Identifying+Similarities+and+Differences

IDENTIFYING SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCE﻿S  Rebecca DePoy ﻿ ﻿  The first category of instructional strategies is identifying similarities and differences. Marzano's research indicates there are four processes that identify how items, events, processes, or concepts are similar and different. They are comparing, classifying, creating metaphors, and creating analogies. Comparing: This strategy is helpful in studying ideas that have to be compared based on their similarities and differences. Making such comparisons is necessary for most, if not all, academic subjects. It is important to write down or draw the relationships because it is easier to understand relationships when they are shown visually. L ﻿ ist items to be compared.
 * Comparing is identifying similarities and differences between or among ideas.
 * Classifying is identifying characteristics and grouping like items.
 * Recognizing metaphors requires identifying a pattern in one topic, then finding a different topic that has the same pattern.
 * Using analogies involves identifying and analyzing relationships between ideas.

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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 150%;">﻿COMMENTS: <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">﻿Rebecca, I really like your wiki. It has everything on here that needs to be, you did an awesome job! - Hayley <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">I like your color scheme too! - Hayley <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Rebecca, great job on your wiki. Your video was cool. Great colors. -Megan great job!! very neat tidy :) and good job showing simularities.- angel