Instructional Resources: Research-based Strategies and Designs for Teaching and Learning

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What does the research tell us about teaching strategies that best promote quality student learning? What approaches and instructional designs help children grasp the right content understandings at the right time? How can thorough care be given both to developmental needs of individual students and to education standards? These pages shed light on these and similar questions—through usable syntheses of education research, designs of learning continua that blend aspects of child development with aspects of core content learning, and analyses of instructional strategies and approaches that integrate what we know with what we do.

The instructional resources are separated according to age into two resource areas—PreKorner™ and LearningLeads™.

PreKorner™ - Early Childhood Education Resources

The PreKorner™ focuses on early childhood teaching and learning. If you are a new parent or preschool teacher who believes that real instruction with very young children leads to lifetime academic success, you'll enjoy the research-based resources provided by our child learning specialists at the PreKorner™. Take me to the PreKorner™

LearningLeads^™ - Research-based K-12 Instructional Resources

LearningLeads™ focuses on K-12 teaching and learning. Research analyses that reveal effective strategies, instructional designs that blend standards and research to connect children with rich domain-specific content... fascinating opportunities for today's educator, addressed by our K-12 specialists at LearningLeads™. Take me to LearningLeads™