Identifies nine categories of instructional strategies that maximize student learning and explains the details of each including: studies in effect size and percentile gain units; guiding principles for using the strategies; and classroom examples of model instructional practice.

Applying the research on instruction: an idea whose time has come -- 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.