort and providing recognition
    Nonlinguistic representations
    Setting objectives and providing feedback
    Generating and testing hypotheses
    Questions, cues, and advance organizers

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    1. identifying similarities and differences with the rocks and how they were similar to items in life

      reinforcing effort and providing recognition-- by praising her effort and noting she was trying but leaving things out like sharing the saw

      non linguistic representation- the rocks and bucket--your life and all its complexity

      setting objective and providing feedback-- the objective was to get all the items in the bucket --or get all the things done in your life to be successful.

      the hypotheses generating and testing was the activity with the rocks

      questions, cues and advanced organizers- the activity could be seen as an advanced organizer and he asked her question "do you want to leave out your vacation and he gave her cues about using the other bucket."

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  4. Stephen Covey uses every one of the Marzano 9 High Yield Strategies. These are the ways he accomplishes that:

    Identifying similarities and differences - The similarities of our tendencies in life to try to fit the small stuff in before the big, and then the differences in size of each rock relative to the importance it holds.
    Summarizing and taking notes - the audience is a part of the note taking by observing the goings-on onstage.
    Reinforcing effort and positive recognition
    Homework and Practice - By physically placing the rocks in the bucket the woman is practicing and working on the problem given to her in a hands on way.
    Nonlinguistic representation - Using the rocks to represent the demands of daily life in a physical, nonlinguistic way.
    Cooperative Learning - Having an audience member attempt to place the rocks in a bucket without overflowing pulls in members of the group for cooperative learning. Everyone is a part of the experience.
    Setting objectives and providing feedback - Setting the objective to fill the bucket without overflowing and commenting on the progress.
    Generating and Testing Hypothesis - When the woman says she will be able to accomplish the task by using the empty bucket and placing the big rocks on bottom she is creating a hypothesis and tests it by doing so.
    Questions, cues, and Advanced Organizers - When the instructor gives the opportunity to use the other bucket he has changed the procedure while still maintaining the original question.

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