“Instructional strategy” is a broad term that’s frequently used in many contexts, but in the context of Teacher as Researcher, it simply means a series of actions with 1) a definable outcome relative to student thinking or learning, and 2) a definable beginning and end.
Teacher as Researcher participants get access to Strategy Clearinghouse, a searchable web database of hundreds of evidence-based instructional strategies to choose from when designing their research cycles.
Read more about instructional strategies as it relates to Teacher as Researcher.