Student question generation is a powerful strategy that improves reading comprehension, scaffolds student writing, and builds lifelong learners. Teachers can wield this evidence-based instructional tool to build important student capacities: producing relevant questions, thinking skills, extended reading inquiry, and writing.
Science
Encouraging Girls in Math and Science
This practice guide aims to formulate specific and coherent evidence-based recommendations that educators can use to encourage girls in the fields of math and science. The target audience is teachers and other school personnel with direct contact with students, such as coaches, counselors, and principals.
Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies for Elementary English Learner Students
This Regional Education Laboratory Southeast Infographic provides a snapshot of five key evidence-based practices for all teachers to use in the elementary classroom for English learner students. Links to primary research sources supporting this infographic are available at the end of the document for quick and easy access.
Why High-Quality Instructional Materials Matter: Interview with Dr. Jared Myracle
High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM) Rubrics
This website provides rubrics developed by the Mississippi Department of Education, in partnership with Mississippi school districts and teachers, to help teachers identify high-quality instructional materials. The site includes rubrics for English language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science.