Enhancing community well-being through partnerships in education

The Effective Instructional Strategies Series is a collection of three booklets based on the components used in Pacific Communities with High-performance In Literacy Development (Pacific CHILD), a principles-based professional development program consisting of research-based teaching and learning strategies proven to help improve students’ reading comprehension using informational text.
Interactive Tasks is an instructional approach that promotes the use of language by the teacher and students. Practitioners will learn about research supporting interactive tasks as an effective way for students to learn from each other and how teachers’ use of specific strategies can increase language development and achievement for all students.
Available for free download here. If you would like printed copies, please contact PREL at products@prel.org.