active learning

"Movement integration is an integral part of improving student's cognitive engagement. . . . Rebecca Stobaugh presents research-backed strategies for improving students' classroom engagement and comprehension utilizing classroom design, class climate, and classroom management"--Provided by publisher.

"How can you shift from a focus on content to the creation of active learning experiences? In this practical resource, author Jason Kennedy provides a blueprint to help you stop "teaching" and start designing learning, so you can improve students' critical thinking, decision making, problem solving, and collaboration with others, preparing them for their futures beyond school doors. The framework for learning design covers components of planning (learning targets), of instruction (the opening, learning task, skills, tools, and success criteria), and of the work session (choices, pathways, feedback, and assessment). Appropriate for teachers of any subject area, the book also offers wide variety of tools to help you implement the ideas in your own setting"--.

"A . . . guide to improve teaching based on . . . research in neuroscience"--Provided by publisher.

"Lang makes the case for a new way of thinking about how to teach young minds based on the emerging neuroscience of attention. Lang takes readers on a sprawling tour of how some of America's best teachers are improving student performance using concepts such as modular classrooms, flow states, and student-directed learning. Together, these insights offer a new way of thinking about how to not only more effectively teach a lesson plan, but to teach students the most important lesson of all: how to learn"--Provided by publisher.

". . . helps provide the tools, ideas, and inspiration for educators to use technology as a treasure map to . . . learning. With a customizable set of principles for ensuring that technology is an asset, and not a barrier . . ."--Provided by publisher.

A teacher's guide to using Maker-Space objects on education.

"Kagan Structures create a cooperative and caring class tone by putting students on the same side as they interact in pairs, small teams, and with classmates. Structures ensure every student is individually accountable so no one can hide and take a free ride. Structures create equal participation which means all students are engaged a much greater percent of the time"--Amazon.com.

Contains 404 movement activities aimed at helping students aged three through nine release energy and promoting a positive learning environment.

"This groundbreaking book provides teachers with an accessible, research-based blueprint for developing student meta-cognitive 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"-- Provided by publisher.