Strategy-based Instruction: Teacher explains a cognitive strategy or procedure, models the strategy, provides guided practice and feedback as students internalize the strategy.
Brainstorming: A group discussion to produce ideas or solve problems.
Jigsawing: A method of organizing classroom activity that requires individuals students to research particular content and present it to their classmates
Debate: Formal discussions on particular topics. In debates, opposing arguments are put forward to argue for opposing viewpoints.
Coaching: Teacher makes criterion-referenced observations about performance and makes immediate, specific feedback.
Graphic Organizers: Teacher uses visual diagrams to help students understand content and thinking strategies.
Lecture: Teacher shares carefully sequenced, illustrated oral presentation of content that is delivered to small and large groups of students; an oral presentation interspersed with opportunities for reflection, clarification, and sense making.
Independent Study: Teacher encourages individuals or small groups of students to explore self-selected areas of study.
Socratic Questioning: Teacher poses a carefully constructed sequence of questions to help students improve their logical reasoning and critical thinking skills.
Inquiry-based Instruction: Teacher poses a task, problem, or intriguing situation, which students will explore across small changes in the data set, and generate insights about the problem and/or solutions.