Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn: The Key to Student Motivation and Achievement

Offering students choices about their learning, says author Mike Anderson, is one of the most powerful ways teachers can boost student learning, motivation, and achievement. In his latest book, Anderson offers numerous examples of choice in action, ideas to try with different students, and a step-by-step process to help you plan and incorporate choice into your classroom. You’ll explore

* What effective student choice looks like in the classroom.
* Why it’s important to offer students choices.
* How to create learning environments, set the right tone for learning, and teach specific skills that enable choice to work well.

When students have more choices about their learning, they can find ways of learning that match their personal needs and be more engaged in their work, building skills and work habits that will serve them well in school and beyond. This teacher-friendly guide offers everything you need to help students who are bored, frustrated, or underperforming come alive to learning through the fundamental power of choice.

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Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn: The Key to Student Motivation and Achievement

Offering students choices about their learning, says author Mike Anderson, is one of the most powerful ways teachers can boost student learning, motivation, and achievement. In his latest book, Anderson offers numerous examples of choice in action, ideas to try with different students, and a step-by-step process to help you plan and incorporate choice into your classroom. You’ll explore

* What effective student choice looks like in the classroom.
* Why it’s important to offer students choices.
* How to create learning environments, set the right tone for learning, and teach specific skills that enable choice to work well.

When students have more choices about their learning, they can find ways of learning that match their personal needs and be more engaged in their work, building skills and work habits that will serve them well in school and beyond. This teacher-friendly guide offers everything you need to help students who are bored, frustrated, or underperforming come alive to learning through the fundamental power of choice.

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Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn: The Key to Student Motivation and Achievement

Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn: The Key to Student Motivation and Achievement

by Mike Anderson
Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn: The Key to Student Motivation and Achievement

Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn: The Key to Student Motivation and Achievement

by Mike Anderson

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Overview

Offering students choices about their learning, says author Mike Anderson, is one of the most powerful ways teachers can boost student learning, motivation, and achievement. In his latest book, Anderson offers numerous examples of choice in action, ideas to try with different students, and a step-by-step process to help you plan and incorporate choice into your classroom. You’ll explore

* What effective student choice looks like in the classroom.
* Why it’s important to offer students choices.
* How to create learning environments, set the right tone for learning, and teach specific skills that enable choice to work well.

When students have more choices about their learning, they can find ways of learning that match their personal needs and be more engaged in their work, building skills and work habits that will serve them well in school and beyond. This teacher-friendly guide offers everything you need to help students who are bored, frustrated, or underperforming come alive to learning through the fundamental power of choice.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781416621867
Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
Publication date: 04/20/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Mike Anderson has been an educator for more than 20 years. An elementary school teacher for 15 years, he has also taught preschool and university graduate level classes. He spent many years as a presenter, consultant, author, and developer for Northeast Foundation for Children, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping create safe, joyful, and challenging classrooms and schools. Now, as an education consultant, Mike works with schools in rural, urban, and suburban settings across the United States. Mike is the author of many books about great teaching and learning, including The Well-Balanced Teacher (ASCD, 2010).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section I: The Purpose and Power of Choice
1. The Key Benefits of Choice
Section II: Strategies That Boost the Effectiveness of Choice
2. Creating a Safe and Supportive Environment
3. Boosting Student Ownership
4. Teaching Students How to Learn
Section III: The Nuts and Bolts of Choice
5. Creating Good Choices
6. Helping Students Choose Well
7. Facilitating Choice Work: Leading Great Learning
8. The Power of Self-Reflection
9. Professional Reflection
Conclusion
Planning Guide and Sample Plans
References
Index
About the Author

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