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    <body><![CDATA[I can't say that this book provided any groundbreaking strategies that I'd never considered, but it did provide a gentle reminder of the variety of strategies that teachers need to employ in order to reach the maximum number of learners.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The book is a little dry as it is all research-based.  It is, however, a powerful reinforcer of those strategies we're already using and a refresher for those we should be using more.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great help if you're still in the classroom with a diverse class.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have to admit I am a Marzano groupie when it comes to research based practices for the classroom.  Marzano has done great research and has pulled together everything into a user friendly format.  Everything in teaching can fit into his &quot;9&quot;.  If teachers don't know the &quot;9&quot;, they...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20293900">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book for a Continuing Education class. It was filled with tons of different ideas that will help me in the classroom. I won't blog too much on this, but as a teacher I found it helpful and interesting. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Started to read it, and it is interesting; knowing it is there with the research to back up good teaching strategies is helpful...trying to read it, though, was painful.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[ Instead of just trying to cram more facts into our students' brains, we're going to try using some of the broad strategies in this book to help them become better thinkers.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Not only does this book present effective strategies for instruction, it provides actual data on the learning gains for each method. Fabulous. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an excellent resource for educators. Teachers forget what they learned in school. This book helps them to remember. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of the books I used for my graduate course this summer.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Kind of a difficult read, but it changed the way I teach for the better!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I will continue to reference this book, and it was easy to read.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great resource for educators.]]></body>
    
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