Explicit Instruction_ Effective and Efficient Teaching

"Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching" by Anita L. Archer and Charles A. Hughes is a comprehensive resource designed to help educators implement explicit instruction across various grade levels and content areas. The book is built on a foundation of research and best practices to promote student achievement through systematic, direct, engaging, and success-oriented teaching methods.

Key topics covered in the book include:

1. Foundations of Explicit Instruction: Exploring the principles and benefits of explicit instruction.
2. Designing Lessons: Strategies for teaching skills, vocabulary, concepts, and rules.
3. Organizing for Instruction: Effective classroom management and lesson planning.
4. Delivering Instruction: Techniques for eliciting student responses and using critical delivery skills.
5. Providing Independent Practice: Ensuring students can practice and master new material independently.

The book includes practical tools such as sample lesson plans, checklists, teacher worksheets, and reproducible materials, which can be downloaded for repeated use. Additionally, the authors provide clear guidelines on identifying key concepts and designing effective lessons, supplemented with lively examples and concrete applications from diverse classrooms​