I sincerely apologize to both of you for my thinking aloud.
I was trying to improve my instruction and was looking for
help by considering possibilities.

Jan, I wasn't questioning YOU, I was asking for elaboration.
You shared Mike Schmoker's belief: "we know what works; we
just don't DO it." I assumed from that (I know, I know, I
should never assume) that you meant you knew what works. I
fully agree with you that a lot of things work and, like
Elaine said, it depends on the time and place and especially
on the particular group of students we are working with. I
really did not intend to offend you--in fact, I consider you
my mentor and was looking for your advice.

Sorry,
Judy

On 1/03/09, Jan wrote:
> I have NEVER said there was one right way. I've used
> direct instruction,
> concept formation, concept attainment, synectics and a
> few others. However there ARE researched based
> PRINCIPLES which underlie all models of instruction and
> generalize to everything we do in the classroom. Using
> those appropriately is what I'm talking about.
>
>
>

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