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Planning Devices
Course Organizer
Unit Organizer
Lesson Organizer
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
COURSE MATERIALS
Grade Level Materials
Subject Materials
Content Enhancement is an instructional method that relies on using powerful teaching devices to organize and present curriculum content in an understandable and easy-to-learn manner. Content Enhancement is about creating 'barrier-free education' based on key principles, organized planning, specific routines, and strategic teaching methods. Graphic Overview of Content Enhancement
Why use Content Enhancement Routines?
Content Enhancement Routines are used by teachers to teach curriculum content to academically diverse classes in ways that all students can understand and remember key information. Teachers identify content that they deem to be most critical and teach it using a powerfully designed teaching routine that actively engages students with the content.
Content Enhancement Routines and Devices
Content Enhancement routines are delivered by the teacher in a regular class setting and involve strategic teaching practices using specific devices developed to prompt specific outcomes. These routines can be grouped into four categories
1. Planning and Leading Learning
2. Explaining Text, Topics, Details, and Terms
3. Teaching Concepts
4. Increasing Performance
Information on the specific devices, as well as examples and frames is available in the column to the left of this information.
Courses offered Using Content Enhancement Principles
Various courses have been developed using the key principles, planning, routines and devices, and the strategic teaching methods of Content Enhancement. Information on specific grade related courses is available in the column to the left of this information.
NOTE: The information on this site is intended for GSCS teachers who have received the appropriate Content Enhancement training.