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Welcome to the Center on Instruction (COI), your gateway to a cutting-edge collection of scientifically based resources on instruction. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, COI develops and identifies free resources that Regional Comprehensive Centers and state, district, and local educators can use in their pursuit of high quality instruction. Explore the links to the left for syntheses of recent research, practitioner guides, professional development materials, tools for educators, and examples from the field.

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Cognitive Strategy Instruction

This resource reviews the use of cognitive strategy instruction as a way to improve academic performance for children with learning difficulties.
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Evidence Based Practices (for Secondary Transitions)

This resource provides a review of intervention and correlational research (related to secondary transition services) and includes descriptions of instructional practices, research-to-practice lesson plan starters, and predictors of improved post-secondary outcomes.
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Webinar: RTI in Mathematics at the Secondary Level

The Center on Instruction hosted a webinar on January 10, 2012, on RTI in Mathematics at the Secondary Level, featuring Dr. Takako Nomi from the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research and Dr. John Woodward of the School of Education at the University of Puget Sound.
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eCatalog

The Center's eCatalog describes all COI-developed publications and professional development materials on K-12 instruction. Each resource can be accessed by clicking on its title in the catalog.