With the current emphasis on standards-based education, teachers everywhere are searching for programs and practices that have the strongest positive effect on student achievement. Since its initial publication in 1972, Models of Teaching, now in its eighth edition, has been considered the classic text in the field. Rationale and research pair with real-world examples and applications to provide a strong foundation for new educators. The thoroughly documented research on the various models of teaching (and their subsequent positive effects on student success) give teachers the tools they need to build strong classrooms that accelerate student learning. Encompassing all of the major psychological and philosophical approaches to teaching and schooling, this new edition of a classic text is at the core of a successful K-12 teacher education program. \nBook Features: \nProvides an abundance of both classic and contemporary teaching models, classified into four families: Social, Information-Processing, Personal and Behavioral Systems \nEach model includes suggestions for putting the teaching strategies to use in the classroom with applications and through a Summary Chart \nMost chapters either open with or contain at least one Scenario, putting the instructional model into the context of the classroom \nEach family classification of models ends with a chapter that focuses on inquiry and includes much of the new research supporting each family of models \nPeer-coaching guides are included to facilitate planning for practice with the most commonly used models of teaching and to provide formats for observing demonstration and peer practice (Appendix) \nTables and figures are used whenever possible to break up the text and summarize important information to help aid visual learners