PDI-9: When a Two-Page Spread Isn't Enough: Navigating Your
Instructional Materials Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Location: Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Room 409 Science Area:
Integrated/General Intended Audience: Elementary; Middle Level;
High School; General Recommended Pathway Sessions Kathy DiRanna,
WestEd Jo Topps, WestEd Karen Cerwin, WestEd Jody Sherriff,
WestEd Melissa Smith, WestEd - How are instructional materials
organized? - To what extent are instructional materials designed
to maximize student learning? - How can instructional materials
be modified for better instructional and assessment practices? -
What criteria should you use to select instructional materials?
What should you look for while visiting the publishers in the
exhibit hall? Instructional materials range from excellent to
mediocre. How can new teachers, or even veteran teachers, become
better consumers and users of instructional materials? In this
session, we explore how instructional materials can be analyzed
for their instructio