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Tables of Contents for Methods for Effective Teaching
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xv
About the Authors
xix
PART I FOUNDATIONS OF TEACHING METHODS
Introduction to Teacher Decision Making
1
21
How This Book is Organized
2
2
Content
2
1
Features
3
1
Decision Making
4
8
The Decisions That Teachers Make Matter
5
1
Standards and Education
6
2
Teachers as Decision Makers
8
2
Teachers as Reflective Practitioners
10
1
Decision Making in the Teaching Environment
11
1
Decisions That Teachers Make
12
3
Creating a Learning Community
12
2
Reflection and a Constructivist Approach to Teaching
14
1
How Teachers Can Improve Their Decision Making
15
7
PART II PLANNING INSTRUCTION
The Fundamentals of Planning
22
36
Planning
23
11
Reasons for Planning
24
1
Planning Phases
24
1
Factors Considered in Planning
25
5
Planning and the Standards Movement
30
4
Approaches to Planning
34
12
The Linear-Rational Model
35
8
The Mental-Image Approach
43
3
Additional Planning Considerations
46
7
Resources for Planning
46
2
Teacher Student Planning
48
1
Team Planning
49
2
Preparing a Syllabus
51
1
Planning to Motivate Students
52
1
Planning to Use Academic Time Wisely
52
1
How Teachers Really Plan
53
5
Types of Teacher Planning
58
36
Types of Teacher Plans
59
20
Course Planning
60
5
Term Planning
65
1
Unit Planning
65
4
Weekly Planning
69
2
Daily Planning
71
8
Components of a Daily Lesson Plan
79
15
Identifying Course Information
79
1
Objectives for the Lesson
79
9
Procedures
88
1
Materials
88
1
Evaluation of Students
89
1
Other Possible Items
90
4
The Inclusive and Multicultural Classroom
94
22
Sources of Student Diversity
95
13
Cognitive Area
96
2
Affective Area
98
1
Physical Area
99
1
Learning Styles
99
2
Creative Potential
101
2
Gender
103
1
Language
103
1
Cultural Diversity
104
1
Disabilities
105
1
Students at Risk
106
1
Socioeconomic Status
107
1
Creating an Inclusive, Multicultural Classroom
108
8
Create a Supportive, Caring Environment
108
1
Offer a Responsive Curriculum
109
1
Vary Your Instruction
110
3
Provide Assistance When Needed
113
3
Motivating Students for a Learning Community
116
31
Planning for Motivation
118
1
Motivational Strategies Concerning Instruction
119
15
Motivational Strategies Concerning Evaluation and Feedback
134
13
PART III SELECTING INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
Differentiating Your Instruction
147
17
Differentiating Your Instruction
149
1
Vehicles of Differentiation
150
7
Elements of the Curriculum That Can & Differentiated
150
4
Student Characteristics for Which Teachers Can Differentiate
154
2
Instructional Strategies That Facilitate Differentiation
156
1
Grouping Students for Instruction
157
7
Whole-Group Instruction
158
1
Small-Group Instruction
158
3
Independent Work
161
3
Direct Instructional Strategies
164
21
Deductive and Instructive Strategies
165
1
Direct Instructional Approaches
166
19
Direct Instruction
167
3
Presentations
170
2
Demonstrations
172
2
Questions
174
4
Recitations
178
1
Practice and Drills
178
1
Reviews
178
1
Guided Practice and Homework
179
6
Indirect Instructional Strategies
185
26
Inductive Approaches
186
10
Concept Attainment Approaches
187
5
Inquiry Lessons
192
3
Projects, Reports, and Problems
195
1
Social Approaches
196
11
Discussions
196
3
Cooperative Learning
199
4
Panels and Debates
203
1
Role Playing, Simulations, and Games
204
3
Independent Approaches
207
4
Learning Centers or Stations
207
1
Contracts and Independent Work
207
4
PART IV MANAGING INSTRUCTION AND THE CLASSROOM
