- Cognitive interest cues
- Student goal setting and monitoring
- Vocabulary instruction
- Strategy instruction and modeling
- Visualizations and concrete examples
- High-level questions and student explanations
- Guided initial application with formative feedback
- Peer-assisted consolidation of learning
- Retrieval practice
- Spaced, mixed independent practice
- Targeted support
- Cognitive writing
- Guided investigations
- Structured problem solving
These strategies-all of which are effective and complementary-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.
Both new and veteran teachers will finish this book with a better understanding of how effective teaching boosts student achievement and a clearer idea of what to do, when to do it, and why.