Teaching and learning in today's schools -- How students learn : a primer -- Motivation and student learning -- Curriculum design for student learning -- Instructional differentiation -- Classroom assessment -- Presentation and explanation -- Direct instruction -- Using text, the Internet, and visual media to build background knowledge -- Teaching thinking -- Concept and inquiry-based teaching -- Cased-based teaching and jurisprudential inquiry -- Cooperative learning -- Problem-based learning -- School change and teacher learning
Summary
Shows teachers how to integrate research and the wisdom of practice into their teaching, emphasizing how accomplished teachers acquire and apply evidence-based practices in support of student learning
