Organizing Subject Matter

Developing Student Understanding through Instructional Strategies that Are Appropriate to the Subject Matter

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Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn’t Fit All by Gayle Gregory, Carolyn Chapman [Corwin Press, 2006]
Multifaceted interpretation of differentiated instruction, offers clear user-friendly strategies and activities that will enhance facilitation of any subject.

"Cooperative learning and inquiry-based teaching yield big dividends in the classroom. And now we have the research to prove it”
by Brigid Barron & Linda Darling-Hammond [Edutopia, October 2008]
Comprehensive overview of the advantages of collaborative learning and inquiry based teaching, as well as a number of valuable related links.

Research-Based Strategies for Different Subject Areas [Associated Content Society, March 2007] 
Aligns instructional strategies (homework and practice, simulations and games, summarizing and note-taking, etc.) with subject areas best supported by these strategies.

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