Teaching and learning strategies for the thinking classroom /
Alan Crawford [and others].
- ix, 244 pages ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
SECTION 1: PRINCIPLES OF ACTIVE LEARNING AND CRITICAL THINKING -- SECTION 2: TEACHING METHODS AND STRATEGIES -- First core lesson: Learning information from text -- Second core lesson: Understanding narrative text -- Third core lesson: Cooperative learning -- Fourth core lesson: Conducting a discussion -- Fifth core lesson: Writing and inquiry -- Sixth core lesson: Writing to persuade -- Seventh core lesson: Understanding arguments -- Eighth core lesson: Critical listening -- SECTION 3: LESSON PLANNING AND ASSESSMENT -- Lesson planning -- Assessment -- SECTION 4: TEACHING IN AND ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES -- Literature study -- Mathematics -- Science -- The arts -- Interdisciplinary studies -- APPENDIX 1: STUDENT AND TEACHER PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND RUBRICS -- APPENDIX II: TEXTS FOR DISCUSSION -- Elephants and farmers -- The shilling -- Remembering Columbus -- Ivan and the seal skin -- Jack and the beanstalk -- Let's hear it for the smokers! -- Enhanced lecture in opposition to the Kyota Protocol -- On reducing greenhouse gas emissions -- The Three Billy Goats Gruff -- GLOSSARY.
Annotation The most successful classrooms are those that encourage students to think for themselves and engage in critical thinking. 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. At the same time it helps educators form judgments about teaching so that they can adjust their practices to subjects they teach and the needs of their students. A series of core lessons explains and demonstrates teaching methods in action and shows educators how they can use related teaching methods to achieve similar goals. Also includes general ideas about assessment and lesson planning as well as classroom management techniques and assessment rubrics. Strategies can be used from upper primary school through secondary school and across the curriculum.