Instruction: A Models Approach

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This text makes over ten instructional models clear and relevant by placing them within a standards-based and instructionally aligned process.  

Based on current research and best practice, the models are closely linked to the preparation of objectives, differentiation practices, and assessment options. 

Current and future K-12 teachers.

Tom Estes holds the distinction of Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia. From 1970 to 2001, he served as professor of Reading Education in the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia. During his tenure at the University he was engaged in research related to how children learn to read, focusing on how they acquire the ability to read for the purpose of learning. He was principal investigator on an NIE/NSF research project on the relationship between text structure and comprehension. He is author of Reading and Learning in the Content Classroom, 2nd edition (1985) and Reading and Reasoning Beyond the Primary Grades (1986), both published by Allyn & Bacon.

Susan L. Mintz , associate professor at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia, is the program coordinator of Secondary Education.  She received her Ph.D. in teacher education from Syracuse University.  Dr. Mintz teaches both pre-service teachers and curriculum and instruction graduate students.  She is a member of the Secondary CLASS observation team at the University’s Center for the Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning.