High-Impact Instruction: A Framework for Great Teaching

Small changes can lead to big results!

Best-selling author Jim Knight presents the high-leverage strategies that make the biggest difference in student learning. Featuring checklists, numerous observation tools, and online videos of teachers implementing the practices, this revolutionary book focuses on the three areas of high-impact instruction:

• Content planning, including using guiding questions, learning maps, and formative assessment


• Instructional practices such as the use of thinking prompts, effective questions, challenging assignments, and experiential learning


• Community building, in which you shape a classroom culture that promotes well-being, creativity, learning, and high expectations