Learning That Lasts : Challenging, Engaging, and Empowering Students with Deeper Instruction.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berger, Ron, 1954-
Other Authors: Woodfin, Libby, Vilen, Anne, Mehta, Jal
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Wiley, 2016.
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Table of Contents:
  • Learning That Lasts; Contents; DVD Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; About EL Education; Introduction The Change Our Students Need; What Are the Outcomes We Want?; How Do We Define Deeper Instruction?; 1. Deeper Instruction Challenges Students; 2. Deeper Instruction Engages Students; 3. Deeper Instruction Empowers Students with Tools for Learning ; Academic Mindsets: A Foundation For Deeper Learning; About This Book: A Multimedia Toolkit for Teachers and Leaders; Chapter 1 Planning and Delivering Lessons That Challenge, Engage, and Empower; OVERVIEW.
  • A Call to ActionWhy This Practice Matters; GETTING STARTED; Planning Lessons That Challenge, Engage, and Empower Students; Planning for Challenge; Planning for Engagement; Planning for Empowerment; IN PRACTICE; From Planning to Delivering Lessons That Challenge, Engage, and Empower ; Grappling with Problems, Ideas, and Concepts; Checking for Understanding: Knowing What They Know Empowers Students ; Synthesizing and Reflecting on Learning; The Critical Moves for Planning and Delivering Lessons That Challenge, Engage, and Empower; SCHOOLWIDE IMPLEMENTATION; Making Teaching Practice Transparent.
  • Key Leadership ActionsCOMMON CHALLENGES; Planning Lessons without a Long-Term Curriculum Map; Aiming Low; Writing Vague Lesson Plans; Too Much Teacher Talk; Forgetting to Assess What's Being Learned; Overlooking the Needs of Some Students; Avoiding Change; Notes; Chapter 2 Laying the Foundation for Deeper Learning with Literacy ; OVERVIEW; A Foundation for Deeper Learning; Why These Practices Matter; GETTING STARTED; Learning That Makes a Difference; Using the Four Ts-Topic, Text, Target, Task-to Challenge, Engage, and Empower Students; Bringing Text to Life through Compelling TOPICS.
  • Deepening Literacy Instruction in the Content AreasChoosing Engaging TEXTS; Crafting Challenging Learning Targets; Doing Worthy Work: The Task; IN PRACTICE; For the Love of Literacy; Launching the Text with Wonder; Grappling with Meaning; Constructing Understanding; Writing with Purpose; Refining Quality; The Critical Moves of Deeper Literacy Instruction; SCHOOLWIDE IMPLEMENTATION; Supporting Literacy Instruction in Every Classroom; Key Leadership Actions; COMMON CHALLENGES; NOTES; Chapter 3 Creating Scientists and Historians; OVERVIEW; Confronting Complex Questions.
  • Uncovering the Big Ideas in Science and HistoryPracticing Inquiry; Why These Practices Matter; GETTING STARTED; Uncovering the Big Ideas; Doing School in the Real World; Assessing Student Learning; Real World Tasks; Conducting Secondary Research; Writing with Evidence; Creating Products for Real Audiences; Serving Communities; IN PRACTICE; Developing Scientific and Historical Ways of Thinking; Asking Questions; Analyzing Data: Looking for Patterns and Trends; Conducting Original Research: Experimenting and Investigating; Designing, Critiquing, and Revising.