Classroom Instruction That Works ─ Research-based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement

Dean et al., who are associated with the nonprofit organization Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning, outline nine research-based instructional strategies for increasing student achievement and relevant classroom practices that use them. They describe setting objectives and providing feedback; reinforcing effort and providing recognition; using cooperative learning; helping students develop understanding through cues, questions, and advance organizers, nonlinguistic representations, summarizing and note taking, and homework and practice; and helping students extend and apply knowledge by identifying similarities and differences and generating and testing hypotheses. They describe how and when to use them, their components, and why they work in specific situations, ending with a chapter on using the strategies to plan instruction for different types of knowledge. This edition integrates updated research and organizes strategies in a framework geared toward instructional planning, rather than by their effect size. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)