Title:SIM The Content Enhancement Series: The Concept Anchoring Routine
Author:Bulgren, Janis A.; Schumaker, Jean B.; Deshler, Donald D.
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Through the use of the Concept Anchoring Routine, teachers help students understand a new concept by exploring how its key characteristics are similar to those of a familiar concept. The routine is designed to teach complex, abstract concepts in a way that benefits a wide range of students by creating analogies.
In research studies with students in secondary science and social studies classes, high-achieving, average-achieving, and low-achieving students (including those with learning disabilities) who had been taught with the Concept Anchoring Routine answered more test questions correctly than those students who had not received the routine instruction. Students with LD taught with the Concept Anchoring Routine scored an average of 25 percentage points higher than those who were not taught with the routine. Low-achieving, average-achieving, and high-achieving students taught with the Concept Anchoring Routine scored averages of 27, 19, and 7 percentage points higher than their respective groups that were not taught with the routine.
These Content Enhancement Routines help teachers present complex concepts so students gain a deep understanding and develop a shared vocabulary for talking about important information.
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