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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797453703321

Autore

Tileston Donna Walker

Titolo

Teaching strategies for active learning : five essentials for your teaching plan / / Donna Walker Tileston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-4833-6047-4

1-4833-6266-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 p.)

Disciplina

371.3

Soggetti

Active learning

Effective teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Does the Strategy Follow Current Brain Research?""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - Teaching in the 21st Century""; ""Elements of the Strategic Learning Model""; ""The Teacher�s Role""; ""Chapter 2 - Plugging in""; ""Part 1 of the Model: Plugging in""; ""Self-Efficacy as a Key to Motivation for Learning""; ""Activities for Building a Sense of Community in the Classroom""; ""Integrating Technology as a Tool for Building Community""; ""Summary""; ""What Does the Research Say?""; ""Chapter 3 - Powering Up""

""Beginning with the Self-System of the Brain""""Mind Jogs""; ""Building Connections""; ""Summary""; ""What Does the Research Say?""; ""Chapter 4 - Synthesizing""; ""The Metacognitive System""; ""Building Declarative Knowledge""; ""Summary""; ""What Does the Research Say?""; ""Chapter 5 - Outsourcing""; ""Concrete Models""; ""Brainstorming Models""; ""Thinking in Categories""; ""Summary""; ""What Does the Research Say?""; ""Chapter 6 - Reflecting""; ""Summary""; ""What Does the Research Say?""; ""Resource A: Sample Lesson Forms""; ""Resource B: Blackline Masters""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

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.