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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793275103321

Autore

Wolpert-Gawron Heather

Titolo

Just ask us : kids speak out on student engagement / / Heather Wolpert-Gawron ; foreword by Carol Radford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, a SAGE Company, , [2018]

ISBN

1-5443-5733-8

1-5063-6329-6

1-5063-6326-1

1-5063-6327-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 232 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

370.154

Soggetti

Motivation in education

Project method in teaching

Active learning

Visual learning

Teacher-student relationships

Student participation in curriculum planning

Engagement (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Let us work together -- 2. Make learning more visual and utilize technology -- 3. Connect what we learn to the real world -- 4. Let us move around -- 5. Give us choices -- 6. Show us you're human too -- 7. Help us create something with what we've learned -- 8. Teach us something new in a new way -- 9. Mix things up.

Sommario/riassunto

Use these 10 strategies to teach and communicate content that sticks! Students learn best when collaborating, talking, and working with their peers. That's what Edutopia blogger and education expert Heather Wolpert-Gawron discovered when she surveyed students nationwide. Now you can hear from the students themselves and discover 10 comprehensive and fresh ideas on precisely what and how to capture your students' imagination and minds for deep learning, everyday. This research-based approach to cooperative learning provides plentiful



lesson ideas, vignettes, videos, and insightful student interviews to help you: . Understand the research base for collaborative learning . Implement and manage competitively cooperative student work group . Incorporate movement, visual tools, and technology . Develop achievement-based PBL projects . Conduct your own student survey for increased student choice Move beyond just teaching content. Build a strong classroom community where students chew on, process, mull over, and retain information everyday using these 10 deep engagement strategies!