Powerful Learning: What We Know About Teaching for Understanding
- ISBN-10
- 1119181763
- ISBN-13
- 9781119181767
- Series
- Powerful Learning
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-07-15
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Authors
- Linda Darling-Hammond, P. David Pearson, Brigid Barron
Description
In Powerful Learning, Linda Darling-Hammond and animpressive list of co-authors offer a clear, comprehensive, andengaging exploration of the most effective classroom practices.They review, in practical terms, teaching strategies that generatemeaningful K–2 student understanding, and occur both withinthe classroom walls and beyond. The book includes rich stories, aswell as online videos of innovative classrooms and schools, thatshow how students who are taught well are able to think critically,employ flexible problem-solving, and apply learned skills andknowledge to new situations.
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Other editions
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- 2011
- 176 pages
- Paperback
- Aust Council for Ed Research
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- 2008-07-08
- 288 pages
- Paperback
- Jossey-Bass
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- 2006
- 297 pages
- Paperback
- Centers for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan
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