How Bloom & Marzano Have Impacted My Teaching

How Bloom & Marzano Have Impacted My Teaching

 

Because I received my teaching license in an unconventional way, through the Alternative Teacher Licensure Program, I did not have a strong understanding of Bloom’s Taxonomy and Marzano’s Instructional Strategies.  Even though they were mentioned during my alternative program, I did not begin to understand how important they were to the learning process until I started my masters program at Regis University.  My research will definitely change the way I think about and develop my lessons.

 

            After studying Digital Bloom’s Taxonomy I realized that I use a lot of the higher order thinking skills already in my lesson.  Since I am the technology teacher everything we do uses technology, however it was nice to see that the verbs being used in Bloom’s to describe each level are words that I use every day with my students.  Focusing more on these terms in my lessons and posting them in my room will ensure the students not only hear them but also understand what they mean.  I feel this will benefit their learning experience.

 

            Marzano’s Instructional Strategies are a great guide to classroom practices that enhance student achievement.  These nine instructional strategies are tools that teachers can integrate into their lessons to help with best practices and applications in teaching.  I find that I use some of the ideas, however they have not been front-and-center while planning my lessons.  Making sure to incorporate each of these strategies during my lessons and not just focusing on a few will make me a more effective teacher.

 

            To enhance my lesson planning process I have changed my lesson plan template to include an area for Bloom’s Taxonomy and Marzano’s Instructional Strategies at the beginning of my template.  This will allow me to focus first on the overall lesson and then these two important components to increate student achievement.  Keeping them at the beginning will allow me to effectively implement them into my lessons.  I can continue to reference them as I’m creating the content portion of the lesson, using the strategies Marzano has defined and integrating the key vocabulary from Bloom’s Taxonomy.

 

            Another reason having both Marzano’s Instructional Strategies and Bloom’s Taxonomy at the beginning of my lessons is that it will allow me to quickly and easily browse through my lessons to identify what strategies and vocabulary I’ve already used.  This way I can ensure that I’m integrating all aspects and keep my lessons well rounded in the use of these important tools of teaching.

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Comment by Melissa Quinn on January 18, 2014 at 7:25pm

Theresa,

Teachers are usually receptive to hearing about new technologies, however their frustration lies with access to the technology.  With few labs and older computers they run slower than my lab, teachers are hesitant to implement assignments that use technology.  I find this very frustrating, yet I totally understand.  I feel very fortunate that my lab has newer computer and I have the knowledge to work around most issues that occur quickly and efficiently so students are not loosing out on learning, however most teachers do not have this ability so frustration tends to take over and you know what happens next, they stop using the technology.  I really hope our district can somehow find funding to implement a 1:1 initiative or at least grade-level classroom sets that student and teachers can utilize.  The latest talk is Chromebooks which I know your school uses.  I was able to try one the other day and it was slick.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Melissa

Comment by Edis Knoop on January 18, 2014 at 7:30pm

Melissa,

You are smart to include Bloom and Marzano at the forefront of your lesson planning. Much like Backwards Design, it makes sense to know where you, the teacher, want to take your students. Since we have similar requirements for Learning Targets/Intentions, having those up front is a perfect way to decide why you are doing any part of your lesson. Might have to borrow that page from your process for my own lesson planning. 

Edis 

Comment by Janelle Shumaker on January 20, 2014 at 11:55am

Melissa, 

I'm glad to hear that you are going add the section to your lesson to help you remember Bloom and Marzano.  One of the most interesting things in this lesson for me was the HOTS. I truly believe that by focusing on getting students to HOTS all lessons will be more beneficial. 

Janelle

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