Help students acquire successful learning strategies using the SOAR approach: Select key ideas, Organize information, Associate ideas to create meaningful connections, and Regulate learning through practice.
This book is written primarily for faculty but will be equally useful for TAs, tutors, and learning center professionals. For readers with no background in education or cognitive psychology, the book avoids jargon and esoteric theory.
I found an ally in my campaign to morph content, skills, and understanding in online videos by Dan Meyers, a former high school math teacher based in the San Francisco Bay area. Meyers argues in “Math class needs a makeover” that math ...
" Drawing from theory and research in learning, this book offers clear, practical guidance along with inspirational ideas to show how teachers can enable students to gain both the cognitive competence and confidence needed to succeed ...
Comprehensive "how to" resource for methodology in TESOL. An excellent resource for those who are learning to teach ESL or for those teachers who need new ideas and professional development. Suitable for self-study.
Teaching is an essential skill in becoming a faculty member in any institution of higher education. Yet how is that skill actually acquired by graduate students?
This book includes: · Self-assessment tools to help teachers make informed decisions · Examples of self-care plans and schoolwide policies for maintaining healthy boundaries in and out of school · Real-world vignettes and samples of ...
In E. Bender, M. Dunn, B. Kendall, C. Larson, & P. Wilkes (Eds.), Quick hits: Successful strategies by award winning teachers. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Kennedy, R. (2007). In-class debates: Fertile ground for active ...
By test scores, or almost any other method of accounting, ELS has a successful track record in education reform. ... the school board must unanimously approve it, and 80 percent of school staff must agree on the proposal.
In a practical and funny resource, an experienced teaching consultant offers creative strategies for teachers and professors who are handling a subject they don't know, in a book that offers tips for introducing topics in a lively style, ...
It is designed to give students opportunities to develop their own ideas, to think critically, to develop an informed opinion, ... on which we are all dependent and for which we are all responsible; • investigate new ways ...