Designing Instruction

Judith K. March - EdFOCUS, Senior Consultant
Karen H. Peters - EdFOCUS, Senior Consultant

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Teaching Methods & Learning Styles

October 2007 | 352 pages | Corwin

It is no secret that meeting the AYP goals mandated by NCLB is a considerable challenge for many educators. Even some of the wealthiest, highest-performing schools and districts have not been able to make enough annual yearly progress with some of their student subgroups. Faced with decreased funds and other potential penalties, school leaders are scrambling to find new education models to significantly and quickly raise achievement levels of academically struggling students. However, even the most highly-touted school reform guides do not to include classroom practices and the most prestigious curriculum-instructional programs do not address infrastructure issues which can determine success or failure. Concerned that many districts will fall short in their efforts to improve student performance using imbalanced approaches, the authors present a comprehensive, three-pronged approach for raising achievement levels. This resource shows school and district leaders how to begin a strong overall reform project by first incorporating the following essential elements: standards-based curriculum, best practice techniques for instruction delivery and assessment and a series of capacity-building processes to integrate reforms into the daily operation of each school

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Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction

Our Journey Through School Reform

Enter Instructional Design

The Purpose for This Book

The Five Parts

Who Should Buy This Book

Part I. School Reform Is All About What Happens in the Classroom

1. Instructional Design as the Catalyst for Successful School Reform

The Eight Core Elements of Successful School Reform

How Does Instructional Design Integrate With Successful School Reform?

Three-Year Time Frame

2. Performance Indicators: The Passkey to Standards-Based Curriculum

What's in the Name?

The Criteria for Valid Performance Indicators

How the Standards Are Organized

Not Classroom Ready, but That's Okay

Using Standards to Strengthen the Learning Culture and Increase Expectations

The Process of Developing Performance Indicators

Frequently Asked Questions and Related Issues

What to Do During the Pilot of Performance Indicators

"Are We There Yet?"

Summary

Part II. Planning

3. Curriculum Mapping

Not a New Concept

Features and Physical Layout of the Curriculum Map

The Instructional Design Aproach to Curriculum Mapping

Teacher-Administrator Accountability

Frequently Asked Questions About the Curriculum Mapping Process

Ensuring a Successful Rollout of the Curriculum Maps

The Three-Year Time Frame

4. Unit Planning: Rationale and Format

Introduction

The Unit Plan Format for Instructional Design

Considerations in Developing Unit Plans

Frequently Asked Questions About Unit Plans

The Three-Year Time Frame

Part III. Best Practices in Unit Planning and Delivery

5. Unit Planning: Motivation and Information

Introduction

Motivation

Information

Bloom's Taxonomy

Summary

6. Unit Planning: Learning Constructs

Introduction

Organizational Patterns

Writing Summary

Note Taking

Math-Problem Analysis and Problem Solving

Vocabulary and Context Clues

Graphic Organizers

Levels of Questioning

Similarities and Differences

Summary

7. Unit Planning: Delivery Strategies

Introduction

Lecture or Explanation

Demonstration

Guided Discussion

Inquiry, or Formulating and Testing Hypotheses

Learning Circles

Socratic Seminar

Action Research

Advance Organizer

Summary

Part IV. Assessment

8. Unit Planning: Assessment and Culmination

Introduction

Assessment

Culmination

Summary

Part V. Capacity-Building

9. Capacity-Building to Integrate Classroom Reform Into the Deep Culture of Each School

Introduction

Benchmarking

How the Data Should Be Used by Teachers and Administrators

Building Leadership Teams

Administrative Stewardship

Collaborative Observations

Summary

Appendix A: Ohio Summary of Results

Appendix B: River Bend Local Schools

Appendix C: Various Methods to Determine Mastery of Performance Indicators

Selcted References

Index

"Exceptionally useful, well-organized, and supported by research."

Linda Diaz, Program Specialist for Professional Development

Monroe County School District, Key West, FL

"A fresh new approach that offers creative thinking strategies for administrative leadership teams. Few textbooks have such detailed examples combined with the background study of best practices. The authors have great credibility, experience, resources, and abundant research to support their proposal. A very well-written text offering ample review of the research."

Sara E. Spruce, Professor of Education

Olivet Nazarene University

"We used the Designing Instruction process to redefine our entire curriculum and instructional program, and our student achievement has shown steady improvement!"

Cynthia A. Lemmerman, Superintendent

The Fostoria Community Schools, OH

"The Designing Instruction process helped us focus our efforts on effective teaching practices and the overall improvement of our entire delivery system. We have dramatically improved our pedagogy and the learning outcomes of our students."

Jon Hood, Principal

Maryland Elementary School, Bexley, OH

"Through the Designing Instruction process, our district empowered teachers to design a standards-based curriculum, develop yearlong curriculum maps, and devise unit plans that integrate best practice teaching and testing methods into every classroom, and our principals have become the stewards who facilitate and sustain the process!"

Lynne Gale, District Administrator

Hamilton Township Schools, NJ

"What a godsend! Our teachers developed a K-12 standards-based curriculum in math and language arts, and teams of teachers developed course tools that were based on best practice research to deliver our new curriculum in every classroom. As our test scores began to go up, the gap between sub-groups began to narrow. We are thrilled with our success, and the district has continued the process ever since."

Joan Sigafoos, Retired School Improvement Director

Elyria City Schools, OH

"My highest priority was for schoolwide reform that would improve daily classroom instruction—a comprehensive program that would assist teachers in their choice of curriculum, their efforts to differentiate, and their choice of teaching-learning strategies. What we've accomplished using the Designing Instruction program has been outstanding!"

Meredith Davis, Principal

Sanford Middle School, Minneapolis, MN

"An invaluable, practical guide for teachers and administrators and education libraries at the college level."

The Bookwatch, December 2007

Midwest Book Review

"The authors outline instructional design within the context of school reform. By presenting the material in an accessible way, the book combines theory with practical applications."

Education Libraries, Spring 2008, Vol. 30(3)

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Dr Fernando Mortera-Gutierrez

Education , Monterrey College of Technology - Monterrey

February 15, 2010

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Key features

Unique three-tiered approach: discusses the core elements of school reform, provides best practices for delivering and assessing classroom instruction, and shows how to use collaborative observation and other team-leadership processes to integrate reforms into the deep-rooted culture of a school (thus ensuring that promising reforms are lasting).
Research-based practices fine-tuned as a result of long-term relationships with 50+ school-districts across the country and in Canada
Each author has more than 20 years' experience in school reform and curriculum/instruction
Highly-referenced material with reference sections following each chapter
"Bird-walk/Aside" sections highlight author observations and lessons learned
Authors share what worked and what didn't work
Rubrics to guide the development of Performance Indicators, Curriculum Maps, Unit Plans and benchmark assessments
Samples of Performance Indicators, Curriculum Maps, Unit Plans, benchmark assessments, and checklists
Sample short and long-range checklists and to-do lists to help educators accomplish each stage of the Instructional Design Process
Sample administrative job descriptions and annual performance appraisals aligned with reform targets
Sample text for Board Policies to adopt the performance indicators as achievement targets of the district
Sample evaluation scenarios to monitor the progress of the reform activities, and more

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