E. C. Wragg

We are usually enthusiastic of Marzano’s work because in the last decade, he has written the excellent What Works series that have made majore contributions to the literature. This is not one of those titles. Chapters in this book cover the design of instruction from goals and objectives through assessment backed up by research. The problem is that the research is old, most being in the 80s and early 90s before NCLB and its philosophy came into being. We’d like to see a major review of research in the last decade. So, regretfully, we recommend other works by Marzano and are still waiting for something really current.… (mais)