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I have over 2,100 frequently revised and updated “Best” lists on just about every subject imaginable, and you can find them listed three different ways in three different places (see Three Accessible Ways To Search For & Find My “Best” Lists).

I’m starting to publish a series where each day I will highlight the “Best” lists in a separate category.

Today, it’s on Instructional Strategies:

I’ll start by linking to all my Ed Week posts on Instructional Strategies.

The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom

The Best Resources For Learning About Homework Issues

The Best Resources For Learning How To Best Give Feedback To Students

The Best Resources Showing Why We Need To Be “Data-Informed” & Not “Data-Driven”

The Best Posts About The Power Of Light Touches In The Classroom

The Best Resources For Adapting Your Textbook So It Doesn’t Bore Students To Death

The Best Resources On Students Using Gestures & Physical Movement To Help With Learning

The Best Resources On The “Summer Slide”

The Best Resources For Planning The First Days Of School

Best Posts On The Basics Of Small Groups In The Classroom

The Best Resources On Teaching & Learning Critical Thinking In The Classroom

The Best Resources On Differentiating Instruction

The Best Posts On Helping Students Teach Their Classmates — Help Me Find More

The Best Sources Of Advice On Helping Students Strengthen & Develop Their Creativity

The Best Posts & Articles About Asking Good Questions — Help Me Find More

The Best Tools For Creating Clozes (Gap-Fills)

The Best Posts Questioning If Direct Instruction Is “Clearly Superior”

The Best Resources For Teaching “What If?” History Lessons

The Best Resources For Applying “Fed Ex Days” (Also Known As Genius Hours) To Schools

The Most Useful Resources For Implementing Common Core — I Hope You’ll Contribute More

The Best Resources On Using Drama In The Classroom

The Best Posts On The “Flipped Classroom” Idea

The Best Posts & Articles About Asking Good Questions

The Best Resources On The Value & Practice Of Having Older Students Mentoring Younger Ones

The Best Ways To Deal With Rudeness In Class

The Best Posts & Articles On Student Engagement

The Best Resources For Learning About Ability Grouping & Tracking — Help Me Find More

The Best Resources For Doing A “One-Sentence Project”

The Best Resources For Learning About The Concept Of “Transfer” — Help Me Find More

The Best Resources For Learning About The “Maker Movement” — Help Me Find More

Best Posts On Writing Instruction

The Best Resources On The Importance Of Saying “I’m Sorry”

The Best Posts & Articles On Boredom & How Students & Teachers Can Deal With It

The Best Places To Find Free (And Good) Lesson Plans On The Internet

The Best Places On The Web To Write Lesson Plans

The Best Research Demonstrating That Lectures Are Not The Best Instructional Strategy

The Best Resources For Learning About Balanced Literacy & The “Reading Wars”

The Best Posts & Articles On How To Teach “Controversial” Topics

The Best Places To Get The “Same” Text Written For Different “Levels”

The Best Resources On The Idea Of “Wait Time”

The Best Resources Sharing The Best Practices For Fruitful Classroom Discussions

The Best Research On Why Some Students Ask For More Or Less Help Than Others

The Best Resources About Inductive Learning & Teaching

The Best Posts On Reading Strategies & Comprehension – Help Me Find More!

The Best Resources On The Educational Value Of Doodling

The Best & Most Useful Free Student Hand-Outs Available Online – Help Me Find More

The Best Resources On Effective Note-Taking Strategies – Help Me Find More

The Best TV/Movie Scenes Showing Good & Bad Classroom Discussions

The Best Resources On Close Reading Paintings, Photos & Videos

The Best Tools & Lessons For Teaching Information Literacy – Help Me Find More

The Best Ways To Use “3-2-1″ As An Instructional Strategy

The Best Resources On Blended Learning – Help Me Find More

The Best Resources For Helping Students Learn How Best To Study

The Best Resources For Learning About The Importance Of Prior Knowledge (& How To Activate It)

The “Best” Lists Of Recommendations About What “Effective” Teachers Do

The Best Resources For Learning About “Deeper Learning”

The Best Resources On Student Agency & How To Encourage It

The Best Videos About The Importance Of Practice – Help Me Find More

The Best Social Media-Created “Syllabuses” About Current Events

The Best Resources About “Culturally Responsive Teaching” & “Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy” – Please Share More!

