Full Description
"I like the mix of theory and research background with thorough descriptions of classroom use (vignettes) and how-to's."
—Teresa Secules, Piedmont College
Instructional Patterns: Strategies for Maximizing Student Learning examines instruction from the learners' point of view by showing how instructional patterns can be used to maximize the potential for students to learn. This book explores the interactive patterns that exist in today's classroom and demonstrates how teachers can facilitate the interactivity of these patterns to match their goals for student learning. These interactive patterns are reinforced through the incorporation of medical, cognitive, and behavioral neuroscience research.
This unique book will serve as a core text for undergraduate and graduate courses in K-12 General Teaching Methods, Middle School and Secondary Teaching Methods, Elementary Teaching Methods, or Instruction and Assessment.
Key Features
Guides students in differentiating instructional practices to meet the needs of all students, as well as in the practical issues of instruction
Details interactive instructional patterns that include teacher centered patterns, teacher-student interactive patterns, and student-centered patterns.
Instructor Resources on CD contains PowerPoint® slides, test questions (includes Multiple Choice, Short Answer, and Essay format) and answers, lecture outlines, teaching activities, Web resources, and sample syllabi.
A web-based Student Study Site provides e-flashcards, links to standards from U.S. states, standards based project, Web resources, and access to full-text articles in SAGE journals related to the text.
Contents
Preface
PART I: FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE ALL INSTRUCTION
Chapter 1: Where We've Been, What We Know, and Where We're Going
Chapter 2: Confluent Forces and Differentiated Instructional Practices
PART II: PRACTICAL ISSUES OF INSTRUCTION
Chapter 3: Developing the Lesson Methodology
Chapter 4: Classroom Organization and Management
Chapter 5: Classroom Assessment and Accountability
PART III: TEACHER-CENTERED PATTERNS
Chapter 6: Direct Instruction
Chapter 7: Mastery Learning
PART IV: TEACHER-STUDENT INTERACTIVE PATTERNS
Chapter 8: Cooperative Learning
Chapter 9: Role Play
PART V: STUDENT-CENTERED PATTERNS
Chapter 10: Nondirective Teaching
Chapter 11: Self-taught Instruction
PART VI: THINKING AND ORGANIZING THE CONTENT
Chapter 12: Thinking Patterns
Chapter 13: Memorization
Chapter 14: Attaining Concepts
Chapter 15: Inquiry
