Explicit Instruction Effective and Efficient Teaching by Anita L. Archer & Charles A. Hughes (2010)

Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching (2010) by Anita L. Archer and Charles A. Hughes — an Amazon #1 Bestseller in Special Education with over 225,000 copies in print — is the definitive practitioner guide to explicit instruction. Part of Guilford's What Works for Special-Needs Learners series, this illustrated edition has become a foundational text in teacher preparation, instructional coaching, and evidence-based classroom practice.

Explicit instruction is systematic, direct, engaging, and success-oriented — and has been shown to promote achievement for all students. This highly practical and accessible resource gives special and general education teachers the tools to implement explicit instruction in any grade level or content area. Authors Archer and Hughes are leading experts who provide clear guidelines for identifying key concepts, skills, and routines to teach; designing and delivering effective lessons; and giving students opportunities to practice and master new material.

The volume includes sample lesson plans, lively examples, and reproducible checklists and teacher worksheets that enhance the practical utility of the book. Purchasers can also print the reproducible materials for repeated use, and video clips demonstrating the approach in real classrooms are available at the authors' website explicitinstruction.org.

Topics covered: sixteen elements of explicit instruction; designing and organizing instruction; delivering instruction; teaching academic skills and strategies; teaching vocabulary; teaching comprehension skills; active engagement and opportunities to respond; monitoring student performance and providing feedback; correcting student errors; maintaining attention and behavior; firming up practice with distributed, cumulative review; and coaching teachers in explicit instruction.

Essential for: special education teachers; general education K-12 teachers; reading specialists and literacy coaches; intervention specialists; instructional coaches; teacher educators; school administrators; RTI/MTSS teams; and any educator working with struggling learners, English language learners, or students with disabilities.