Instructional Strategies for Middle and High School

Author:   Bruce E. Larson (Western Washington University, USA) ,  Timothy A. Keiper (Western Washington University) ,  Timothy A. Keiper (Western Washington University, USA) ,  Timothy A. Keiper (Western Washington University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415953085


Pages:   344
Publication Date:   30 January 2007
Replaced By:   9780415898140
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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Instructional Strategies for Middle and High School is an accessible, practical, and engaging methods textbook that introduces pre-service teachers to various instructional strategies and helps them to decide how and when to use these methods in the classroom. Classrooms are comprised of diverse learners, and aspiring teachers will face complex decisions about the assessment of student learning and classroom management. Instructional Strategies for Middle and High School equips pre-service teachers with the methodological tools to promote understanding, conceptual awareness, and learning for every child in the classroom. Features include: clear, step-by-step descriptions of seven instructional techniques that pre-service teachers can realistically implement within the classroom setting practical suggestions for ways to integrate effective classroom management and valid assessment techniques with each instructional strategy concrete examples to illustrate each concept or teaching method described guidelines for deciding which instructional methods are most appropriate to different classroom situations and for diverse learners guides for creating lesson plans access to a comprehensive companion website that provides additional resources and further ways to engage with the material presented in the chapters. http://www.routledge.com/textbooks/instructionalstrategies

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Author:   Bruce E. Larson (Western Washington University, USA) ,  Timothy A. Keiper (Western Washington University) ,  Timothy A. Keiper (Western Washington University, USA) ,  Timothy A. Keiper (Western Washington University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.885kg
ISBN:  

9780415953085


ISBN 10:   0415953081
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   30 January 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Replaced By:   9780415898140
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Introduction  Section 1: Contexts Of Teaching And Learning  1. Learning, Teaching, and Management  2. Constructing Classroom Curriculum  3. Preparing Learning Objectives and Assessing Student Learning  4. Long and Short Range Planning  Section 2: Instructional Strategies  5. Lecture and Direct Instruction  6. Questioning  7. Concept Formation  8. Cooperative Learning  9. Simulation, Role Play, and Dramatization  10. Classroom Discussion and Debate  11. Student-Directed Investigation.  Appendix A. State Standards and Assessments.  Appendix B. Verbs to Help Identify Student Behaviors at Each Level of Bloom Cognitive.  Taxonomy.  Appendix C. Verbs to Help Identify Student Behaviors at Each Level of Krahtwohl.  Affective Taxonomy.  Appendix D. Matrix of Instructional Strategies.  Glossary.  Index

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This is a rich array of powerful strategies, and the authors explain them thoroughly. Aspiring teachers will be wise to learn them, and their students will be glad they did. -Walter C. Parker, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Washington, Seattle Larson and Keiper have succeeded in presenting instructional strategies and assessments which superbly address and incorporate adolescents' wide range of developmental abilities and their various learning styles. -Debra Ambrosetti, Assistant Professor, Department of Secondary Education, California State University, Fullerton


This is a rich array of powerful strategies, and the authors explain them thoroughly. Aspiring teachers will be wise to learn them, and their students will be glad they did. --Walter C. Parker, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Washington, Seattle Larson and Keiper have succeeded in presenting instructional strategies and assessments which superbly address and incorporate adolescents' wide range of developmental abilities and their various learning styles. --Debra Ambrosetti, Assistant Professor, Department of Secondary Education, California State University, Fullerton


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Bruce Larson is Associate Professor, Secondary Education/Social Studies, Western Washington University.   Timothy Keiper is an Associate Professor at Western Washington University’s Woodring College of Education

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