I recommend Classroom Instruction that Works to any teacher or administrator who desires to challenge their thinking and approach to student achievement.
Superintendent
Polk County Schools
Columbus, NC
Did You Know?
After analyzing the results of more than 100,000 students across hundreds of schools, researcher William Sanders and his colleagues concluded that "the most important factor affecting student learning is the teacher."
The research underlying Classroom Instruction that Works suggests that helping students learn how to summarize and take notes effectively can contribute to gains of 34 percentile points on standardized achievement tests.
Homework on which the teacher provides written comments for students has an effect size of .83, which translates into a percentile gain of 30 points.
The only authorized online version of the classic work of K-12 pedagogy, Classroom Instruction that Works
Online Convenience with Graduate-Level Learning
By learning at night and weekends, you won't miss a day with your students. And you'll receive a world-class professional learning experience. Designed and taught by experts from McREL, the non-profit organization that created Classroom Instruction that Works, the course is supported by Jones Knowledge's proven online learning system. Upon completion of the course, you'll earn three graduate-level credits from Jones International University.®
Join or Create a Professional Learning Community
Our approach to online learning reflects the principles of all professional learning communities. Online sessions include interactive activities, reflective journaling, and discussion boards that help busy professionals learn together. Participants also constantly apply and practice what they learn in their own classrooms. And as a capstone to the course, they create a unit plan that incorporates research-based instructional strategies to engage and help students succeed.
We offer group discounts to help schools and districts use these courses to support their own professional learning communities.
The Course
Nine powerful, practical instructional strategies that are generally effective with any student, at any grade level, in any subject area. These strategies have been proven and confirmed by years of research:
- Setting objectives
- Using cues, questions, advance organizers and nonlinguistic representation
- Teaching summarizing and note taking
- Providing feedback
- Reinforcing effort
- Providing homework and practice
- Teaching identification of similarities and differences
- Implementing collaborative learning
- Teaching generation and testing of hypotheses
Participant assignments include:
- Online forum discussions
- A reflective journal
- A detailed unit plan that implements the nine strategies
Developed by senior McREL staff and brought to the Web by Jones International University, one of the most experienced and respected providers of online education and training.