Effective Instructional Strategies: From Theory to Practice is a concise and easy-to-read K-12 teaching methods text. It covers all of the practical information about teaching that effective teachers need. Applying the latest research findings and practical classroom practices, it provides thorough coverage of the strategies and skills essential to every teacher's repertoire. Author Kenneth Moore has carefully designed the text to maximize instructional flexibility and to model established principles of instruction. It is also intended to expand the pedagogical teaching knowledge of teachers and their instructional repertoires.
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Covering the gamut from kindergarten to the twelfth grade, Moore (teacher education, Henderson State U.) applies the latest research to widely-applicable methods. He describes planning and organizing both your classroom and psyche, sequencing and organizing instruction, including developing goals and writing daily and unit lesson plans, monitoring and evaluating student learning, including developing and grading tests, designing instruction to maximize student learning using direct, indirect, and integrated teaching methods, and providing leadership in relations with students and parents. Moore provides laboratory exercises, a glossary, and a list of references and suggested readings. The publisher has an instructors' version available with a CD-ROM that includes a test bank and other materials. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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