Classroom Instruction That Works Series
The Classroom Instruction That Works (CITW) book series is one of the most widely used resources for increasing student achievement for good reason: Each book provides evidence-based insights from rigorous research to strengthen teachers’ instructional planning and delivery. Through these books, you’ll understand why and how McREL’s nine categories of instruction work, and learn to effectively use them in specific situations, including with English language learners and with classroom technology. You’ll see how these methods connect directly to students gaining key 21st-century skills. Learn how to design lessons and teaching techniques that will work best in your classroom to heighten engagement and deepen understanding with your students. A Handbook for Classroom Instruction That Works offers guidance, rubrics, checklists, templates, tools, protocols, and tips to help you easily apply the various CITW teaching strategies in specific situations and with various tasks. Make your classroom the paradigm for CITW!
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The New Classroom Instruction That Works Built on a rigorous research base of hundreds of studies conducted in a wide array of classrooms, The New Classroom Instruction That Works explores 14 strategies for best first instruction (Tier 1) that promote deep, meaningful, and lasting learning for all students. Learn what each strategy is, and when, how, and why to use each one in the classroom for maximum impact:
These strategies—which can be applied in any grade level and subject area—are presented within a framework geared toward instructional planning and aligned with how the brain learns. For each strategy, you'll get the key research findings, the important principles of classroom practice, and recommended approaches for using the strategy with today's learners. Goodwin and Rouleau establish a well-rounded foundation for a teacher’s ability to support student engagement with higher-order thinking activities by supplying teachers with an intentional map of cognitive and metacognitive thinking strategies. …Any educator struggling with supporting their students’ ability to retain information would find the culturally responsive strategies shared in chapters Five through Seven helpful. - Sydney Carroll, American School Board Journal book review |
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Classroom Instruction That Works First published in 2001, Classroom Instruction That Works revolutionized teaching by linking nine categories of instructional practices to evidence of increased student learning. -Create an environment for learning that ensures an effective backdrop for every lesson.
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Research-Based Instructional Strategies That Work Learn the what, why, and how of 14 learning strategies that can dramatically improve student performance and close achievement gaps. Learning experts Bryan Goodwin and Kristin Rouleau have compiled data from decades of research in neuroscience, diverse classrooms, and teachers working directly in the classroom to find the common denominators in the most successful learning methods for students today. Research-Based Instructional Strategies That Work distills some key pieces of the book The New Classroom Instruction That Works, walking you through each strategy and describing how the strategies can help students:
You'll have at your fingertips a concise guide to the research supporting each instructional strategy and, most important, tips on how to easily apply those strategies in the classroom. Let this guide help you better support every student's path to learning with intentionality, care, and positive results. 8.5" x 11" 3-panel foldout guide (6 pages), laminated for extra durability and 3-hole-punched for binder storage. This quick reference guide is a copublication of ASCD and McREL International. |
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Tools for Classroom Instruction That Works Tools for Classroom Instruction That Works gives educators over 50 classroom-ready student learning activities that make it easy to put the research-based recommendations from Classroom Instruction That Works (2nd ed.) into practice tomorrow. To ensure that classroom implementation is easy and effective, each tool contains a brief introduction to the research base and instructional strategy supporting the tool, a list of clear implementation steps, and example of a teacher using the tool in the classroom, and guidance for the planning process. Includes classroom-ready tools for:
Written and produced by McREL and Thoughtful Education Press, Tools for Classroom Instruction That Works is part of the award-winning Tools for Today’s Educators series that builds on the what and why of research on best instructional strategies and diving into the how of classroom-ready teaching activities. "This book is packed with powerful, easy-to-use tools. Anyone who wants to improve teaching--teacher, coach, administrator, anyone--will find it incredibly useful." - Jim Knight, author of The Impact Cycle and Better Conversations "An ideal resource for meeting the growing call for 'best first instruction.' It provides high-impact tools that help educators turn the research into powerful classroom practice." - Dr. Bj Stone, co-author of Classroom Instruction That Works (2nd ed.)
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Classroom Instruction That Works with English Language Learners Now you can use the framework from our best-selling book, Classroom Instruction That Works (CITW), to improve instruction for your students who are English language learners (ELLs). This comprehensive instructional guide for mainstream teachers of ELL students includes teaching tips with each strategy to make it easier to work with all students, no matter what their stage of language proficiency. Strengthen your instructional planning and learn when to use research-based instructional strategies with ELL students at every grade level. The tools and steps will help you effectively align your instruction of second-language learners to the higher-order thinking skills. Use the provided template to help you select key vocabulary and grammar to design instruction that helps students engage in productive academic discussions. No matter their level of proficiency in the English language, this book provides the guidance to help all students excel in the classroom. |
The Classroom Instruction That Works (CITW) book series is one of the most widely used resources for increasing student achievement for good reason: Each book provides evidence-based insights from rigorous research to strengthen teachers’ instructional planning and delivery. Through these books, you’ll understand why and how McREL’s nine categories of instruction work, and learn to effectively use them in specific situations, including with English language learners and with classroom technology. You’ll see how these methods connect directly to students gaining key 21st-century skills. Learn how to design lessons and teaching techniques that will work best in your classroom to heighten engagement and deepen understanding with your students. A Handbook for Classroom Instruction That Works offers guidance, rubrics, checklists, templates, tools, protocols, and tips to help you easily apply the various CITW teaching strategies in specific situations and with various tasks. Make your classroom the paradigm for CITW!
