Classroom Instruction that Works

For courses in Educational Psychology, Advanced Educational Psychology, and General Methods for the elementary, middle school, or secondary levels.

This brief text is a perfect resource for all educators seeking research on the best strategies for raising student achievement through classroom instruction. A guide for educators of students in K-12, readers will find a wealth of research evidence, statistical data, and case studies. Nine categories of instructional strategies that maximize student learning are introduced, along with the pertinent information to understand and synthesize each.

Nine categories of instructional strategies are addressed--authors explain how these strategies maximize student learning and the details of each including:

• Studies in effect size and percentile gain units

• Guiding principles for using the strategies

• Classroom examples of model instructional practice

• Charts, frames, rubrics, organizers, and other tools--will help teachers to apply the strategies immediately in the classoom.

Authors: Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering and Jane E. Pollock
Published: April 2004
ISBN: 0-13-119503-4
192 Pages