Handbook on Effective Instructional Strategies

by Friedman, Myles I.; Fisher, Steven P.

• ISBN13: 9780966658804
• ISBN10: 0966658809
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: Inst for Evidence-Based Decision

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Martin B. Solomon
Acknowledgments	xiii
User's Guide	xv
I. Effective Instructional Strategies	1	(172)
Taking Student Readiness into Account	5	(14)
Defining Instructional Expectations	19	(14)
Providing Effective Evaluation and Remediation	33	(19)
Providing Contiguity	52	(15)
Utilizing Repetition Effectively	67	(12)
Clarifying Communication	79	(12)
Reducing Student/Teacher Ratio	91	(9)
Providing Reminders Instruction	100	(14)
Providing Subject Matter Unifiers	114	(16)
Providing Transfer of Learning Instruction	130	(13)
Providing Teamwork Instruction	143	(17)
Providing Decision-Making Instruction	160	(13)
II. The Time Dimension	173	(34)
Providing Ample Learning Time	175	(15)
Keeping Students on Task	190	(8)
Providing Ample Teaching Time	198	(9)
III. Instructional Alerts	207	(78)
Promising Instructional Strategies	209	(19)
Enlisting the Control Motive	209	(9)
Providing Predictive Ability Instruction	218	(10)
Questionable Instructional Strategies	228	(13)
Matching Student--Teacher Field-Dependent/Field-Independent Cognitive Styles	228	(2)
Ability Grouping Students	230	(3)
Providing Reinforcement	233	(6)
Providing Whole Language Instruction	239	(2)
Statistical Findings	241	(44)
Statistical Evidence on Taking Student Readiness into Account	243	(3)
Statistical Evidence on Defining Instructional Expectations	246	(1)
Statistical Evidence on Providing Effective Evaluation and Remediation	247	(2)
Statistical Evidence on Providing Contiguity	249	(2)
Statistical Evidence on Utilizing Repetition Effectively	251	(5)
Statistical Evidence on Clarifying Communication	256	(4)
Statistical Evidence on Reducing Student/Teacher Ratio	260	(3)
Statistical Evidence on Providing Reminders Instruction	263	(3)
Statistical Evidence on Providing Subject Matter Unifiers	266	(4)
Statistical Evidence on Providing Transfer of Learning Instruction	270	(3)
Statistical Evidence on Providing Teamwork Instruction	273	(3)
Statistical Evidence on Providing Decision-Making Instruction	276	(1)
Statistical Evidence on Providing Ample Learning Time	277	(2)
Statistical Evidence on Keeping Students on Task	279	(1)
Statistical Evidence on Providing Ample Teaching Time	280	(1)
Statistical Evidence on Providing Predictive Ability Instruction	280	(1)
Statistical Evidence on Ability Grouping Students	281	(1)
Statistical Evidence on Matching Student--Teacher Field-Dependent/Field-Independent Cognitive Styles	282	(1)
Statistical Evidence on Providing Whole Language Instruction	282	(3)
IV. Instructional Aids	285	(12)
Guidelines for Making Instructional Decisions	287	(10)
Glossary	297	(4)
Index of Researchers	301	(4)
Subject Index	305	(8)
About the Authors	313