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   Explaining Devices
     Framing
     Survey (TRIMS)
     Clarifying
     Vocabulary LINCing

   Teaching Concepts
     Concept Mastery
     Concept Anchoring
     Concept Comparison

   Increasing Performance
     Recall Enhancement
     Question Exploration
     Order Routine
     Quality Assignment

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Clarifying Routine
     The Clarifying Routine is used to focus on a topic and then explore related details and its importance to the critical ideas and concepts. Using this routine, teachers can help students master the meaning of targeted words and phrases. Research has shown that students benefit from the use of this routine. Studies in upper-elementary and middle-school general education classes composed of highly diverse student populations, including students with learning disabilities and those for whom English is a second language, have shown that students benefit from teacher use of the routine.

Linking Steps

1. Designate the Term
2. Explore the Clarifiers
3. Figure out the Core Idea
4. Identify Knowledge Connections
5. Note Its Usage or Concepts
6. Explain What It's Not
7. Set up an Example Sentence

Download Centre

Microsoft PowerPoint version
Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF) version
Microsoft Word version
Checklist for completion and observation (PDF) version

NOTE: The information on this site is intended for GSCS teachers who have received the appropriate Content Enhancement training.