Strategies to Engage Your Students and Develop Their Language of Learning
Research shows that classroom discussion has a major effect on student learning. How do we get students to talk more? Challenging Learning Through Dialogue is for all educators who aim to use effective classroom dialogue to engage students.
How to Get the Type, Tone and Quality of Feedback Right Every Time
Providing high quality feedback is one of the most critical roles of a teacher. Written by educational innovators James and Jill Nottingham, Challenging Learning Through Feedback provides educators with the tools they need to understand and craft excellent feedback.
Converting curiosity into well-crafted questions is the start of learning. This guide provides tools to encourage students to ask their own insightful questions as they start to inquiry learning.
Why a Growth Mindset Makes a Difference in Learning - and What to Do When It Doesn't
Drawing on their work alongside Carol Dweck, the authors answer key questions about Dweck's theory of Mindset and share proven strategies for mindset success.
Through narratives chronicling the efforts of real-life educators, this book presents their time-tested, research-based practices that empower educators to change how things are done in their schools.
"This important work identifies the critical elements of sustainability-the necessary goal of systemic reform-which requires a long-term commitment to change for the benefit of students." -Lois Adams-Rogers, Deputy Executive Director Council of Chief State School Officers Implement a comprehensive, whole-school reform program that lasts! The recent emphasis on educational reform has led to many books on initiating school improvement, but relatively few on how to sustain reform efforts so that improvements have a lasting impact. Changing for Good offers a detailed examination of current schoolwide reform efforts and identifies strategies for introducing, managing, and sustaining successful school renewal programs. Based on a four-year study of 74 schools, the book provides a model for generating the necessary district support, schoolwide leadership, teacher commitment, and performance outcomes to cultivate improvement that lasts. Applicable at the state, district, and school level, this model helps readers: Align reform efforts with educational standards and accountability guidelines Create a research-based improvement plan Support change by developing a shared vision Promote distributed leadership Celebrate gains to encourage cooperation The most beneficial school improvements are the ones that endure. With this exceptional resource, educational administrators and leaders can create a school environment that embraces meaningful change, sustains positive reform, and ensures successful learning outcomes.
Changing How We Teach and Learn With Handheld Computers shows how handheld computing can broaden the locales and communities in which students can grow in academic understanding. These tools enable students to collaborate and network while promoting the extension of learning beyond the time and space of a classroom. Carolyn Staudt, a leading ......
Changing How We Teach and Learn With Handheld Computers shows how handheld computing can broaden the locales and communities in which students can grow in academic understanding. These tools enable students to collaborate and network while promoting the extension of learning beyond the time and space of a classroom. Carolyn Staudt, a leading ......
Embrace the changing suburbs by changing your school! As your students evolve, has your school evolved with them? Schools across the country face sweeping demographic changes and a reshaping of suburban scenery into a more urban landscape. This unique book offers not only an explanation of the increasing diversity in student makeup, but also ideas for acting as an agent of positive change for your school and tools to implement those ideas. Shelley Wepner and the experts at The Changing Suburbs Institute recommend ways you can improve student achievement by Developing a plan of action that addresses the need for more focused, culturally responsive student instruction Creating a culture that celebrates diversity and values cultural awareness Collaborating with universities and communities to promote professional development and student learning Providing programs for English learners such as tutoring, the arts, and summer support Involving parents to promote student achievement Effective teaching and engaged learning flourish in schools where diversity and awareness are embraced. Changing Suburbs, Changing Students puts education in suburban America into perspective and gives you the tools to maintain high achievement for all! "Any district dealing with changing cultures would find these ideas useful. The experiences and the scenarios are most applicable to schools facing an increase in ELL population." -Martin J. Hudacs, Superintendent Solanco School District, Quarryville, PA "This book helps administrators of suburban school districts understand the complexities of the job they hold. More importantly, it provides specific solutions to the challenges they face every day." -Ken Arndt, Superintendent Community Unit School District #300, Carpentersville, IL
