Translating brain research into best practice, this book offers teachers a concise Strategic Learning Model for the active transfer of knowledge to students' long-term memory.
The only book to cover active learning in the middle or secondary classroom, this is a sourcebook of hundreds of instructional strategies to engage students in learning...
The book is designed as a user-friendly resource that is directly applicable to practice. All of the book's strategies support teachers in their efforts to engage and motivate diverse learners as they meet academic and social objectives.
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Gives an abundance of practical advice on how active learning techniques can be used by teachers across the disciplines. Using real-life examples, the authors discuss how various small-group exercises, simulations,...
This book focuses on selected best practices for effective active learning in Higher Education. Contributors present the epistemology of active learning along with specific case studies from different disciplines and countries.
The instructional design introduced in this book advocates four components: academic, social/collaborative, contextual, and cognitive/developmental. These components work in tandem with Active Teaching and Learning Strategies.
Maximize learning for all learners with this compilation of strategies that engage secondary students, develop 21st century skills, and improve literacy across a variety of content areas
A revised and greatly expanded 2nd edition featuring more than 250 research-based and teacher-tested strategies for solving teaching problems and transforming classrooms into communities of active, responsible learners.
Enhance your students’ success and improve the likelihood of retention with the easy-to-implement activities and strategies in this book!
Using the strategies in this book, teachers can strategically “let go” in ways that enable students to reach their learning targets, achieve more, be motivated to work, learn to collaborate, and experience a real sense of accomplishment ...