A handbook for classroom instruction that works / Howard Pitler, Bj Stone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pitler, Howard, 1952- author.

Stone, BJ, author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Effective teaching--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Effective teaching.

Learning--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 333 pages).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Alexandria, Va. : ASCD, c2012.

Alexandria, Va. : ASCD ; Denver, Colo. : McREL, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Perfect for self-help and professional learning communities, this handbook makes it easy to apply the teaching practices from the best-selling Classroom Instruction That Works, 2nd Edition. The book includes a series of learning activities about the refined Instructional Planning Guide so you understand the nine research-based strategies and know how and when to apply them with confidence.

Contents:

Introduction

PART I: Creating the Environment for Learning

Chapter 1: Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback

Chapter 2: Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition

Chapter 3: Cooperative Learning

PART II: Helping Students Develop Understanding

Chapter 4: Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers

Chapter 5: Nonlinguistic Representations

Chapter 6: Summarizing and Note Taking

Chapter 7: Assigning Homework and Providing Practice

PART III: Helping Students Extend and Apply Knowledge

Chapter 8: Identifying Similarities and Differences

Chapter 9: Generating and Testing Hypotheses

PART IV: Putting the Instructional Strategies to Use

List of Figures

Chapter 10: Instructional Planning Using the Nine Categories of Strategies

Conclusion.

Notes:

Previous edition classed under title.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781416615323 (electronic book)

9781283870047

1283870045

9781416615323

1416615326

OCLC:

837891255