Learning and Teaching: Research-Based Methods, 6th edition
- Don Kauchak |
- Paul Eggen |
Title overview
- Succinct, engaging writing style translates a strong research base into effective classroom practice.
- Introductory cases provide opportunities for learning, discussion, and analysis.
- Additional vignettes referencing the opening cases reinforce new concepts throughout each chapter.
- Provides an opportunity for students to apply chapter content through end-of-chapter cases and discussion questions.
- Includes a chapter on Problem-Based Instruction (Ch. 11)
- NEW! New chapter, Differentiating Instruction, describes how to plan, implement, and assess differentiation strategies in the classroom.
- NEW! New text theme, Standards & Accountability, describes how teachers can adapt their instruction to meet state standards, with selections on planning, instruction, and assessment, as well as sample standards from California, Florida, Illinois, Texas, and newly-proposed national standards.
- NEW! New feature, Exploring Diversity, found in every chapter, explains how instruction can be adapted to meet the learning needs of diverse learners.
- NEW! New feature, Technology & Teaching, found in every chapter, describes how technology can be used to increase student learning.
Table of contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Learning to Teach
Chapter 2: Student Diversity
Chapter 3: Creating Productive Learning Environments: Classroom Management
Chapter 4: Planning For Learning
Chapter 5: Effective Teaching
Chapter 6: Increasing Learning through Student Involvement
Chapter 7: Teaching and Learning in Groups
Chapter 8: Direct Instruction
Chapter 9: Lecture Discussions: Interactive Instruction to Promote Learning
Chapter 10: Guided Discovery
Chapter 11: Problem-Based Instruction
Chapter 12: Differentiating Instruction
Chapter 13: Assessing Learning
References
Author Index
Subject Index
Author bios
Don Kauchak
Don has taught and worked in schools and in higher education in nine different states for thirty-five years. He has published in a number of scholarly journals, including the Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Teacher Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Phi Delta Kappan, and Educational Leadership. In addition to this text, he has co-authored or co-edited six other books on education. He has also been a principal investigator on federal and state grants examining teacher development and evaluation practices, and he presents regularly at the American Educational Research Association. He currently volunteer-tutors first-, second-, and third-graders in a local elementary school. It's a lot of fun and he is learning a lot about both kids and classrooms.
Don strongly believes in the contribution that public schools make to our democracy, and his two children benefited greatly from their experiences in state-supported K–12 schools and public institutions of higher education.