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Beesley, Andrea D., Ed.; Apthorp, Helen S., Ed. – Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), 2010
Background: The current study updates and extends the original research synthesis of effective instructional strategies presented in "Classroom Instruction that Works" ("CITW"; Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock, 2001). That work identified nine instructional strategies for improving academic achievement and synthesized findings from previous…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Homework, Educational Strategies, Recognition (Achievement)
Anders, Patricia L., Ed. – 1982
Part of a continuing series intended for use by reading professionals interested in understanding and improving the reading of adolescents, this report contains four articles dealing with subjects of current interest. Topics covered in the articles are (1) the effects on readers' recall of directions describing passage structure, signaling, and…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Content Area Reading
Pennock, Clifford, Ed. – 1979
Focusing on reading comprehension instruction at the word, sentence, paragraph, and larger unit levels, the articles in this volume were drawn from a variety of sources. The three articles in the first section deal with theoretical bases and conceptual concerns. Specific topics covered include the argument for a discourse analysis model, the…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Discourse Analysis