Effective Instructional Strategies — Quadrant D Moments

Teachers and school leaders know instinctively that the real test of students’ learning is their ability to synthesize and apply that learning to solve complex problems or to create real-world products or solutions. This is precisely what Quadrant D of the Rigor/Relevance Framework® is all about. The handbook first clarifies the misconception that teaching for high rigor and relevance requires complex projects and a significant amount of instructional time. Then, to support teachers and school leaders committed to creating Quadrant D learning moments inside or outside of the classroom, it presents for every grade level and subject 20 instructional strategies, along with hundreds of brief D-moment activities that build and reinforce Quadrant D learning on a daily basis.

Topics covered include:

• cross references for each strategy that include multiple learning style and intelligences
• how-to approaches for each strategy
• explanation of how each strategy addresses Quadrant D learning