Classroom Instruction that Works
Join McREL for a Classroom Instruction that Works workshop in Denver, CO.
With more than a million copies sold, McREL’s Classroom Instruction that Works is one of the most widely used professional development manuals in education today.
McREL offers products, workshops and training, and free resources to help educators translate guidance from this popular manual into results for students in the classroom.
Products
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New! Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement (2nd Ed.). A decade in the making, the second edition of Classroom Instruction that Works, available in January 2012, updates the popular, research-based instructional strategies with new insights from the most recent, rigorous research, offering a refined framework and Planning Guide and making connections to essential 21st century skills. |  |
Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works. Learn how to use technology tools available in most classrooms to enhance the strategies described in Classroom Instruction that Works. Available through ASCD. |
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A Handbook for Classroom Instruction that Works. Developed specifically for self-study or school study groups, this handbook shows how to apply the teaching practices from Classroom Instruction that Works. Available through ASCD. |  |
Classroom Instruction that Works with English Language Learners. This new ASCD publication describes ways for mainstream K–6 teachers to adapt the instructional strategies in Classroom Instruction that Works to meet the needs of ELLs at different stages of language acquisition. Available through ASCD. |
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Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement. Available from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), this manual distills decades of research on effective instruction into nine categories of instructional strategies that maximize student learning. It provides explicit examples, suggestions for classroom practice, and advice for instructional planning.
Classroom Instruction that Works has been translated in twelve additional languages. For information about international publishers, please visit ASCD.org. |
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Classroom Instruction that Works: Participants' and Facilitators' Manuals. These materials support a two-day workshop on the nine categories of effective instruction described in Classroom Instruction that Works. Workshops are designed for a K-12 audience, as the instructional strategies can be widely applied and generally are effective for any student, at any grade level, in any subject area. |
Workshops & Training
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McREL provides a wide array of on-site training related to Classroom Instruction that Works. We can offer workshops for teachers as well as training-of-trainer sessions for districts and intermediate agencies. Classroom Instruction that Works. This workshop presents an overview of the best instructional practices as found in the research literature and then shows how these practices can be implemented in the classroom. Specific types of knowledge such as vocabulary, terms and phrases, details, generalizations, and principles are applied to instructional practices, and a model for sequencing instructional techniques is also examined. The workshop is offered at Basic and Advanced levels. Classroom Instruction that Works with English Language Learners. In this three-day interactive workshop, the research-based strategies from Classroom Instruction that Works are applied to teaching English language learners in mainstream K–6 classrooms. Since sociocultural theory informs us that a student's learning is closely linked to teacher interaction, classroom teachers will learn ways to help ELLs be active participants along with the rest of the English-dominant class.
Audience: 6-12 science teachers and professional developers Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works . This workshop is designed for educators who want to infuse their curriculum with technology to a greater extent. You’ll study research on nine effective instructional practices, learn how technology can be embedded in those practices, and plan an implementation strategy. Free ResourcesA Theory-Based Meta-Analysis of Research on Instruction. Read the original 1998 research report that formed the foundation for Classroom Instruction that Works. Using a sophisticated research technique called a meta-analysis, McREL analyzed and synthesized the results of more than 100 research reports on effective instruction. What Works in Classroom Instruction. This document was the original version of Classroom Instruction that Works. After publishing A Theory-Based Meta-Analysis of Research on Instruction, McREL analyzed additional research findings and used the combined results of these syntheses to develop What Works in Classroom Instruction, which is available for free download here. Back to top |
“[McREL] conducted a three-day Classroom Instruction That Works workshop for teachers and administrators in our district. It was so well received that we are having [McREL] back to conduct the same workshop this summer for a second group. … I recommend [McREL] and the workshop to any teacher or administrator who desires to challenge their thinking and approach to student achievement.”
William J. Miller Superintendent Polk County Schools Columbus, NC
“In my current position as principal, I have introduced many of the research-based strategies in [Classroom Instruction that Works]. Teachers are excited, students are learning and we are all looking for more effective ways to improve student performance!” Cynthia J. Matthew
“McREL’s training related to Classroom Instruction that Works was terrific. [The McREL trainer] was an excellent presenter who reads her audience and its needs quite well. She accommodates for differing learning styles; she varies her pace; and she KNOWS her ‘stuff’. The information from [Classroom Instruction that Works] was an excellent companion to our district-wide Literacy Initiative. … All said, this is among the best of the trainings I have been engaged in during my 25 year work in public education.” Mary-Alice Yarbrough
“McREL’s consultants are top-notch, and their content and delivery had a positive impact on student achievement in many of our districts.” Gretchen Schaeffer Almeida |