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Wilhelm, Jeffrey D.; Bear, Rachel; Fachler, Adam – Corwin, 2019
With so many demands and so much content available for teachers, we need to put a higher value on an often-overlooked skill: planning learning experiences that will both engage and inspire our students, by design, over time. "Planning Powerful Instruction" is your go-to guide for transforming student outcomes through stellar…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Learner Engagement, Lesson Plans, Instructional Effectiveness
Silver, Harvey F.; Abla, Cheryl; Boutz, Abigail L.; Perini, Matthew J. – McREL International, 2018
This book provides more than 50 classroom-ready tools that make it easy to implement the nine categories of effective teaching strategies from McREL's bestselling book, "Classroom Instruction That Works" (2012) across grade levels and content areas. By incorporating these tools into your daily practice, you can turn your classroom into a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Classroom Techniques, Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Strategies
Jang, Bong Gee; Conradi, Kristin; McKenna, Michael C.; Jones, Jill S. – Reading Teacher, 2015
The main purpose of this article is to provide educators with clear definitions of motivational factors in reading so that instructional planning can capitalize on important distinctions. The authors present definitions of a small set of related motivational concepts (including attitudes, interests, self-efficacy, self-concept, goals, and value)…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Definitions, Reading Motivation, Instructional Development
Brown, Nancy Beyers; Howerter, Catherine S.; Morgan, Joseph John – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2013
A large percentage of students with disabilities are being educated in the general education environment for a majority of the academic day. Many educators have chosen co-teaching as the most appropriate method of educational service delivery to meet the needs of this population of students. To ensure the success of this delivery method,…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational Technology, Team Teaching, Teacher Collaboration
Gordon, Steven; Gayeski, Diane – Educational Technology, 2013
In light of considerable debate centering on the value of higher education and its effect on student preparation for the world of work, this article describes new methods employed in teaching an introductory professional course and the outcomes of its initial offerings. This case study supports research indicating that problem-based learning is an…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies, Communication Skills, Instructional Effectiveness
Dean, Ceri B.; Stone, BJ; Hubbell, Elizabeth; Pitler, Howard – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2012
First published in 2001, "Classroom Instruction That Works" revolutionized teaching by linking classroom strategies to evidence of increased student learning. Now this landmark guide has been reenergized and reorganized for today's classroom with new evidence-based insights and a refined framework that strengthens instructional planning. Whether…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Strategies, Prior Learning, Teaching Methods
Auslander, Wendy; Fisher, Colleen; Ollie, Marcia; Yu, ManSoo – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2012
Evidence-based research relevant to social work practice has grown dramatically. This article describes a method that was implemented to teach master's and doctoral social work students how to synthesize and evaluate evidence-based interventions for social work-related problems and populations. The method includes eight steps: conceptualize the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Social Work, Teaching Methods, Intervention
Konrad, Moira; Helf, Shawnna; Joseph, Laurice M. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2011
Even evidence-based instructional methods may not be sufficient for closing achievement gaps. If teachers are not maximizing instructional time, achievement gaps are likely to widen over time; therefore, instruction need not only be effective but efficient as well. The purposes of this article are to (a) provide practitioners with a broad…
Descriptors: Evidence, Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
Brunner, Judy; Lindenberg, Susan – Principal Leadership, 2012
Every day students from across the United States enter their math classrooms, take their seats, sit passively as their teachers teach the content, and then go home only marginally prepared to solve the problems their teachers assigned. Although the challenges of teaching are universal and as old as Methuselah, the advantage today is that educators…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Resources, Textbooks
Buskist, William; Groccia, James E. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2011
The purpose of assembling this "New Directions in Teaching and Learning" volume was to introduce college and university teachers to a broad range of approaches that reflect evidence-based teaching (EBT). As each of the preceding chapters has shown, EBT not only can increase student learning across a variety of measures, it also can increase…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Evidence, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods
Hwang, Isabel; Tam, Michael; Lam, Shun Leung; Lam, Paul – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2012
Dynamic concepts are difficult to explain in traditional media such as still slides. Animations seem to offer the advantage of delivering better representations of these concepts. Compared with static images and text, animations can present procedural information (e.g. biochemical reaction steps, physiological activities) more explicitly as they…
Descriptors: Physiology, Animation, Use Studies, Supplementary Reading Materials
Ginsberg, Sarah M. – Journal of Effective Teaching, 2010
This reflective essay describes a teacher's development of a student-centered approach to teaching which bridges the gap between students' knowledge before and after a course. In "mind the gap teaching," students' prior knowledge leads the conversation and, in turn, the teaching, allowing them to integrate new information more…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Prior Learning, Teaching Methods, Instructional Development
Macias, J. A. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2012
Project-based learning is one of the main successful student-centered pedagogies broadly used in computing science courses. However, this approach can be insufficient when dealing with practical subjects that implicitly require many deliverables and a great deal of feedback and organizational resources. In this paper, a worked e-portfolio is…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Portfolios (Background Materials), Engineering Education, Feedback (Response)
Kuhn, Matt; Hubbell, Elizabeth R.; Pitler, Howard – ASCD, 2012
If you've upgraded to the second edition of the landmark book "Classroom Instruction That Works," you need this companion guide to help you use technology to support research-based instruction. The authors follow the revised Instructional Planning Guide that makes it easier for you to know when to emphasize each of the instructional strategies,…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Strategies, Educational Technology, Cooperative Learning
D'Agustino, Steven – Journal of International Education in Business, 2012
Purpose: The current literature examining the design of effective online learning opportunities recommends an array of best practices but no agreed upon and unifying model. The purpose of this paper is to survey the existing research of effective design models for online learning in an attempt to identify best practices and present a new model.…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Online Courses