At the community level, arts-based teaching and learning may focus on improved outcomes for special populations or for the community as a whole. To affect knowledge of the arts, for example, schools may provide instruction in visual arts, music, dance, or drama, perhaps integrating these four disciplines. Classroom models bring art activities to students in a regular classroom setting. An “artist-in-the classroom” or “artist-in-residence” works cooperatively with the students’ regular teacher to plan and implement art or arts-based lessons. This resource includes: 1. What are “arts-based teaching and learning” practices 2. How are arts-based teaching and learning practices implemented 3. What are the effects of arts-based teaching and learning practices 4. Positive relationships between arts and academics 5. Recommendations for the Implementation of Arts-Based Teaching and Learning 6. Resources to implement ABL

Job-Based Learning is usually taken to mean learning the job-specific skills and knowledge by doing the job. The learning happens in real time and may be indistinguishable from the performance of the work to which it is intended to contribute. This Resource Covers: 1. Meaning of JBL 2. JBL Synonyms 3. CAREERS Acronym 4. JBL Benefits 5. JBL Myths 6. JBL Types 7. JBL Resources

Brain-based learning refers to teaching methods, lesson designs, and school programs that are based on the latest scientific research about how the brain learns, including such factors as cognitive development—how students learn differently as they age, grow, and mature socially, emotionally, and cognitively. This is a new paradigm which establishes connections between brain function and educational practice. In a nutshell, brain-based education says, “Everything we do uses our brain.” This resource includes: 1. Definition of Brain Based Learning 2. BBL Basics, Principles, and Strategies 3. Practical School Applications 4. Resources for Implementation

Data based decision making or data-driven decision making refers to educator’s ongoing process of collecting and analyzing different types of data, including demographic, student achievement test, satisfaction, and process data to guide decisions towards an improvement of an educational process. This Resource Includes: 1. Meaning of Data-Based Learning 2. Using Data to Guide Instruction and Improve Student Learning 3. Types of Data used in Education 4. Sources of Data 5. 5 Innovative Tools for Data-Based Teaching 6. Data-Based Learning: Right Opportunities for the Desired Outcome 7. Resources to Implement DBL

Feedback is vital in just about all learning contexts. How children learn from positive and negative performance feedback lies at the foundation of successful learning and is therefore of great importance for educational practice. This Resource Includes: 1. Meaning of FBL 2. Feedback in Student Learning 3. Feedback Kinds 4. Feedback Attributes 5. Feedback Forms 6. Resources to Implement FBL