Domain 1: Classroom Strategies and Behaviors

Copyright Robert J. Marzano

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Marzano Protocol: Lesson Segment Involving Routine Events


DQ1: Communicating Learning Goals and Feedback

  1. Providing Rigorous Learning Goals and Performance Scales (Rubrics)

  2. Tracking Student Progress

  3. Celebrating Success


DQ6: Establishing Rules and Procedures

  1. Establishing Classroom Routines

  2. Organizing the Physical Layout of the Classroom


Marzano Protocol: Lesson Segment Addressing Content


DQ2: Helping Students Interact with New Knowledge

  1. Identifying Critical Content

  2. Organizing Students to Interact with New Content

  3. Previewing New Content

  4. Chunking Content into “Digestible Bites”

  5. Helping Students Process New Content

  6. Helping Students Elaborate on New Content

  7. Helping Students Record and Represent Knowledge

  8. Helping Students Reflect on Learning


DQ3: Helping Students Practice and Deepen New Knowledge

  1. Reviewing Content

  2. Organizing Students to Practice and Deepen Knowledge

  3. Using Homework

  4. Helping Students Examine Similarities and Differences

  5. Helping Students Examine Their Reasoning

  6. Helping Students Practice Skills, Strategies, and Processes

  7. Helping Students Revise Knowledge


DQ4: Helping Students Generate and Test Hypotheses

  1. Organizing Students for Cognitively Complex Tasks

  2. Engaging Students in Cognitively Complex Tasks Involving Hypothesis Generation and Testing

  3. Providing Resources and Guidance for Cognitively Complex Tasks


Marzano Protocol: Lesson Segment Enacted on the Spot


DQ5: Engaging Students

  1. Noticing When Students are Not Engaged

  2. Using Academic Games

  3. Managing Response Rates

  4. Using Physical Movement

  5. Maintaining a Lively Pace

  6. Demonstrating Intensity and Enthusiasm

  7. Using Friendly Controversy

  8. Providing Opportunities for Students to Talk about Themselves

  9. Presenting Unusual or Intriguing Information


DQ7: Recognizing Adherence to Rules and Procedures

  1. Demonstrating “Withitness”

  2. Applying Consequences for Lack of Adherence to Rules and Procedures

  3. Acknowledging Adherence to Rules and Procedures


DQ8: Establishing and Maintaining Effective Relationships with Students

  1. Understanding Students’ Interests and Backgrounds

  2. Using Verbal and Nonverbal Behaviors that Indicate Affection for Students

  3. Displaying Objectivity and Control


DQ9: Communicating High Expectations for All Students

  1. Demonstrating Value and Respect for Low Expectancy Students

  2. Asking Questions of Low Expectancy Students

  3. Probing Incorrect Answers with Low Expectancy Students