Effective+Instruction

=Effective Instruction=

Click on the links below to review a variety of research on effective instruction:

Brian Cambourne's Research on Conditions of Learning:

 * [[file:Cambourne Chapter 5.pdf]] **A Schematic Adaptation of Brian Cambourne's Model of Learning** - Click on this PDF file for Brian Cambourne's research on learning. This is Chapter 5 of the book __Engaging Adolescent Learners: A Guide for Content Area Teachers__ by ReLeah Cossett Lent which is available for download at: http://books.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E00843/chapter5.pdf.
 * [[file:Cambourne Conditions and Implications for Early Childhood.pdf]] **Connecting Brian Camburne's Conditions of Learning Theory to Brain/Mind Principles: Implications for Early Childhood Educators** - Click on this PDF file for an article by Stephen P. Rushton, Janice Eitelgeorge, and Ruby Zickafoose published in the //Early Childhood Education Journal, Vol. 31, No. 1, Fall 2003// which connects Brian Cambourne's research on conditions of learning to a constructivist philosophy of education and brain-based research and includes implications for early childhood educators. This file is available for download from: http://www.sarasota.usf.edu/COE/rushton/documents/cambourne.pdf.

Madeline Hunter's Research on Effective Instruction:

 * **Elements of Effective Instruction** - Click here for a Web site from Springfield Public Schools in Springfield, Missouri for resources on Madeline Hunter's research on effective instruction: http://sps.k12.mo.us/sd/elements.html
 * **Some Basic Lesson Presentation Elements** - Click here for a Web site from Humbolt State University on Hunter's model of effective instruction: http://www.humboldt.edu/~tha1/hunter-eei.html#eei

Robert Marzano's Research on Effective Instruction:

 * **Effective Instruction Strategies** - Click here for an article from MCREL (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning): http://www.mcrel.org/Newsroom/hottopicInstruction.asp
 * [[file:MCREL_InstructionMeta_Analysis.pdf]] **A Theory-Based Meta-Analysis of Research on Instruction** - Click on this PDF file for Robert Marzano's research on effective instruction. This research was published as the book __Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement__ by Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering, and Jane E. Pollock . This PDF file is available for download from MCREL at http://www.mcrel.org/topics/products/83/.

Robert Slavin's Research on Effective Instruction:

 * **A Model of Effective Instruction** - Click here for a Web site from Success for All with Robert Slavin's research: http://www.successforall.net/_images/pdfs/modeleffect.htm>

Research on Effective Instruction in the Content Areas

 * **Bloom's Revised Taxonomy** - Click on this link to find a San Diego State University Web site with an explanation and a table for helping curriculum designers and teachers learn how to apply Bloom's revised taxonomy in designing effective instruction: http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/bloomrev/index.htm
 * [[file:Effective_Teaching in Math from NCTM.pdf]] **Effective Instruction in Math from NCTM -** Click on this PDF file for a brief from NCTM entitled //Effective Teaching for the Development of Skill and Conceptual Understanding of Number: What is Most Effective?//
 * **Effective Instruction for Middle School Students with Reading Difficulties** - Click on this link for a Web site developed by the University of Texas at Austin which has links to resources on effective reading instruction: http://www.texasreading.org/utcrla/materials/middle_school_instruction.asp