3/28/11 1 Copyright McREL 2008 © 2008 McREL Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning Summarizing and Note Taking Handouts/Attachments •Summarizing Template •Summary Frames To this point, we have explored these instructional strategies : • Setting Objectives • Providing Feedback • Reinforcing Effort • Providing Recognition • Identifying Similarities & Differences Copyright McREL 2008 Category Average Effect Size Percentile Gain Identifying Similarities & Differences 1.61 45 Summarizing & Note Taking 1.00 34 Reinforcing Effort & Providing Recognition .80 29 Homework & Practice .77 28 Nonlinguistic Representation .75 27 Cooperative Learning .73 27 Setting Objectives & Providing Feedback .61 23 Generating & Testing Hypotheses .61 23 Cues, Questions, & Advance Organizers .59 22