Managing Lesson Delivery
211
23
Issues Affective Lesson Delivery
212
3
The Degree of Structure in Lessons
212
1
Holding Students Academically Accountable
213
2
Lesson Delivery
215
19
The Beginning of a Lesson
216
6
The Middle of a Lesson
222
7
The Ending of a Lesson
229
5
Classroom Management
234
43
Classroom Management
235
4
Order in the Classroom
236
1
Domains of Classroom Management
237
2
Preparing for the School Year
239
14
Making Management Preparations
240
2
Making Instructional Preparations
242
3
Establishing a Plan to Deal with Misbehavior
245
2
Planning for the First Day
247
3
Conducting the First Day
250
3
Organizing Your Classroom and Materials
253
4
Floor Space
254
1
Storage Space
255
2
Bulletin Boards and Wall Space
257
1
Selecting and Teaching Rules and Procedures
257
5
Rules
258
3
Procedures
261
1
Establishing a Cooperative Classroom
262
15
Building Positive Teacher-student Relationships
264
3
Building Group Cohesiveness
267
2
Maintaining Attention and Involvement
269
3
Reinforcing Desired Behaviors
272
5
Classroom Discipline
277
26
Misbehavior
278
4
Misbehavior in Context
278
1
Causes of Misbehavior
279
2
Types of Misbehavior
281
1
Degrees of Severity
281
1
Interventions
282
6
The Principle of Least Intervention
283
1
Some Practices to Avoid
283
3
Cautions and Guidelines for Punishment
286
2
A Three-Step Response Plan
288
15
Situational Assistance
289
3
Mild Responses
292
6
Moderate Responses
298
5
PART V ASSESSING STUDENT PERFORMANCE
Assessing Student Performance
303
26
Evaluation
304
2
Types of Evaluation
304
1
Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation
305
1
Norm-referenced and Criterion-referenced Evaluation
305
1
Characteristics of Good Assessment Instruments
306
1
Establishing a Framework for Evaluation
306
1
Performance-Based Assessments
307
7
Product Assessments
308
2
Performance Assessments
310
2
Ways to Rate Student Products or Performances
312
2
Teacher Made Tests
314
15
Planning the Classroom Test
314
3
Selecting and Preparing Test Questions
317
6
Assembling the Test
323
2
Administering the Test
325
1
Scoring the Test
325
4
Grading Systems, Marking, and Reporting
329
26
Purposes of Grading
330
4
Functions of Grades
331
1
Confounding the Achievement Grade
332
2
Grading Systems
334
2
Percentage Grades
334
1
Letter Grades
334
1
Descriptive Evaluations
335
1
Parent Teacher Conferences
335
1
Pass-Fail Grading
335
1
Checklists of Objectives
335
1
Assigning Letter Grades
336
7
Determining What to Include in a Grade
336
1
Creating a Composite Score
336
3
Selecting a Frame of Reference for Grading
339
1
Determining the Distribution of Grades
340
2
Calculating Semester and Annual Grades
342
1
Nonachievement Outcomes
343
1
Rating Scales
343
1
Checklists
343
1
Special Reports
344
1
Designing a Gradebook
344
3
Daily Record
345
1
Achievement Scores
345
1
Summary Charts
346
1
Reporting Grades and Communicating to Parents
347
4
Report Cards
348
1
Cumulative Record Files
348
1
Newsletters to All Parents
349
1
Open House
350
1
Parent Teacher Conferences
350
1
Contacts with Individual Parents
351
1
General Principles in Grading and Reporting
351
4
PART VI WORKING WITH OTHERS
Working with Colleagues and Parents
355
23
Working with Colleagues
356
1
Working with Parents
357
4
Reasons for Working with Parents
358
1
Why Some Parents Resist Involvement
359
1
Building a Parental Support System
360
1
Contacting and Communicating with Parents
361
17
Ways to Communicate with Parents
362
10
Parent Teacher Conferences
372
6
References
378
11
Name Index
389
4
Subject Index
393