Instructional Leadership: Factors that Effect Teaching and Learning

Question 1

Nine Key Strategies most likely to improve student achievement “Best Practices” (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning—McREL):

Answer 1

1. Comparing and contrasting (and classifying, analogies, and metaphors),
2. summarizing and note taking,
3. reinforcing effort and providing recognition,
4. homework and practice,
5. nonlinguistic representations,
6. cooperative learning,
7. setting objectives and providing feedback (state and beginning of lesson and check in at the end),
8. generating and testing hypotheses,
9. questions and advanced organizers