"Click or Clunk?": A Student Comprehension Self-Check

Students periodically check their understanding of sentences, paragraphs,...

Advanced Story Map

Students are taught to use a basic 'Story Grammar' to map out, identify and analyze significant components of...

Keywords: A Memorization Strategy

In this mnemonic (memorization) technique, students select the central idea of a passage and summarize...

Main-Idea Maps

This simple strategy teaches students to generate a graphic organizer containing the main ideas of an expository...

Mental Imagery: Improving Text Recall

By constructing "mental pictures" of what they are reading and closely studying text...

Oral Recitation Lesson

This intervention builds student motivation and interest by having them participate along with the teacher in...

Prior Knowledge: Activating the 'Known'

Through a series of guided questions, the instructor helps students activate their prior...

Question-Generation

Students are taught to boost their comprehension of expository passages by (1) locating the main idea or key ideas in...

Reciprocal Teaching: A Reading Comprehension Package

The intervention package teaches students to use reading comprehension strategies...

Text Lookback

Text lookback is a simple strategy that students can use to boost their recall of expository prose by looking back in the...

Assisted Reading Practice

In this very simple but effective intervention, the student reads aloud while an accomplished reader follows...

Error Correction & Word Drill Techniques

Below are several error-correction techniques and one procedure for vocabulary...

HELPS Reading Program

HELPS (Helping Early Literacy with Practice Strategies) is a free program that targets student reading fluency...

Kids as Reading Helpers: A Peer Tutor Training Manual

Perhaps the most pressing challenge that schools face is that of ensuring that all...

Listening Passage Preview

The student follows along silently as an accomplished reader reads a passage aloud. Then the student reads the...

Paired Reading

The student reads aloud in tandem with an accomplished reader. At a student signal, the helping reader stops reading,...

Repeated Reading

The student reads through a passage repeatedly, silently or aloud, and receives help with reading errors.

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READING

The ability to read allows individuals access to the full range of a culture's...

Applied Math Problems: Using Question-Answer Relationships (QARs) to Interpret Math Graphics

Students must be able to correctly interpret...

Math Computation: Promote Mastery of Math Facts Through Incremental Rehearsal

Incremental rehearsal builds student fluency in basic math...

Math Computation: Increase Accuracy By Intermixing Easy and Challenging Computation Problems

Teachers can improve accuracy and positively...

Math Computation: Increase Accuracy and Productivity Rates Via Self-Monitoring and Performance Feedback

Students can improve both their...

Cover-Copy-Compare

The teacher prepares worksheets for the student to use independently:

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MATHEMATICS

Mathematics instruction is a lengthy, incremental process that spans all grade...

Integrated Writing Instruction

Students with writing disabilities typically find the act of writing to be both difficult and unrewarding....

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WRITING

The act of writing contains its own inner tensions. Writers must abide by a host of...

Sentence Combining: Teaching Rules of Sentence Structure by Doing

Students with poor writing skills often write sentences that lack...

Accommodating All Students: 'Classic' Ideas That Teachers Can Use to Diversify Classroom Instruction

Teachers are required to accommodate...

Games, Contests & Puzzles: Entertaining Ideas for Educating Students

Teachers can take heart in the good news that students are...

Group-Response Techniques

When students respond as a group to academic content, they are actively engaged and more likely to learn the...

Help Signal

The time that students spend in the classroom actually working on academic subjects is sometimes referred to as 'engaged...

The Instructional Hierarchy: Linking Stages of Learning to Effective Instructional Techniques

When mastering new academic skills or...

Introducing Academic Strategies to Students: A Direct-Instruction Approach

Teachers know how difficult it often is to get students to...

Reducing Problem Behaviors Through Good Academic Management: 10 Strategies

Students who are confrontational or non-compliant frequently...

Teacher Strategies to Promote Learning

As an instructor, you can use this 'checklist' of effective instructional practices in two...

Classwork & Homework: Troubleshooting Student Problems From Start to Finish

1. The student does not get to class on time

Guided Notes

Teachers help students to take notes more accurately and efficiently by having the class use guided notes. Guided notes are...

Homework Contracts: Tapping the Power of Parents

Students who regularly complete and turn in homework assignments perform significantly...

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STUDY SKILLS / ORGANIZATION

As students transition to middle and high school, they are...

Study Skills Package

Students often benefit in unexpected ways from explicit instruction in improving their study skills. Research has...

Test Anxiety: Classroom Tips

It is very common for students to become nervous or anxious when they must take quizzes and tests. While...

Tools to Build Student Text and Lecture Comprehension

A major challenge for teachers is to ensure that students truly comprehend the...