Impact of Previewing in Science: Example from the Classroom
In a 5th Grade Science classroom at Barnes Elementary School in Wilson County, the students and teachers had a secret folder. The folder was the idea of the 5th Grade...
Effective Teaching and Instructional Strategies Blog
Classroom Examples, Techniques, and Best Practices
High-achieving schools and educators have one thing in common: they adopt a mindset of constant improvement.
Improving student achievement comes from more effective teaching. And effective teaching means educators have the right mindset, and training in a variety of classroom instructional strategies, tools and techniques. At Learning-Focused, we work with educators to improve their use of instructional strategies to accommodate for the different learning styles of all students.
Check out our instructional strategies examples from the classroom, or as we like to call them “Classroom Chronicles” as well as our expert Strategy Reviews below, where we show you practical ways to improve the implementation of specific strategies and the overall impact of instruction in the classroom.
In addition to our blog posts below, we have a variety of additional resources and trainings for school leaders and educators:
- Our popular High-Yield Instructional Strategies resource
- On-demand courses on individual instructional strategies (accelerating learning, collaborative pairs, effective questioning, higher order thinking, writing to raise achievement, and many more) or bundles (effective instruction, literacy, rigor, poverty and more)
- In-person and virtual professional development trainings and events open to all educators
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Previewing in Math: Using Instructional Strategies in the Classroom
I have had the privilege of working with Dr. Rene Spry and her teachers at Oxford Elementary School in Catawba County. After attending Accelerating Learning with Previewing training, she recruited...
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What’s Bigger Than Rigor? First, Master Higher Order Thinking
A question we often get from teachers and leaders is, “What is one thing I can do right now to increase student success?” As you can imagine, there are lots...
