Describes ten researched-based teaching strategies for effective instruction to increase student achievement in the classroom, explaining how each strategy can be incorporated into individual classrooms, including guidelines to teach specific types of knowledge, and providing sample rubrics and resources on organization, assessment, time management, and related topics.

Applying the research on instruction -- Research-based strategies -- Identifying similarities and differences -- Summarizing and note taking -- Reinforcing effort and providing recognition -- Homework and practice -- Nonlinguistic representations -- Cooperative learning -- Setting objectives and providing feedback -- Generating and testing hypotheses -- Cues, questions, and advance organizers -- Specific applications -- Teaching specific types of knowledge -- Using the nine categories in instructional planning.