The Best Resources For Learning About “Learning Strategies”

The Best Posts On Looking At Our Students Through The Lens Of Assets & Not Deficits

The Best Resources For “Do Now” Activities To Begin A Class

The Best Resources On Providing Scaffolds To Students

The Best Resources On Classroom Seating Strategies

The Best Resources For Learning About The Value Of “Self-Explanation”

The Best Resources On Developing A Sense Of Community In The Classroom

The Best Resources For Planning “Learning Stations” – Please Add More

The Best Resources For Learning About Retrieval Practice

The Best Collections Of Instructional Strategies

New & Revised: A Collection Of Advice On Talking To Students About Race & Racism

The Best Ideas About How To Use Classroom Walls – Please Recommend More Resources

The Best Articles (& Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice & Resources To Teachers In 2018 – So Far

The Best Articles (& Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice & Resources To Teachers In 2017 – Part Two

The Best Articles (& Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice & Resources To Teachers In 2017 – So Far

The Best Articles (& Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice & Resources To Teachers In 2016 – Part Two

The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice & Resources To Teachers In 2016 – So Far

The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice & Resources To Teachers In 2015 – Part Two

The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice & Resources To Teachers In 2015 – So Far

The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice & Resources To Teachers In 2014 – Part Two

The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice & Resources To Teachers In 2014 – So Far

The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice & Resources To Teachers In 2013 – Part Two

The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice & Resources To Teachers In 2013 – So Far

The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice & Resources To Teachers In 2012 — Part Two

The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice To Teachers In 2012 — Part One

The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice To Teachers In 2011

The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice To Teachers — 2010

The Best Articles (And Blog Posts) Offering Practical Advice To Teachers — 2009

The Best Resources On Class Instruction – 2015

The Best Resources On Class Instruction In 2016 – So Far

The Best Resources On Class Instruction In 2016 – Part Two

The Best Resources On Class Instruction In 2017 – So Far

The Best Resources On Class Instruction In 2017 – Part Two

The Best Resources On Class Instruction In 2018 – So Far

THE BEST RESOURCES ON CLASS INSTRUCTION IN 2018 – PART TWO

The Best Teacher Resources For “Foldables”

The Best Resources On “The Danger Of A Single Story”

The Best Ideas For Helping Students Connect Lessons To Their Interests & The World

THE BEST ARTICLES (& BLOG POSTS) OFFERING PRACTICAL ADVICE & RESOURCES TO TEACHERS IN 2018 – PART TWO

The Best Resources On “Instructional Coaching”

THE BEST RESOURCES ON CLASS INSTRUCTION IN 2019 – PART ONE

THE BEST ARTICLES (& BLOG POSTS) OFFERING PRACTICAL ADVICE & RESOURCES TO TEACHERS IN 2019 – PART ONE

THE EIGHT BEST TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON THIS BLOG

THE BEST RESOURCES ON CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION IN 2019 – PART TWO

THE BEST ARTICLES (& BLOG POSTS) OFFERING PRACTICAL ADVICE & RESOURCES TO TEACHERS IN 2019 – PART TWO

THE BEST RESOURCES TO LEARN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHER MODELING

THE BEST RESOURCES ON INSTRUCTION IN 2020 – PART ONE

 

In addition, you might find these useful:

The Best Reflective Posts I’ve Written About My Teaching Practice In 2011

The Best Reflective Posts I’ve Written About My Teaching Practice — 2010

The Best Reflective Posts I’ve Written About My Teaching Practice — 2009