Edwin S. Ellis has conducted scientific research on strategic instruction for over 30 years and works extensively on putting that research into practice. While his scholarship is well known and studied in the academic community, the practical, user-friendly instructional materials stemming from his research is used extensively in intermediate, middle, and high schools as well as in teacher-preparation programs throughout the US and Canada.

Makes Sense Strategies™ is the culmination of over 15 years of research examining ways to utilize principles of brain-based learning and strategic instruction to make complex information more readily understandable, meaningful, and memorable. AYP test scores in schools implementing MSS attest to the robustness of this work.