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Welcome to the Center on Instruction (COI), your gateway to a cutting-edge collection of scientifically based resources on instruction.

COI is based at RMC Research Corporation in Portsmouth, NH. We will continue to keep this site active through September 2013 in order to provide educators with FREE resources.

From 2005 to 2012, COI developed and identified free resources for use by Regional Comprehensive Centers and state, district, and local educators in their pursuit of high quality instruction. While COI’s resources are useful for improving the achievement of all students, they particularly target students in the lowest performing schools, students with difficulties learning mathematics, students needing intensive instruction, or special needs/diverse learners, including English language learners. Educators striving to improve instruction and raise academic achievement will find COI’s resources useful and relevant, including those who have been awarded School Improvement Grants (SIG) and/or those implementing College and Career Ready Standards, including the Common Core State Standards.

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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Image for Informational Text Structure (Module 1: Grades K-5): Using Knowledge of Text Structure to Improve Comprehension in Grades K-5. Informational Text Structure (Module 1: Grades K-5): Using Knowledge of Text Structure to Improve Comprehension in Grades K-5
Module 1 is one of two presentations on informational text structure, focusing on students in Grades K-5; Module 2 addresses students in Grades 6-12 and is posted separately.
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Image for Informational Text Structure (Module 2: Grades 6-12): Using Knowledge of Text Structure to Improve Comprehension in Grades 6-12. Informational Text Structure (Module 2: Grades 6-12): Using Knowledge of Text Structure to Improve Comprehension in Grades 6-12
Module 2 is one of two presentations on informational text structure, focusing on students in Grades 6-12; Module 1 addresses students in Grades K-5 and is posted separately.
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Image for Facilitator's Guide for Online Course: What Education Leaders Should Know about Virtual Education. Facilitator's Guide for Online Course: What Education Leaders Should Know about Virtual Education
This facilitator’s guide is based on the What Education Leaders Should Know about Virtual Education, an online course designed by Center on Instruction and the New England Comprehensive Center, which allows participants to experience online learning themselves from the perspective of an online learner.
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School Improvement Grants (SIG)

College and Career Ready Standards (including Common Core State Standards)

eCatalog
Center on Instruction Catalog
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.