Research-Based Instructional Strategies That Work
Research-Based Instructional Strategies That Work
By: Bryan Goodwin, Kristin Rouleau
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.
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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:
- 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
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.
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.
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.
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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!
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
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