Effective Instructional Strategies
From Theory to Practice
- Kenneth D. Moore - Henderson State University (Retired)
The Fourth Edition of Effective Instructional Strategies: From Theory to Practice provides thorough coverage of the strategies and essential skills that every teacher needs to know. This text applies the latest research findings and useful classroom practices to the instructional process by presenting a Theory to Practice approach to instruction, emphasizing the intelligent use of teaching theory and research to improve classroom instruction. Logically and precisely providing information about how to be an effective classroom teacher, this text has been carefully designed to maximize instructional flexibility and to model established principles of instruction. It was further designed to expand the pedagogical teaching knowledge of teachers and their instructional repertoires.
“The text is absolutely well written, well organized, and clear.”
“It is current, well planned, and laid out in a progression that makes sense.”
“Overall, Kenneth Moore has written a comprehensive and practical text for undergraduate methods students.”
“I think this textbook has excellent organization and resources.”
“The book is very student friendly.”
“Perfect for a semester length course and text for student future reference for studying/library.”
This book conveys the teaching methods concisely. It provides a systematic overview of the educational process.
I wish to adopt this text for the Planning and Assessment course (YOED 2500) at MTSU.
The text covers the required topics for the course. The text provides opportunity for students to be engaged through essential questions and/or reflections on specific issues. The text aligns content with standards and it provide multiple opportunities for students to guided through different exercises for planning and assessing students.
Text organized well.
Comprehensive and easy to follow, it contains very useful strategies for using in classrooms, as well as theoretical insights and examples, great for conducting educational projects that integrate learning technologies.