Describes nine different teaching strategies which have been proven to have positive effects on student learning and explains how those strategies can be incorporated into the classroom.

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.