Teaching Effective Strategies in the Standards-based Classroom shows educators how to analyze and effectively teach the standards to students. This informative guide assists the educator in developing a standards-based curriculum with lessons, projects, and activities at all levels of rigor to help develop students critical thinking and problem solving skills as well as preparing students for standardized testing. Educators are also given instructional strategies for student comprehension and mastery of the standards. The use of technology to create learning projects and activities is also discussed.