This book makes the case for providing study skills instruction at the elementary and secondary school levels and identifies important study skills and how to teach them. Chapters include: (1) "The Case for Study Skills Instruction"; (2) "Theory and Research"; (3) "Planning for Study Skills Instruction"; (4) "Self-Management"; (5) "Listening, Participating, and Taking Notes in Class"; (6) "Completing Reading Assignments"; (7) "Writing School Papers"; and (8) "Taking Tests." (SG)
You will find: •An array of low-to-no-cost digital tools ranging in complexity and all focused on educational merit; •Step-by-step instructions that take the mystery out of using each e-tool; •Lesson connections and lists of classroom ...
Learning how to learn is an essential preparation for lifelong learning. This book offers a set of in-service resources to help teachers develop new classroom practices informed by sound research.
Harness natural curiosity for conceptual understanding Nurture young learners' innate curiosity about the world and bring intellectual rigor throughout the developmental stages of childhood.
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This book contains a wealth of research-based instructional tools at teachers' fingertips to help students make connections with information resources and to read critically.
Public education is in crisis. At the heart of the problem is the idea that education can exist in a moral vacuum. Describes the melee in public education and calls for a return to classical teaching methods.
The Lost Tools of Learning
To do this, they need conceptual understanding. This book serves as a road map for Concept-Based teaching. Discover how to help students uncover conceptual relationships and transfer them to new situations.
The book is written in a colloquial, engaging style, with several anecdotes, diagrams and charts. This book is especially recommended to parents just beginning their examination of classical education.
Teaching Tools for the 21st Century