The Strategic Teacher: Selecting the Right Research-based Strategy for Every Lesson

Harvey F. Silver, Richard W. Strong, Matthew J. Perini

ASCD, 2007 - Education - 272 pages

Are you looking for high-impact, research-based strategies to transform your students into high-achieving and inspired learners? In The Strategic Teacher, you?ll find a repertoire of strategies designed and proven to meet today's high standards and reach diverse learners. Twenty reliable, flexible strategies (along with dozens of variations) are organized into groups of instruction. To guide teachers in delivering content to students, the authors started with the best research-based teaching and learning strategies and created a tool called the Strategic Dashboard. The dashboard provides information about each teaching strategy in a concise, visual profile; it is also designed to document how you incorporate current, highly respected research into your plans. The authors have combined their years of research and practice to deliver reliable, high-impact, flexible teaching and learning strategies grounded in current, highly regarded research to teachers at all levels of experience.

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While this book is initially a beast to understand, once you have figured out the chart it all seems so logical. It is lovely to have so many different teaching teaching methods grouped in one book ...

Contents

• 1New American Lecture: 21
• 2Direct Instruction: 35
• 3Graduated Difficulty: 45
• 4TeamsGamesTournaments: 57
• PART THREE Understanding Strategies: 69
• 5Compare and Contrast: 71
• 6Reading for Meaning: 83
• 7Concept Attainment: 97
• 8Mystery: 107
• PART FOUR SelfExpressive Strategies: 117
• 9Inductive Learning: 119
• 10Metaphorical Expression: 133
• 11Pattern Maker: 143
• 12Minds Eye: 153
• PART FIVE Interpersonal Strategies: 161
• 13Reciprocal Learning: 163
• 14Decision Making: 173
• 15Jigsaw: 183
• 16Community Circle: 195
• PART SIX FourStyle Strategies: 205
• 17Window Notes: 207
• 18Circle of Knowledge: 217
• 19Do You Hear What I Hear?: 229
• 20Task Rotation: 241
• PostscriptTo Be Fair: 253
• References: 255
• Index: 263
• About the Authors: 271

About the author

Harvey F.Silver, president of Silver Strong & Associates and Thoughtful Education Press, was named one of the 100 most influential teachers in the country. He has conducted numerous workshops for school districts and state education departments throughout the United States. He was the principal consultant for the Georgia Critical Thinking Skills Program and the Kentucky Thoughtful Education Teacher Leadership Program. Silver is the author of several educational bestsellers, including So Each May Learn: Integrating Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences and Teaching Styles and Strategies, both published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Design. With Richard Strong, Silver developed The Thoughtful Classroom-a renowned professional development program based on the commitment to make students as important as standards.

Richard W. Strong was vice president of Silver Strong & Associates and Thoughtful Education Press. A former teacher on the elementary and secondary levels, he served as a trainer/consultantto hundreds ofschool districts, teacher and professional organizations, and state departments of education. In addition, hewas a leader in the movement for authentic assessment.As cofounder of the Institute for Community and Difference, Richard studied democratic teaching practices in public and private schools for more than ten years. A former district-level coordinator for gifted and talented education, Richard wroteand developed numerousbooks and products for educators.

Matthew J. Perini, director of publishing at Silver Strong & Associates, has authored curriculum guides, articles, and research studies on a wide range of topics, including learning styles, multiple intelligences, and effective teaching practices. Strong, Silver, and Perini have recently collaborated on Discovering Nonfiction: 25 Powerful Teaching Strategies, Grades 2-6; So Each May Learn: Integrating Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences; and Teaching What Matters Most: Standards and Strategies for Raising Student Achievement.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Strategic Teacher: Selecting the Right Research-based Strategy for Every Lesson; Gale virtual reference library; Merrill education/ASCD college textbook series
• Authors: Harvey F. Silver, Richard W. Strong, Matthew J. Perini
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: ASCD, 2007
• ISBN: 1416606092, 9781416606093
• Length: 272 pages
• Subjects: Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General