A Handbook for Classroom Instruction That Works

 

A Handbook for Classroom Instruction That Works
A Handbook for Classroom Instruction That Works
by Authors: Robert J. Marzano , Jennifer S. Norford , Diane E. Paynter , Debra J. Pickering , Barbara B. Gaddy
Released: 15 November, 2001
ISBN: 087120522X
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Sales Rank: 19,868
List price: $31.95
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A Handbook for Classroom Instruction That Works > Customer Review #1:
Trite and repetitive

Dont waste your time on this book - there is very little material of any use here.
The book is divided into chapters which claim to discuss how to address concepts such as working in groups, comparison and contrast and homework. In each chapter the authors give a page-long short answer test in which the reader evaluates how she feels about her use and awareness of the chapter topic. This could be quite useful if there was any information presented between the tests. Also, the test is reprinted in each chapter, usually almost verbatim. This lacks imagination and and seems wasteful to me.
In each chapter, the authors give several one-paragraph-long passages that tell what you might do in that teaching/learning area. These are almost always unimaginative and unsupported; little is not intuitively obvious, and there is seldom any explanation or exploration of the technique. It is true that what is obvious to one is not alwas so to everyone else, and there are doubtless a couple ideas that you may not have thought about or have forgotten. Still, a five minute talk with another teacher would accomplish just as much if not more.
Again, dont waste your money on this book if you can help it.

 
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