Concept Mastery Routine By Tina Backhaus v How

Concept Mastery Routine By Tina Backhaus

v How many of you have used GIST to develop your own organizers of some kind? v How many of you have used the Concept Routine with your students? v How would you rate your comfort level with this routine (regardless of whether you have used it or not)?

Goals: Review, Clarify, Reinforce v To understand the purpose and procedures involved with the Concept Routine. v To identify opportunities to use the Concept Routine with your students.

What is the Concept Routine? (Hint: We learned this last year. ) C Convey the targeted concept O Offer the overall concept N Note key words C Classify characteristics: always, sometimes, never E Explore examples and non-examples P T Practice with a new example Tie down a new definition

Steps: v. Cue v. Do v. Review

Cue: 1. Name the Device: 2. Explain Rationale: how it helps them learn v. Classify characteristics of concept: v Always, Sometimes, Never v. Explain examples and non-examples v. Construct a definition 3. State Expectations: v. Notes, participation, etc.

Do: v Follow steps to create device together v Question, share, discuss, challenge, respond v Write or add information to device

Review: v Ask students how device helps them with learning v Solicit main learning points v Brainstorm other occasions to use device

The Next Step: What are a couple of new places that you could use the Concept Mastery Routine with your students?

Thanks for listening!