Research-based instructional practices are strategies of teaching that have been studied for effectiveness in student learning.
These practices, instruction methods, and interventions are also referred to as evidenced-based, research-based, scientifically based, and data-based.
"If an educational strategy is evidence-based, data-based, or research-based, educators compile, analyze, and use objective evidence to inform the design an academic program or guide the modification of instructional techniques" (Great Schools Partnership, 2014).
Silver, Strong, and Perini (2007) list some of the most commonly used research-based strategies in their ASCD book The Strategic Teacher: Selecting the Right Research-Based Strategy for Every Lesson.
Some of these top level strategies also have sub-strategies that can be applied to content-specific or themed lessons.