Best Practices
What are best practices? Two of the many definitions found on the web define best practice as:
1. a technique or methodology that, through experience and research, has proven to reliably lead to a desired result.
2. a procedure that has been shown by research and experience to produce optimal results and that is established or proposed as a standard suitable for widespread adoption.
Most definitions have something in common; research, experience and desired or optimal results.
Here are 5 key areas that encompass their own best practices for effective instruction and they are interconnected in many aspects.
1. a technique or methodology that, through experience and research, has proven to reliably lead to a desired result.
2. a procedure that has been shown by research and experience to produce optimal results and that is established or proposed as a standard suitable for widespread adoption.
Most definitions have something in common; research, experience and desired or optimal results.
Here are 5 key areas that encompass their own best practices for effective instruction and they are interconnected in many aspects.
Intentional
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Balanced Curriculum• Authentic
• Multidisciplinary • Rigorous • Transfer of knowledge • Real-world connections • Developmental • Collaboration • Cohesive • Extension and reinforcement • Real-world applications • Connected ideas • Alignment • Vertically aligned |
Academic Engagement• Student-centered
• Meaningful • Explicit instruction • Challenging • Reflective • Peer learning • Experiential learning • Holistic • Rigorous • Students' interests • Student ownership • Immediate Feedback • Active learning |
Differentiated
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Effective Learning Environment• High expectations
• Social contract • Established procedures • Positive reinforcement • Safe environment • Consistency • Active monitoring • Positive communication • Parent communication • Objectivity • Non-verbal cues • Engagement • Smooth transitions • Corrective feedback • Demonstrate and model |