Strategies for teachers Book

Preface.

1. Cognitive Learning and Models of Teaching.
Learning: A Cognitive Perspective.
Research and the Teacher's Role in Learning.
The Need for Instructional Alternatives.
The Models Approach to Teaching.
Cognitive Learning Goals.
Cognitive Skills in the Classroom.

2. Essential Teaching Skills and the Teaching of Thinking.
Essential Teaching Skills: The Foundation for Teacher Effectiveness.
Beyond Effective Teaching: Teaching for Thinking and Understanding.
Critical Thinking.

3. Social Interaction Models.
The Groupwork Model.
The Cooperative-Learning Model.
Discussions.
Increasing Motivation with Social Interaction Models.

4. The Inductive Model: A Constructivist View of Learning.
The Inductive Model: An Overview.
Goals for the Inductive Model.
Planning Lessons with the Inductive Model.
Implementing Lessons Using the Inductive Model.
The Inductive Model: Emphasis on Thinking and Understanding.
Using the Inductive Model to Increase Learner Motivation.
Flexibility in the Inductive Model.
Assessing Student Learning.

5. The Concept-Attainment Model.
The Concept-Attainment Model: An Overview.
Goals for the Concept-Attainment Model.
Planning Lessons with the Concept-Attainment Model.
Implementing Lessons Using the Concept-Attainment Model.
Implementing Concept-Attainment Activities: Modifications.
Assessing Student Outcomes of Concept-Attainment Activities.

6. The Integrative Model: Teaching Organized Bodies of Knowledge.
The IntegrativeModel: An Overview.
Goals for the Integrative Model.
Planning Lessons with the Integrative Model.
Implementing Lessons Using the Integrative Model.
Increasing Learner Motivation with the Integrative Model.
Modifications of the Integrative Model.
Assessing Integrative Model Activities.

7. Problem-Based Learning Models.
Problem-Based Learning Models: An Overview.
The Problem-Solving Model.
The Inquiry Model.
Using Technology to Support Problem-Based Learning.
Increasing Motivation in Problem-Based Learning.
Assessing Learning in Problem-Based Learning.

8. The Direct-Instruction Model.
The Direct-Instruction Model: An Overview.
The Direct-Instruction Model: Theoretical Perspectives.
Planning Lessons with the Direct-Instruction Model.
Implementing Lessons Using the Direct-Instruction Model.
The Direct-Instruction Model: Variations.
Assessing Student Understanding.

9. The Lecture-Discussion Model.
The Lecture-Discussion Model: An Overview.
The Lecture-Discussion Model: Theoretical Perspectives.
Planning for Lecture Discussions.
Implementing Lecture-Discussion Lessons.
Variations of the Model.
Assessing Lecture-Discussion Lessons.

10. Adapting Instruction to Improve Effectiveness.
Teaching Models: Adaptations.
Teaching Expertise: Beyond Instructional Models.

Exercise Feedback.

References.

Glossary.

Index.