Selected Works
Collaborate and share solutions with other educators at MarzanoResearch.com. This section provides selected research that educators can use to support their efforts from classroom management to total school reform. These shared works can lead to greater depths of understanding and even open doors to future areas of research.
Selected Works By Dr. Robert J. Marzano
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NEW! Creating an Aligned System to Develop Great Teachers Within the Federal Race to the Top Initiative
Dr. Robert J. Marzano, Dr. Peggy Schooling, and Michael Toth | February 2010
Race to the Top will place pressure on districts to increase teacher and principal effectiveness unlike ever before. In this white paper, Dr. Marzano and his colleagues discuss how to create an aligned system to supervise, support, and develop great teachers in every classroom.
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NEW! Using Games to Enhance Student Achievement
Dr. Robert J. Marzano | February 2010
Learn specific strategies that teachers can use to get the most out of using games in the classroom.
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NEW! Meta-Analytic Synthesis of Studies Conducted at Marzano Research Laboratory on Instructional Strategies
Dr. Robert J. Marzano
This is a summary of 300 plus studies from Marzano Research Laboratory on instructional strategies. This report synthesizes a series of action research projects conducted between the fall of 2004 and the spring of 2009. The data used for analysis can be found in MRL's Action Research Meta-Analysis Database.
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When Students Track Their Progress
Dr. Robert J. Marzano | December 2009
Learn about tracking student progress on specific learning goals and discover the circumstances under which the strategy produces the best results.
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Teaching With Interactive Whiteboards
Dr. Robert J. Marzano | November 2009
Read about the latest research from Dr. Marzano on interactive whiteboards, see what he found in a recent study of 85 teachers and 170 classrooms, and learn how to start getting the most out of classroom technology.
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Helping Students Process Information
Dr. Robert J. Marzano | October 2009
Teachers can use a strategy that involves five elements to help students process information that is essential to understanding specific content, according to research findings by Dr. Marzano. Learn more about this strategy, the “five avenues to understanding” and what the research shows.
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Six Steps to Better Vocabulary Instruction
Dr. Robert J. Marzano | September 2009
Learn more about a six-step process for teaching vocabulary and discover what research shows about when this strategy works best and why.
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Applying the Theory on Measurement of Change to Formative Classroom Assessment
Dr. Robert J. Marzano
Discover how current theory on the measurement of change can be applied to formative classroom assessments. This research paper by Dr. Marzano provides a statistical understanding of formative classroom assessment and outlines the advantages and disadvantages of two growth functions—difference scores and multiwave data fitted to a linear function.
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A Tool for Selecting the "Right Work" in Your School
Dr. Robert J. Marzano
In this research paper, Dr. Marzano challenges the idea that the problem in low-performing schools is not getting people to work hard. It is more likely that the problem is getting people to do the right work. Dr. Marzano proposes how a school can select the right work based on a model found in What Works in Schools: Translating Research Into Action.
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Getting Serious About School Reform Three Critical Commitments: Vision Document
Dr. Robert J. Marzano
Understand the foundation of Dr. Marzano’s comprehensive approach to school reform. His vision document, Getting Serious About School Reform, distills some of his most important research into key findings that will facilitate dramatic school improvements. Learn about three critical commitments necessary for school reform and how they will affect every student.
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The Case For and Against Homework
Dr. Robert J. Marzano and Dr. Debra J. Pickering
Find easy-to-understand guidelines based on research about how to assign homework. In this article, Dr. Marzano and Dr. Pickering delve into the complicated issues behind what works and what doesn’t and then offer tips to help teachers be most effective when assigning homework.
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Identifying the Primary Instructional Concepts in Mathematics: A Linguistic Approach
Dr. Robert J. Marzano
This research paper lays the foundation for recommending the use of a linguistic process for state-level standards documents. See how Dr. Marzano draws conclusions from identifying 741 primary instructional concepts and determining from mathematics educators whether or not they view those concepts as essential for students to learn.
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Response to Kohn's Allegations
Dr. Robert J. Marzano and Dr. Debra J. Pickering
Read a response to Alfie Kohn's article in the September 2006 issue of Phi Delta Kappan titled "Abusing Research: The Study of Homework and Other Examples." Dr. Marzano and Dr. Pickering address Kohn’s criticism of Classroom Instruction That Works in detail.
