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Effective Instruction: A Handbook of Evidence-Based Strategies By Myles Friedman, Diane H. Harwell, and Katherine C. Schnepel

An 840-page hardcover. ISBN 0-9666588-4-1




Please consider the following endorsements by leaders in education.


"I believe the book should be very beneficial to administrators and staff development personnel. It pulls together in one place all of the instructional strategies that are supported by research evidenced".
Robert Stevens, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, Penn State University.


"An exceptionally valuable resource. You and your colleagues are to be commended for the thoroughness with which you approached this work." Lawrence Lezotte, Ph.D., Head, Effective Schools, Ltd., Former chair. Department of Educational Administration, Michigan State University.


"The work is extraordinarily comprehensive in its treatment of the subject and will contribute significantly to the available body of research on effective instructional practices." Patricia Burns, Ph.D., Superintendent, Lancaster County School District, Lancaster, SC


"Certainly the importance of having one source for school administrators and teachers to review the instructional practices that are repeatedly supported in the literature is immeasurable. Congratulations on an impressive work." Jacqueline Jacobs, Ph.D., Professor, Educational Leadership and Foundations, Western Carolina University


"I sincerely congratulate the authors on such an outstanding product. The text was concise and easy to interpret. The book will be a valuable resource and reference." Lee Johnson, Vice President, Siena Heights University


"You have written an outstanding book, which is most practical Educators who are striving to reach the challenges of No Child Left Behind will discover many of the answers to their questions within Effective Instruction." Arthur W Stellar, Ph.D., Superintendent of Taunton Public Schools, Taunton, Massachusetts, former CEO High/Scope Educational Research Foundation and President of ASCD

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