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Do you sense that some students have mentally ""checked out"" of
your classroom? Look closely and you'll probably find that these
students are bored by lessons that they view as unchallenging and
uninteresting. In this follow-up to The Highly Effective Teacher: 7
Classroom-Tested Practices That Foster Student Success, Jeff
Marshall provides teachers with a blueprint for introducing more
rigor to the classroom by: Reorienting themselves and their
students toward active learning-and establishing the habits that
allow it to flourish. Creating a classroom culture where students
aren't afraid to take risks-and where they grow as learners because
of it. Planning the same lesson at different levels of challenge
for different levels of development-and designing assessments that
gauge student progress fairly without sacrificing expectations.
Implementing inquiry-based activities that push students beyond
their comfort zones-and that result in well-rounded learners with
stronger character and sharper thinking skills. Leveraging the
latest research in the field as well as years of hard-won classroom
experience, this book offers practical strategies, replicable
examples, and thoughtful reflection exercises for educators to use
as they work to help students embrace the mystery, complexity, and
power of challenge.
What are the secrets to unlocking student success? And what can
teachers do to get better at helping students develop deep
understanding of content, attain higher-order thinking skills, and
become secure, confident, and capable learners? In this book,
teacher and professor Jeff Marshall showcases how teaching with
intentionality answers these questions. Specifically, he introduces
the Teacher Intentionality Practice Scale (TIPS), a framework for
both supporting and measuring effective teaching. Taken together,
the framework's seven TIPs provide a research-based,
classroom-tested guide to help teachers: Create coherent, connected
lessons. Use strategies and resources, including technology, that
truly enhance learning. Organize a safe, respectful learning
environment. Develop challenging and rigorous learning experiences.
Promote interactive, thoughtful learning. Nurture a creative,
problem-solving classroom culture. Deliver feedback and formative
assessment that inform teaching and learning. Marshall's
needs-assessment instrument can help teachers, working
independently or in a cohort, determine the best starting point for
improving their practice. Practical, straightforward rubrics for
each TIP describe the various levels of teacher proficiency. Based
on his own teaching experience and observations in hundreds of
classrooms, Marshall also offers action tips for each framework
component and a list of resources for further study. Written for
teachers and leaders at all levels and in all content areas, The
Highly Effective Teacher is a guidebook for thoughtful, intentional
teaching with one goal: success for all students, in every
classroom.
Thinking critically. Communicating effectively. Collaborating
productively. Students need to develop proficiencies while
mastering the practices, concepts, and ideas associated with
mathematics and science. Successful students must be able to work
with large data sets, design experiments, and apply what they're
learning to solve real-world problems. Research shows that
inquiry-based instruction boosts students' critical thinking skills
and promotes the kind of creative problem solving that turns the
classroom into an energized learning environment. In this book,
real-world lesson plans illustrate highly effective inquiry-based
instruction as you learn: How to engage math and science students
at all grade levels. Why students should explore a subject before
you explain it. How to meet rigorous standards and expectations
through rich, well-aligned classroom experiences. How to develop
useful formative assessments and gather critical information during
every class period. How to create effective questions that guide
students' deep learning and your own professional development. No
matter what your experience with inquiry-based instruction,
Succeeding with Inquiry in Science and Math Classrooms will help
hone your ability to plan and implement high-quality lessons that
engage students and improve learning.
Overcoming Student Apathy: Succeeding with All Learners provides a
candid look into the hearts and minds of many of today's struggling
learners. Frustrated teachers and administrators typically stop at
labeling the symptoms shown by these students: apathetic,
unmotivated, lazy. Overcoming Student Apathy clarifies the issues,
while proposing solutions to move forward with each student. The
second edition has added three additional chapters that focus on
critical issues surrounding today's learners: a look at keystone
habits that influence student behavior, addressing standards that
frame learning and technologies that can accent learning, and
creating highly engaged learning environments to achieve success
with all. Undoubtedly apathy currently plagues many of our middle
and high school classrooms. This book starts the conversation on
how to move beyond "they just don't care" by focusing on solutions
that help to eradicate this nemesis to learning.
Overcoming Student Apathy: Succeeding with All Learners provides a
candid look into the hearts and minds of many of today's struggling
learners. Frustrated teachers and administrators typically stop at
labeling the symptoms shown by these students: apathetic,
unmotivated, lazy. Overcoming Student Apathy clarifies the issues,
while proposing solutions to move forward with each student. The
second edition has added three additional chapters that focus on
critical issues surrounding today's learners: a look at keystone
habits that influence student behavior, addressing standards that
frame learning and technologies that can accent learning, and
creating highly engaged learning environments to achieve success
with all. Undoubtedly apathy currently plagues many of our middle
and high school classrooms. This book starts the conversation on
how to move beyond "they just don't care" by focusing on solutions
that help to eradicate this nemesis to learning.
Overcoming Student Apathy: Motivating Students for Academic Success
provides a candid look into the hearts and minds of many of today's
struggling students. Frustrated teachers and administrators
typically stop at labeling the symptoms shown by these students:
apathy, low motivation, laziness. Overcoming Student Apathy
clarifies the situation, while proposing tips to rise to the
challenge. Apathy plagues many of today's middle and high school
classrooms, and the problem will not spontaneously disappear.
Teachers must be willing to move beyond the 'they don't care'
attitude to discover how we can eradicate this nemesis to learning.
Overcoming Student Apathy guides the reader toward success with the
disenfranchised, the downtrodden, the devalued, and the
demoralized. Eight archetypes are used in narrative form to
represent the various forms that apathy assumes in our classrooms
(e.g., The Rebel, The Downtrodden, The Invisible). Teachers will
identify with both the students and the teachers portrayed in the
book; thus, transferring understanding and applications back to
their own classrooms.
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