Research-Based Instructional Strategies That Work

cover image of the Research Based Instructional Strategies quick guide

Research-Based Instructional Strategies That Work

A Quick Reference Guide

By: Bryan Goodwin, Kristin Rouleau

Publication date: 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4166-3176-7
Subject: Instruction, Reference guides
Highlights: Best Seller

20% off through June 30, 2025!
Regular price = $12.95. Sale price = $10.36.

 

A laminated, fold-out guide for teachers, giving quick insights and tips on how to easily use the instructional strategies from The New Classroom Instruction That Works and Learning That Sticks in the classroom.

Purchase Orders Accepted - Discounts available when buying 10 or more copies. Email store@mcrel.org for more information or to send in your PO.

Share

Title information

Learn the what, why, and how of 14 learning strategies that can dramatically improve student performance and close achievement gaps. Authors Bryan Goodwin and Kristin Rouleau reviewed data from decades of research in neuroscience and classroom instruction to find the most successful teaching and learning methods for students today.

Research-Based Instructional Strategies That Work provides a quick, practical overview of the 14 strategies detailed in the full-length book The New Classroom Instruction That Works, giving you key insights and tips for using the strategies in your classroom to help your students:

  • Become interested in learning
  • Commit to learning
  • Focus on new learning
  • Make sense of learning
  • Practice and reflect on learning
  • Extend and apply their knowledge

This guide can 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.

Pages: 6
Language: English
Publisher: ASCD
0
No votes yet

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.

Books: 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

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.

Books: Curiosity Works, Learning That Sticks, The New Classroom Instruction That Works, Research-Based Instructional Strategies That Work, Unstuck

The New Classroom Instruction That Works
cover image of The New Classroom Instruction That Works book
Learning That Sticks
Learning That Sticks A Brain-Based Model for K-12 Instructional Design and Delivery
Using Brain Science to Make Learning Stick

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!

Science of Learning Bundle

The Science of Learning is a body of knowledge and an approach for teaching based on key findings from cognitive-science research on learning and memory plus education research on effective instruction, translated into practical strategies for designing and delivering more effective units and lessons that better engage students in deep learning. 

This collection of McREL books and reference guides provides teachers, instructional coaches and leaders, and professional learning facilitators with insights on the stages of memory and learning that students will progress through as they learn new information, work with it, and form lasting, applicable knowledge, as well as strategies for delivering best first instruction that can help all students have greater success in the classroom. As a group, these publications are a powerful resource for helping teachers advance their knowledge of the Science of Learning and their ability to apply it their classrooms for every student, every day.

  • Learning That Sticks
  • Using Brain Science to Make Learning Stick: A Quick Reference Guide
  • The New Classroom Instruction That Works
  • Research-Based Instructional Strategies That Work: A Quick Reference Guide

 

Purchase all four publications today as a bundle and save 20%.