Builds a story about the power of teachers, feedback, and a model of learning and understanding. This book covers areas such as the influence of the student, home, school, curricula, teacher, and teaching strategies. It develops a model of teaching and learning based on the notion of visible teaching and visible learning.

1. The challenge -- 2. The nature of the evidence: a synthesis of meta-analyses -- 3. The argument: visible teaching and visible learning -- 4. The contributions from the student -- 5. The contributions from the home -- 6. The contributions from the school -- 7. The contributions from the teacher -- 8. The contributions from the curricula -- 9. The contributions from teaching approaches -- part I -- 10. The contributions from teaching approaches -- part II -- 11. Bringing it all together -- App. A. The meta-analyses by topic -- App. B. The meta-analyses by rank order.