Instructional Patterns: Strategies for Maximizing Student Learning

by Larry C. Holt, Marcella L. Kysilka

Instructional Strategies for Maximizing Student Learning uniquely examines instruction from the learners′ point of view. In this text, authors Larry C. Holt and Marcella Kysilka comprehensively examine various instructional patterns including Teacher Centered, Teacher Student Interactive, Student Centered, and Thinking and Organizing the Content, to help readers plan research based instructional strategies that make the most of a student′s learning experience. The book also looks at historical, psychological, and social factors that affect instructional decision making, as well as practical issues of instruction such as lesson planning, classroom management and assessment, and accountability.

416 pages, Paperback

First published December 21, 2005