Teacher's Essential Guide: Effective Instruction

This second book in The Teacher's Essential Guide Series, a collection of quick-read guides offers targeted solutions to your most pressing instructional needs: how to build motivation, use meaningful assessment to monitor student learning and assign grades,create purposeful homework, use technology in ways that enhance learning,teach essential study skills, create lessons that engage all students. Burke's solutions are based on research and his experience as a veteran teacher ???? Effective Instruction zeroes in on the essentials that really matter, streamlining and simplifying teaching while boosting student engagement and achievement.

English Language Arts Standards and he recently worked with ACT on their high school English Language Arts standards. His published books include The English Teacher's Companion, The Teacher's Daybook, Reading Reminders and Writing Reminders, 50 Essential Lessons, Academic Workout, and The Reader's Handbook. He is also a senior consultant for the McDougal Littell literature program.