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Last Updated Wednesday October 21, 2009
 
CONTENTS OF PAGE
General Resources
Differentiation & UBD
Concept Maps & Graphic Organizers
Webquests
Questioning Strategies
Teaching Students with Exceptionalities

 Lee's Links to Instructional Strategies          Raymond W. "Donny" Lee, Jr., Ed.D. 
NOTE: I have found the following links to be helpful at the time I accessed them. (Keep in mind: Information on the Internet     DOES change!) While I've carefully reviewed each link for its usefulness and appropriateness, I do not necessarily endorse everything contained within the link. Should you find inappropriate, misleading, or inaccurate materials; or, should the link no longer be accessible, please let me know. Also, should you have suggestions for links, let me know.

General Resources

Glossary of Instructional Strategies The Electronic School.com
Big6™ Information Skills Problem-Based Learning
Study Skills Self-Help Information Deductive and Inductive Thinking
The Case for Explicit, Teacher-led, Cognitive Strategy Instruction Searches on the Internet
Reciprocal Teaching A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching for Excellence
Critical Reading/Thinking Across the Curriculum Rubi-Star
Improving Deductive Reasoning Skills Trash-n-Treasure Method of Note Taking
"Approaches to Instruction" NoteMaking
Instructional Resources: Introduction to Teaching Strategies Three Steps for Gaining Access to the General Education Curriculum
Glossary of Instructional Strategies Power of Two
Instructional Strategies Resources Transforming Teaching through Technology
Instructional Strategies for Kindergarten and Primary Grades Instructional Strategies Online
Learning Theories and Instructional Strategies Matrix "Welcome to Seussville!"
Using Instructional Strategies for Literature-Based Instruction Instructional and Management Practices
Research-Based Instructional Strategies That Work Effective Instructional Strategies for Language Minority Students
Instructional Strategies on the Internet  Research-Based Instructional Strategies That Work (2)
Tools for Reading, Wriring, & Thinking Utah Education Network

Differentiation & UBD
Differentiation Resources Intervention Central (Great resources for RTI)
Differentiation Strategies (Highly Recommended) Differentiation Strategies
Strategies for Differentiating Differentiated Instruction Hotlist
Teaching Concepts, Understandings, & Disciplines Differentiating Instruction
Understanding by Design Overview PPt (pdf) Developing Goals and Objectives
Glossary of Differentiation Terms Understanding by Design Exchange

Concept Maps & Graphic Organizers
Graphic Organizers  
Graphic Organizers Graphic Organizers
Graphic Organizers Graphic Organizers
Concept Maps Graphic Organizers
Index of Graphic Organizers Graphic Organizers References and Hot Links

Web Quests Resources
Filamentality (Highly Recommended) The WebQuest Page at San Diego State University
WebQuest Flow Chart A WebQuest About WebQuests  
Instant WebQuest! (this is a Word document template)

Word Template for WebQuest
Why WebQuests?   Creating Rubrics  
Another Template for WebQuest Searching With Savvy: The Best Engines for Teachers and Students
What is a Webquest? "Writing a WebQuest for Your Classroom"
WebQuest Collection "WebQuests"
"WebQuests" "A WebQuest About WebQuests" by Bernie Dodge
Building Blocks of a WebQuest   Template for WebQuest

Southern Arkansas University & Southern Educational Cooperative WebQuest Collection

 		Searching With Savvy: The Best Engines for Teachers and Students (Part 2)
  Another Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests

Questioning Strategies
The Art of Questioning by Dennis Wolf Assessment: Questioning

Questioning Techniques for Gifted Students by Jo Painter

How To Develop Questioning Strategies
Classroom Questioning by Kathleen Cotton Questioning Tips
Questioning Menu Questioning

Socratic Questioning Techniques

 		Questioning and Problem Posing
Questioning "Socratic Questioning Techniques" Covington Schools, TN
Questioning Skills To Promote Discussion "Tutorial on Problem-Based Learning" (adapted from Richard Paul)
Effective Questioning Techniques "The Role of Questions in Thinking, Teaching, & Learning"

Investigating Our Worlds

 		QUILT: How Better Questioning Leads to Improved Learning
Teaching Questioning Skills: Franklin Elementary School by Kathleen Cotton "Questioning Strategies" by Mathematics Center for Educator Development

"Socratic Seminars: Engaging Students in Intellectual Discourse" by Lynda Tredway in Educational Leadership

 		 

 

Teaching Students with Exceptionalities
ESL Strategies  
All Kinds of Minds "Guided Notes Increase Test Scores for Learning-Disabled"
National Mental Health and Education Center "Practical Suggestions for Teaching Autism" 
Pro-Ed Links Page with Many Resources for Disabilities Guided Notes
Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities Preparing Guided Notes
"Teaching Expressive Writing to Students with Disabilities" "Preparing Teachers for Differentiated Instruction"
"Teaching Students with Autism" "Classroom  Adaptations for Students with Visual Disabilities"
Classroom Interventions for Children with ADHD & LD "New Strategies for Note-Taking and Review" (pdf)
Teaching Special Kids: On-Line Resources for Educators "Arranging the Classroom ... for Students with ADHD"
Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome "Promoting Social Skills for Students w/ Nonverbal LDs"  
"Guided Notes Increase Test Scores for LD Students" "Enhancing the Schooling of Students with TBI" (pdf)
"Helping the Student with ADHD in the Classroom..." "Using FBA to Promote Desirable Student Behavior ..."
"Suggested Classroom Accommodations for Specific Behaviors" "A Practical Guide to Functional Behavioral Assessments"
"Scaffolding Reading Experiences for Inclusive Classes" "High School Peer Buddies: A Win-Win Situation"
"Standards-Based Instruction" "Responding to Students with Nonverbal LDs"
"Improving the Effectiveness of Your Lectures" "Asperger's Syndrome"
"An Overview of Autism" "Strategies for Teaching Youth with ADD or ADHD"
Behavior Management Advice Site (Dr. Mac's) Uniquely Gifted: ... Gifted Children with Special Needs
"Successful Strategies for Teaching Gifted Learners" CEC On-Line Journals