[PDF] Thinking Strategies For Student Achievement eBook

Author : Denise D. Nessel
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 45,66 MB
Release : 2006-08-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 1452239363

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"This resource provides a repertoire of high-effect comprehension strategies. It is important for classroom teachers and school leaders to be able to justify why they are using specific strategies and what the benefits are of a specific strategy. Nessel and Graham provide this justification." -W. Dorsey Hammond, Professor of Education Salisbury University Use these strategies to develop your students′ thinking skills and increase their learning in all subject areas. How can teachers improve students′ higher level and creative thinking? The revised edition of this handbook provides strategies and sample lesson plans to help students learn to think more effectively and to raise their achievement levels. Drawing upon past and recent research, the authors discuss the importance of actively engaging all students-including those with a history of low achievement-in higher levels of thinking. Thirty specific strategies, including K-W-L, Read and Think Math, and Reciprocal Teaching, can be readily integrated into daily lesson plans. This step-by-step guide shows teachers how to: Help students develop, refine, and extend their thinking capacities Challenge students to creatively approach complex and unfamiliar material Encourage students to bring their own perspective to class assignments Provide students at all learning levels with appropriate support With its user-friendly, practical approach, this important resource should be in the hands of every educator!

Author : Robert J. Swartz
Publisher :
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 39,71 MB
Release : 2010-07-04
Category : Education
ISBN :

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Originally published in hardcover: Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon Publishers, c2008.

Author : Denise Nessel
Publisher : Corwin
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 12,69 MB
Release : 2000-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781575172651

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Formerly a SkyLight publication. This one-of-a-kind handbook will help teachers expand their approaches and strategies to teaching and dramatically alter students' achievement. In Thinking Strategies for Student Achievement, educational experts Denise Nessel and Joyce Graham Baltas present several strategies for improving thinking and literacy skills, including "Readers' Theater," "Freewriting" and "Key Word." The authors give expert advice on: Why the strategies should be used When to use them How to implement them The authors also include methods to revise strategies to best fit teachers' individual needs.

Author : Jackie Acree Walsh
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 17,79 MB
Release : 2011-06-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 145226919X

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Asking the right questions is the answer This groundbreaking book provides teachers with an accessible, research-based blueprint for developing student metacognitive skills and ensuring that students take responsibility for their own learning. The authors use the findings of cognitive scientists to highlight quality questioning behaviors and explain how to apply them for improved student outcomes. Key features include: Short vignettes of quality questioning in action Evidence that ties question strategy to student achievement An overview of collaborative, written, electronic, and group response strategies Examples of how quality questioning connects to formative assessment Special note regarding the eBook version: Some figures have been redacted in compliance with digital rights permissions.

Author : Todd Stanley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 16,50 MB
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 1317930177

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Develop your students' critical thinking skills and prepare them to perform competitively in the classroom, on state tests, and beyond. In this book, Moore and Stanley show you how to effectively instruct your students to think on higher levels, and how to assess their progress. As states implement the Common Core State Standards, teachers have been called upon to provide higher levels of rigor in their classrooms. Moore and Stanley demonstrate critical thinking as a key approach to accomplishing this goal. They explore the benefits of critical thinking and provide the tools you need to develop and monitor critical thinking skills in the classroom. Topics include: The Difference Between Higher-Level and Lower-Level Thinking Writing Higher-Level Thinking Questions Assessing Critical Thinking Strategies to Develop Higher-Level Thinking Skills

Author : Jackie Acree Walsh
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 41,16 MB
Release : 2011-06-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 1412989027

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Asking the right questions is the answer This groundbreaking book provides teachers with an accessible, research-based blueprint for developing student metacognitive skills and ensuring that students take responsibility for their own learning. The authors use the findings of cognitive scientists to highlight quality questioning behaviors and explain how to apply them for improved student outcomes. Key features include: Short vignettes of quality questioning in action Evidence that ties question strategy to student achievement An overview of collaborative, written, electronic, and group response strategies Examples of how quality questioning connects to formative assessment Special note regarding the eBook version: Some figures have been redacted in compliance with digital rights permissions.

Author : Alan Crawford
Publisher : IDEA
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 14,14 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Active learning
ISBN : 9781932716115

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Teaching and Learning Strategies for the Thinking Classroom is a practical guide to lively teaching that results in reading and writing for critical thinking. It explains and demonstrates a well-organized set of strategies for teaching that invites and supports learning.