Why Gizmos Work: Empirical Evidence for the Instructional Effectiveness Of ExploreLearning's Interactive Content (2003)

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White Paper Summary:

ExploreLearning Gizmos bring many of Marzano's nine categories of effective instructional strategies to the classroom in a convenient, easy-to-use format.

Key Findings:

Marzano's meta-analytical study (1998) identified those instructional strategies that have a strong positive impact on student achievement, including these key tenets of ExploreLearning Gizmos:

  • Representing new knowledge in graphic/non-linguistic formats
  • Using manipulatives to explore and apply new knowledge
  • Generating and testing hypotheses about new knowledge
  • Direct presentation of new knowledge, followed by application

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ExploreLearning provides powerful interactive content that helps teachers use research-proven instructional strategies more effectively, more easily and more often.

Tim Waters
President and CEO, McREL

Critical Acclaim

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    2012 ComputEd Gazette

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    2010 AEP

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    2009 SIIA CODiE Awards

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    2009, 2008 Tech and Learning Magazine

  • Finalist: Best Math Instructional Solution

    2013, 2012, 2009, 2008, 2006 SIIA CODiE Awards

  • Finalist: Distinguished Achievement Award

    2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2006 AEP

  • Finalist: Best K-12 Instructional Solution

    2010 SIIA CODiE Awards

  • Finalist: Golden Lamp Award

    2009, 2008, 2006 AEP

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    Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

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