A Reference Book with Data-Driven Punch

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	• Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement (ASCD) Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering, ... Prentice Hall, 2004 - 192 pages average customer review:based on 24 reviews view larger image
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A Great Place To Start

I've yet to read such a well-written, succinct overview of the most popular current teaching methods. Marzano and company are the great synthesizers of educational methods these days. While it's true that no chapter is completely detailed, the authors provide ample notations to enable those interested in pursuing a method to further enhance their teaching.

Very well put together, highly accessible, and very plain-spoken, this is a fantastic overview for the novice and a great refresher for the veteran educator.

PS. A reply to "Chock full of the Obvious," the reviewer from Maine who didn't bother to leave a name. What Marzano does is provide a jumping-off point. He and his co-authors don't expect their text to be biblical. If they do, well, then I'll apologize. However, for thumbnail sketches of the big methods that work, it's a damn fine book. And that's how I reviewed it. Not only that, but keeping this book on your desk gives you a pretty high CYA quotient if you're ever questioned on your methods by an overzealous administrator.

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Helpful and Informative

Some people say this book is stating the obvious. These are the sort of people who tend to avoid professional journals, conferences, and in-services because, by golly, they already know how to teach. They learned all they needed to know getting their bachelor's degree and from their vast experience. That's baloney. While this book is full of things that good teachers do, it is laid out in a convenient format that places those practices in one handbook that is research based (as opposed to "I do because it works" even if it worked 10 years ago, but doesn't today). This text is a handy reference to have especially if you teach at-risk students.

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This book struck me as simplistic and dry when I read it. However, when I had the opportunity to spend a day in a seminar with Debra Pickering, one of the authors, I changed my mind. It was one of the most life-changing seminars I have ever attended in my 34 years in public education. So....if you have the opportunity to go to a Pickering seminar, read the book first, take it with you, and be ready to learn some great ways to implement what seem to be some old strategies.

A Reference Book with Data-Driven Punch

I've studied education for over 20 years and I still learned new approaches in my field. The book should be scanned in some places and read and re-read in others.

Yes, some of the best practices are familiar because they are, well, best practices. This is what teachers have begged for, a book of techniques back by data.

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