As I read this chapter I was thinking that once again this seems so duh!! and why are we not doing this??? It mentions that effective instruction consists of a few easy things, whole class teaching, effective lessons and a model/practice approach. I feel that this was my main style of teaching when I taught in the classroom and I do believe my students showed growth throughout the year. I think that we have strayed from the whole class teaching approach (thinking that it is old school) and moved so much to individualized teaching/learning. I look at our test scores and student growth and wonder are we really doing best practices, according to this book.... NO. Using the model/practice approach throughout a lesson does truly let the teacher know in a quick second if the class was ready to move on or more teaching and practice is needed.
I did chuckle with the mention of Madeline Hunter, because that was the huge push in my undergrad eons ago.
I think the coined saying "Don't reinvent the wheel" use what we already know works... is what this chapter really is FOCUSing on!
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