Silver, Strong, and Perini are all with an education consultancy and press, and have collaborated on a number of recent education texts. They present a practical text offering teachers a collection of 20 high-impact, research-based strategies to meet the full range of student diversity. The 20 strategies are organized into four distinct styles of instruction: a mastery style emphasizing the development of memory; an understanding style to expand reasoning and explain abilities; a self-expressive style to stimulate and nourish imagination and creativity; and an interpersonal style to help students find meaning in their relationships as partners and team members in learning. Each strategy includes a brief introduction, explanation of the research base supporting the strategy, clear steps for its use in class, and additional tools, strategies, and resources for adapting and expanding its use. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Are you looking for high-impact, research-based strategies to transform your students into high-achieving and inspired learners? In The Strategic Teacher, you?ll find a repertoire of strategies designed and proven to meet today's high standards and reach diverse learners. Twenty reliable, flexible strategies (along with dozens of variations) are organized into groups of instruction. To guide teachers in delivering content to students, the authors started with the best research-based teaching and learning strategies and created a tool called the Strategic Dashboard. The dashboard provides information about each teaching strategy in a concise, visual profile; it is also designed to document how you incorporate current, highly respected research into your plans. The authors have combined their years of research and practice to deliver reliable, high-impact, flexible teaching and learning strategies grounded in current, highly regarded research to teachers at all levels of experience.