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Effective Instructional Strategies: From Theory to Practice
Effective Instructional Strategies From Theory to Practice Author:Kenneth D. Moore Click on "Additional Materials" to read a sample chapter, or view PowerPoint Slides — — PowerPoint Slides to Accompany Moore’s Effective Instructional Strategies were created by Richard Giaquinto, St. Francis College. — Effective Instructional Strategies: From Theory to Practice is a concise and eas... more »y-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.The text can be used as a core text for elementary, middle, secondary, or K-12 general methods courses or as a handy reference for in-service seminars and workshops with a practical, applied focus. It also makes an ideal reference text for individuals wanting an update and/or a refresher prior to taking state or national competency exams.Numerous special features make Effective Instructional Strategies accessible to students:
Overview: The overview provides a list of what is covered in the chapter. It outlines the major concepts covered in the chapter and the organization of the chapter. As such, it represents a quick reference to the chapter content.
Objectives: The objectives inform readers of the instructional intent of the chapter. They tell readers exactly what to expect and what they should be able to do upon completion of the chapter.
Reflections on Teacher Practice: This opening feature of each chapter gives readers the opportunity to hear directly from teachers in the field about topics to be explored. The Reflections represent brief words of wisdom, strategies, and philosophy from teachers in elementary, middle, and high schools.
Apply and Reflect: This feature encourages readers to stop at key points within the chapter narrative to think carefully and reflect about the issues being presented. It reinforces the content, examines contentious topics, and challenges readers to examine how their ideas and beliefs inform teaching practice.
Web Link: This feature encourages readers to explore Web sites where they can learn more about the teaching profession.
Expansion Activity: This feature gives readers the opportunity to spend additional time investigating current issues and topics that affect teaching and learning.
Review, Extension, and Reflective Exercise: These exercises present the most important ideas of the chapter for review and study. They relate the ideas and content to INTASC standards and the NBPTS, and reintroduce section content in a meaningful and personalized manner.
View From the Classroom: The poll results of classroom teachers relative to school issues and topics are shared. The results represent the attitudes and feelings of teachers in the field.
The Public View of Education: The poll results of the public feelings regarding school issues and topics are presented.
Summary: This feature provides a complete summary review of the chapter main points. This summary is an excellent resource for study and review.
Discussion Questions and Activities: The discussion questions and activities that follow each chapter will help readers pursue further topics introduced in the chapter. They give readers a chance to take what they have learned in the chapter and apply it to real-world teaching issues or problems in the classroom.
Connection with the Field: These connections are suggested field experiences to introduce readers to the profession from many perspectives, providing suggestions for classroom observation of teaching and learning, interviews with teachers and administrators, and interactions within the schools.
Praxis II Connection: The Praxis II connections are short-answer questions formatted to connect chapter content with relevant sections of the Praxis II Principles of Learning and Teaching and other state pedagogical exams.
Ancillary Materials
Instructors’ Manual on CD-ROM includes video clips of classroom teaching situations, extended chapter activities, important terms, chapter outlines, tables, and figures from each chapter for use during lectures, essay questions, supplementary readings, and a test bank
Test bank developed by the author from previous courses
Student Web site http://www.sagepub.com/eis offering use of the SAGE journals platform includes questions developed by the author as well as quizzes, activities, and discussion questions for each chapter; additional web links for further research; suggestions for supplementary reading; and electronic flashcards
Electronic flashcards from the glossary to aid in student learning, available on the Web site
“Effective Instructional Strategies provides a savvy, comprehensive roadmap for novice teachers, including up-to-date research-based pedagogy and practical guidance.”
—Holly L. Anderson, Boise State University“Dr. Moore manages to guide the student through the minefield between theory and practice. He clearly demonstrates the role of theory and what it means for the practitioner.”
—W. Scott Hopkins, University of South Alabama“This text not only provides practice guided by research, it provides opportunities for connection to the real world of teaching and learning through examples, reflection, and current issues.”
—Sally Beisser, Drake University“I like the practical nature of the book. It mainly discusses practices that my prospective teacher students can actually implement in a field setting. I found the chapters to be easy to read and to contain much useful material.”