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  <title><![CDATA[Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement (ASCD)]]></title>
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  <default-description> This brief book presents research on the best strategies for raising student achievement through classroom instruction. Readers will find a wealth of research evidence, statistical data, and case studies. Nine categories of instructional 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; and Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers that maximize student learning are introduced, along with the pertinent information to understand and synthesize each. For elementary school educators, administrators, and academic advisors and counselors.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">2001</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement (ASCD)</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert J. Marzano]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Marzano and his co-authors go through 9 teaching strategies that have been proven to increase student learning (...as the title would imply).  With each strategy, they talk a little bit about the research behind it, and then go into how to use it in the classroom.  A lot of the strategies are things...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66324547">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Jan 04 11:53:46 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jan 04 11:53:46 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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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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    <review id="43762651">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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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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    <review id="61842795">
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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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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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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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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    <review id="31506383">
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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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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    <review id="29065921">
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
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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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    <review id="26313339">
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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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    <review id="23038540">
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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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