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 these groups of instruction:

*mastery style to emphasize the development of student memory;

*understanding style to expand students' capacities to reason and explain;

*self-expressive style to stimulate and nourish students' imaginations and creativity;

*interpersonal style to help students find meaning in the relationships they forge as partners and team members, united in the act of learning; and

*four-style strategies that integrate all four styles.

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 instructional plans.

For each strategy, you'll find the following information:

*a brief introduction to the strategy;

*an example of a teacher using the strategy in the classroom;

*the research base supporting the strategy and how the strategy benefits students;

*how to implement the strategy using a list of clear steps;

*guidance through the planning process, providing steps, examples, and suggestions for designing superior lessons; and

*additional tools, strategies, and resources for adapting and expanding the use of each strategy.

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.

Contents

• PART ONEIntroduction: 1
• PART TWOMastery Strategies: 19
• 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

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Strategic Teacher: Selecting the Right Research-based Strategy for Every Lesson; 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 / Adult & Continuing Education; Education / General; Education / Learning Styles; Education / Professional Development; Education / Teaching / General; Education / Teaching / Methods & Strategies; Education / Vocational & Technical