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How do we use the information to inform our instruction 

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How do we use the information to inform our instruction 

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Put students in groups of 3 to 5 students; give each group a topic and each member has to add a paragraph to the topic to complete the essay..

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Where do they think they need to improve

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shows growth

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Providing multiple ways for students to show their learning 

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Providing multiple ways for students to show their learning 

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Kahoot etc

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How can you utilize online tools to help measure student learning?

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How can you utilize online tools to help measure student learning?

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What do you use as formative assessments?

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What do you use as formative assessments?

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Provides students the opportunity to respond AND the teacher fdbk regarding who gets it and who doesn't. Students are more active , less "sit & get"

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Publications & Resources about TPTs

Videos

The TPT video

is the winner of the 2015 TIVA Peer Award Gold Trophy in

Education/

Training

Articles & Blogs

Most of us would agree that creating opportunities for students to use higher-order thinking is a worthy goal for teachers in K-12 and college-level classrooms, but when it comes to how we design our daily lessons, these opportunities are often left largely to chance. (see more)

Think about the traditional question-and-answer session that happens daily in many classrooms. We ask a question directed at the entire class, wait for hands to go up, and then select one of the few hands raised... (see more)

Total Participation Techniques , guest blog for Marjan Glavac by P. Himmele

Total Participation Techniques (TPTs) are teaching techniques that provide teachers with evidence of cognitive engagement and active participation from all students at the same time (Himmele & Himmele, 2011). The three key phrases...(see more)

4-Part Series (on ASCD Edge)

Total Participation Techniques: Don't Toss the Beach Ball
Think about the typical question-and-answer session in most classrooms. We call it "the beach ball scenario" because it reminds us of a scene in which a teacher is holding a beach ball... (see more)

Listening Objects & The Drop Out Problem
Unfortunately, too much of today's teaching is characterized by a stand-and-deliver approach to presenting content, in which teachers simply stand at the overhead or the front of the room and... (see more)

Beyond Tolerating Differences
We can learn a great deal about appreciation for differences from the business world. Maria Bartiromo, described Jack Welch's view of leadership as that of being the conductor of an orchestra...(see more)

Strategies for encouraging student engagement , guest bloggers for Larry Ferlazzo's EdWeek Q & A

Ways to Cultivate 'Whole Class Engagement' , guest bloggers for Larry Ferlazzo's EdWeek Q & A

Webinar

Total Participation Techniques: Making Every Student an Active Learner with Persida and William Himmele

Recorded October 11, 2011

Help all students demonstrate active participation and cognitive engagement in whatever you're teaching by embedding Total Participation Techniques (TPTs) in your lessons.

Based on their ASCD book, Pérsida Himmele and William Himmele will walk you through the why and the how of these essential classroom techniques. Reflecting on their work in K-12 classrooms, the Himmeles will provide

Photos and descriptions of TPTs being used in classrooms.

Background on how to use TPTs to support students in their development of higher-order thinking skills.

A model for cognitive engagement that you can use for planning, peer coaching, and leading.

Handouts and template

The TPT Cognitive Engagement Model looks at two critically important aspects to meaningful learning. The first is the level of student participation in class. Is the teacher using a traditional Q & A, or is she/he using more effective approaches to questioning? However, because we know that student engagement doesn't always equal learning, the model also looks at the degree to which the students are participating in tasks that require higher-order thinking. By analyzing the quality of lessons based on student participation and higher-order thinking, we find that many of the indicators of effective teaching that typically show up on teacher evaluation forms are either accounted for, or they surface in the form of barriers to student cognitive engagement. Looking for these two high-impact indicators gives us much more bang for our buck than if we were simply looking for performance in, for example, pacing, or clarity of presentation.

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Publications & Resources about TPTs Videos The TPT video is the winner of the 2015 TIVA Peer Award Gold Trophy in Education/ Training Articles & Blogs Most of us would agree that creating opportunities for students to use higher-order thinking is a worthy goal for teachers in K-12 and college-level classrooms, but when it comes to how we design our daily lessons, these opportunities are often left largely to chance.

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Grading for Equity: What It Is, What It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms (Feldman, 2019)