Links & Websites
Companion website to Explicit Instruction (Archer & Hughes, 2011). Provides videos of effective instruction at the elementary and secondary levels in reading, language arts, and math classes.
Related Resources:
Resource Pages
Instructional Walkthrough Tools
Web page with observation tools to look for effective instructional features, including explicitness, scaffolding, grouping, and differentiation.
Presentations
Features of Effective Instruction (PDF of presentation)
Description of several effective practices, including explicit, systematic instruction; multiple practice opportunities; and immediate feedback.
Leadership Tools
Observation Tool: Features of Effective Instruction
Observation tool for examining effective instructional features in content-area classrooms or interventions.
Links & Websites
Rosenshine (2012) article, “Principles of Effective Instruction: Research-Based Strategies that All Teachers Should Know”
Article describing 10 principles of research-based features of effective instruction that all teachers should be implementing.
Videos
3-Tier Reading Model: Tier II Reading Intervention
Video of effective Tier II reading intervention, specifically related to phonological awareness, phonics, and the features of effective instruction.