Articles: DOING WHAT WORKS
Article Name: Doing What Works
Org: US Department of Education
Date: 2007
Abstract:
The U.S. Department of Education recently launched a new website to provide teachers, administrators and other educators with recommendations on effective teaching practices and examples of possible ways to implement those practices to help promote excellence in American education and improve student achievement. The new "Doing What Works" site, offers a user-friendly interface to quickly locate teaching practices that have been found effective by the department's research arm, the Institute of Education Sciences, and similar organizations. In addition, it cites examples of possible ways this research may be used to help students reach their academic potential. Content on the site is organized into three areas:
- Learning what works: understanding the research base behind the practices.
- Seeing how it works: accessing examples of schools and classrooms engaged in those practices, including engaging videos.
- Doing what works: enabling users to access examples of tools and templates to implement the practices.
