Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Beginning with what students know : activating prior knowledge -- 2. Active learning : an essential classroom ingredient -- 3. Ensuring gender-fair instruction : for female and male students -- 4. Teaching diverse students : addressing language, class, culture, and ability differences in the classroom -- 5. Assessing student performance -- 6. Some concluding thoughts.

This book puts ready-to-use instructional strategies into the hands of teachers. Rather than being just a compendium of good ideas for the classroom, the techniques here have been proven to strengthen student achievement.