Looking in Classrooms

by Thomas L. Good, Jere E. Brophy

This classic book provides a balanced, research-based overview of the most effective teaching methods and guides teachers to select appropriate methods by intelligent observation in their classrooms. Widely considered to be the most comprehensive and authoritative source available on effective teaching, Looking in Classrooms synthesizes the knowledge base on student motivation, classroom teaching, teacher expectations, and adapting instruction for individual learners. This book represents state-of-the-art research reviews in several areas including student motivation, classroom instruction and student learning, classroom management, and adapting instruction to the needs of individual students. K-12 educators, administrators, and superintendents.

Genres: Education, Nonfiction, Teaching

590 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1978

Reviews

[Norm · Rating 3 out of 5]

Didn't read everything, but covered the material for Advanced Educational Psychology. Good and Brophy have a nice style, but they're rather fond of self-reference. I'll probably keep this one on the shelf for a couple years as a reference, then re-evaluated whether there's anything there that I really need.

[Trish Bodine · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a textbook for a class, it was well rounded in the content for effective teaching. Many research based strategies presented, and in our class we did find where some citations were taken out of context or misquoted. Overall, it is a good reference book.