Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement by Ceri Dean, Elizabeth Hubbell, Howard Pitler, and Bj Stone.

3/5 rating. 170 pages.

Book #63 of 2021. Read October 31, 2021.

This book goes through nine broad instructional strategies to implement to ensure students learn, understand, and retain what they are taught.

It was a very useful overview of the different ways to cement knowledge, understanding, and the ability to actually apply the different topics teachers try to impart. All of these start with having a very clear idea of what specifically the goal for the students to know is. If we are not sure about why we are teaching a topic, or what the aim is for it, how can we ensure that we are successful?

After this, we can begin choosing which instructional strategy will be most conducive to the goals we set out.

As the authors say: the instructional strategies “are like instruments in an orchestra. Each has its own characteristics, contributes to the orchestra in particular ways, and must be masterfully played both alone and in combination with other instruments to obtain the desired effect.”

If you are looking for different ways to effectively engage all learners, then this book is a good way to look through some great strategies, along with ideas to best implement them in the classroom.

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