A Teachable Moment: ARTICLE: Best Practices

Apr 21, 2012

Best Practices in Teaching and Learning

Western Washington University

This page contrasts teacher-centered and learner-centered classrooms, and lists a number of best practices.

Classroom Instruction That Works - Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock
Disrupting Class - Christensen, Johnson, & Horn
Everyone Communicates Few Connect - Maxwell
How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms - Tomlinson
Improving Student Learning One Teacher at a Time - Pollack
Integrating Differentiated Instruction + Understanding by Design - Tomlinson & McTighe
Measuring Up - Rothman
Reality is Broken - McGonigal
Reign of Error - Ravitch
Rethinking Homework - Vatterott
Teach Like a Champion - Lemov
Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics - Van de Walle
Tested - Perlstein
The Art and Science of Teaching - Marzano
The Blackboard and the Bottom Line - Cuban
The Death and Life of the Great American School System - Ravitch
The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners - Tomlinson
The End of Molasses Classes - Clark
The Excellent 11 - Clark
The Homework Myth - Kohn
The Knowledge Deficit - Hirsch
The Learning Gap - Stevenson & Stigler
The Math Myth - Hacker
The Teaching Gap - Stigler & Hiebert
The Test: Why Our Schools are Obsessed with Standardized Testing–But You Don’t Have to Be - Kamenetz
Who's Teaching Your Children? - Troen & Boles
Why Don't Students Like School? - Willingham