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Bj Stone Dr. Bj Stone is an independent consultant and owner of Advantage Learning and Leading, a co-author of the second editions of Classroom Instruction That Works (ASCD, 2012) and A Handbook for Classroom Instruction That Works (ASCD, 2012), and the author of the second edition of the Facilitator's Manual for Classroom Instruction That Works (McREL, 2012). A former middle and high school science teacher, university instructor, and central office administrator, she served for 12 years as a consulting director at McREL International, working internationally and nationally with K–12 teachers and administrators. |
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Bryan Goodwin Bryan Goodwin is president and CEO of McREL International. During his more than two decades at McREL, he has translated research into practice, scanning the world for new insights and best practices on teaching and leading, and has helped educators across the United States and around the world adapt them to address their own local contexts, goals, and needs. A frequent conference presenter, he is the author of numerous books, papers, and articles on research-based practices for effective instruction and school/system leadership, and the power of curiosity for students and adults. Before joining McREL in 1998, Bryan was a college instructor, a high school teacher, and a business journalist. He and his family live in Denver, Colorado. Visit mcrel.org to learn more. |
Balanced Leadership for Powerful Learning, Breakthrough Teaching: Assessing for Learning, Breakthrough Teaching: Planning for Learning, Building a Curious School, Curiosity Works, Instructional Models, Learning That Sticks, Research-Based Instructional Strategies That Work, The 12 Touchstones of Good Teaching, The New Classroom Instruction That Works, Tools for Classroom Instruction That Works, Tools for Igniting Curiosity, Using Brain Science to Make Learning Stick, Pursuing Greatness, Unstuck | |
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Education: Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction, University of Connecticut at Storrs; M.S. Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University |
Ceri B. Dean Ceri B. Dean was a senior fellow and the vice president for field services at McREL International, where she was responsible for the development and successful implementation of McREL's professional development, technical assistance, and consultation services. She served as the director of large-scale projects, including the North Central Comprehensive Center at McREL, a U.S. Department of Education–funded technical assistance center. |
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Education: M.Ed. Instructional Technology, Grand Canyon University; B.A. Elementary Education, Oklahoma Panhandle State University |
Cheryl Abla Cheryl Abla is a managing consultant with McREL International, where she trains and coaches K–12 teachers and school leaders on effective instructional strategies, classroom technology, teacher coaching, English-language-learner supports, and creating engaging school cultures and climates. Prior to joining McREL, she taught grades 1–12 for more than 20 years; served as a national facilitator for the FACES, Inc. character education program; and was the director of both a Parents as Teachers district program and a Migrant Education Even Start district program. Drawing on her extensive and diverse classroom experience, she has presented at educational conferences around the United States and the Pacific and has authored several articles for McREL’s Changing Schools magazine. |
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Elizabeth Ross Hubbell Elizabeth Ross Hubbell is an educator, author, and speaker with more than 20 years’ experience across many levels of education. She currently serves as a senior program manager at Academic Impressions, where she designs professional learning experiences for higher education. Her primary topics of interest include women’s leadership and new innovations in student success and retention. Prior to joining Academic Impressions, Elizabeth served as a K–12 consultant with McREL International, focusing on instructional strategies and technologies. She is a co-author of several McREL books and has presented at the ACEL, ASCD, ISTE, Colorado TIE, Learning Forward, SREB, NSBA’s T+L, and EARCOS conferences. Elizabeth is a former Montessori teacher. |
Classroom Instruction That Works, Instructional Models, The 12 Touchstones of Good Teaching | |
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Education: Ed.D. Educational Administration and M.A. Music Performance, Wichita State University; B.A. Music Education, Indiana State University |
Howard Pitler Howard Pitler was a senior director at McREL International, where he conducted workshops and trainings for K–12 teachers and administrators on research-based instructional strategies, technology, and pedagogy; conducted technology audits for districts; and worked with school and district leaders using McREL's Power Walkthroughâ classroom observation software. |
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Education: M.S. Communication Disorders, Colorado State University; B.A. Theater Arts/Speech Simpson College |
Jane Hill As a managing consultant for McREL, Jane Hill consults and trains teachers and administrators nationally and internationally, delivering professional development to ESL teachers, and writing instructional guides for schools with a low incidence of English learners. Prior to joining McREL, she worked as a speech/language specialist focusing on bilingual special education, directed a two-way language school, and served as a district office director for second language acquisition and special education. She has worked in the areas of second language acquisition and special education for more than 35 years. |
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Education: B.A. English Literature, Southern Utah University |
Kirsten Miller Kirsten Miller, communications manager, REL Pacific at McREL International, has 16 years of experience in REL and federal contract communications and dissemination, which includes oversight of the REL Pacific website, development and dissemination of marketing materials such as brochures and infographics, event and conference planning, and presentation planning and delivery. She is a coauthor of the IES publications, Program Monitoring: The Role of Leadership in Planning, Assessment, and Communication and the Toolkit of Resources for Engaging Parents and the Community as Partners in Education, and has published a wide range of articles in publications including Educational Leadership, Principals Research Review, ASCD Express, and Phi Delta Kappan. |
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Kristin Rouleau Kris Rouleau, Ed.D., is the Vice President of Learning Services at McREL, where she and her team work with schools, districts, and state departments of education to help implement evidence-based practices and structures for high-quality instruction, leadership, and systemic change for improvement and innovation. Kris joined McREL after a more than 30-year career in education, serving as a classroom teacher, principal, and district-level curriculum administrator. |
Curiosity Works, Learning That Sticks, The New Classroom Instruction That Works, Research-Based Instructional Strategies That Work, Unstuck | |
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Tonia Gibson Tonia Gibson is a senior managing consultant at McREL. She works with teachers, principals and school leadership teams, and district administrators in using evidence-based practices to improve instruction, leadership, and systemic improvement. Prior to joining McREL, Tonia was a teacher and assistant principal at primary schools in Melbourne, Australia. |
Learning That Sticks, The New Classroom Instruction That Works, Using Brain Science to Make Learning Stick, Unstuck |