95 Strategies for Remodeling Instruction: Ideas for Incorporating CCSS - Paperback
by Laura E. Pinto (Author), Stephanie Spares (Author), Laura M. Driscoll (Author)
Give your lesson plans a makeover!
Would you rather listen to a lecture or play classroom Jeopardy? Research shows that the most successful learning happens when teachers talk less and engage their students in actively applying concepts. This book shows you how to enhance lessons with 95 research-based strategies that work for all subjects and grade levels. In addition, the authors explain the research on student learning, describe best practices, and provide tools for analyzing your lessons. This step-by-step guide shows how to remodel lessons to:
The book′s evidence-based Present-Apply-Review (PAR) model is highly effective for addressing shortfalls in student learning. Included are diagrams, examples, clear instructions for connecting lessons to CCSS anchors, and a guide to sharing the strategies in a professional learning setting. Why teach tomorrow′s adults with yesterday′s lessons? Amplify your arsenal with storyboarding, Socratic role-play, Wikis, peer huddles, and more--and watch learning soar!
Dr. Laura Elizabeth Pinto is Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership, Niagara University and Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty, Department of Theory & Policy Studies in Education, University of Toronto, and past president of the Ontario Business Educators′ Association (OBEA). She received the Governor General′s Gold Medal in 2009 for her academic work. She began her career as a high school teacher, worked for the provincial government as a policy analyst and manager, and has been a teacher-educator at the University of Toronto and Niagara University for over six years. She has authored dozens of publications academic and professional journals, three Canadian textbooks published by Irwin, Nelson and Prentice-Hall, as well provincial education policy. She regularly delivers papers and workshops at scholarly and professional conferences internationally. Her latest book, Curriculum Reform in Ontario, is forthcoming from University of Toronto Press.
www.lpinto.net
Stephanie Spares is a teacher at Mentor College, Mississauga, Ontario.
Laura Driscoll is a teacher in the Toronto District School Board, Toronto, Ontario
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