Learn the what, why, and how of 14 learning strategies that can dramatically improve student performance and close achievement gaps. Learning experts Bryan Goodwin and Kristin Rouleau have compiled data from decades of research in neuroscience, diverse classrooms, and teachers working directly in the classroom to find the common denominators in the most successful learning methods for students today.

Research-Based Instructional Strategies That Work distills some key pieces of the book The New Classroom Instruction That Works, walking you through each strategy and describing how the strategies can help students

* Become interested in learning.
* Commit to learning.
* Focus on new learning.
* Make sense of learning.
* Practice and reflect on learning.
* Extend and apply their knowledge.

You'll have at your fingertips a concise guide to the research supporting each instructional strategy and, most important, tips on how to easily apply those strategies in the classroom. Let this guide help you better support every student's path to learning with intentionality, care, and positive results.

8.5 x 11 3-panel foldout guide (6 pages), laminated for extra durability and 3-hole-punched for binder storage. This quick reference guide is a copublication of ASCD and McREL International.