Visible Learning for Literacy, Grades K-12: Implementing the Practices That Work Best to Accelerate Student Learning

by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, John Hattie

Overview

Ensure students demonstrate more than a year’s worth of learning during a school year

Renowned literacy experts Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey work with John Hattie to apply his 15 years of research, identifying instructional routines that have the biggest impact on student learning, to literacy practices. These practices are “visible” because their purpose is clear, they are implemented at the right moment in a student’s learning, and their effect is tangible.

Through dozens of classroom scenarios, learn how to use the right approach at the right time for surface, deep, and transfer learning and which routines are most effective at each phase of learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506332352
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	04/12/2016
Pages:	216
Sales rank:	19,287
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High & Middle College. He is the recipient of an IRA Celebrate Literacy Award, NCTE’s Farmer Award for Excellence in Writing, as well as a Christa McAuliffe Award for Excellence in Teacher Education. Doug can be reached at [e-mail].

Nancy Frey, Ph.D., is Professor of Literacy in the Department of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University. The recipient of the 2008 Early Career Achievement Award from the National Reading Conference, she is also a teacher-leader at Health Sciences High & Middle College and a credentialed special educator, reading specialist, and administrator in California.

Dr. John Hattie has been Professor of Education and Director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia, since March 2011. He was previously Professor of Education at the University of Auckland. His research interests are based on applying measurement models to education problems. He is president of the International Test Commission, served as advisor to various Ministers, chaired the NZ performance based research fund, and in the last Queens Birthday awards was made “Order of Merit for New Zealand” for services to education. He is a cricket umpire and coach, enjoys being a Dad to his young men, besotted with his dogs, and moved with his wife as she attained a promotion to Melbourne. Learn more about his research at www.corwin.com/visiblelearning.

Table of Contents

List of Videos
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Laying the Groundwork for Visible Learning for Literacy
The Evidence Base
Meta-Analyses
Effect Sizes
Noticing What Works
Learning From What Works, Not Limited to Literacy
Teacher Credibility
Teacher–Student Relationships
Teacher Expectations
General Literacy Learning Practices
1. Challenge
2. Self-Efficacy
3. Learning Intentions With Success Criteria
Conclusion
Chapter 2. Surface Literacy Learning
Why Surface Literacy Learning Is Essential
Acquisition and Consolidation
Acquisition of Literacy Learning Made Visible
Leveraging Prior Knowledge
Phonics Instruction and Direct Instruction in Context
Vocabulary Instruction
Mnemonics
Word Cards
Modeling Word Solving
Word and Concept Sorts
Wide Reading
Reading Comprehension Instruction in Context
Summarizing
Annotating Text
Note-Taking
Consolidation of Literacy Learning Made Visible
Rehearsal and Memorization Through Spaced Practice
Repeated Reading
Receiving Feedback
Collaborative Learning With Peers
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Deep Literacy Learning
Moving From Surface to Deep
Deep Acquisition and Deep Consolidation
Deep Acquisition of Literacy Learning Made Visible
Concept Mapping
Discussion and Questioning
Close Reading
Deep Consolidation of Literacy Learning Made Visible
Metacognitive Strategies
Reciprocal Teaching
Feedback to the Learner
Conclusion
Chapter 4. Teaching Literacy for Transfer
Moving From Deep Learning to Transfer
Types of Transfer: Near and Far
The Paths for Transfer: Low-Road Hugging and High-Road Bridging
Setting the Conditions for Transfer of Learning
Teaching Students to Organize Conceptual Knowledge
Students Identify Analogies
Peer Tutoring
Reading Across Documents
Problem-Solving Teaching
Teaching Students to Transform Conceptual Knowledge
Socratic Seminar
Extended Writing
Time to Investigate and Produce
Conclusion
Chapter 5. Determining Impact, Responding When the Impact Is Insufficient, and Knowing What Does Not Work
Determining Impact
Preassessment
Postassessment
Responding When There Is Insufficient Impact
Response to Intervention
Screening
Quality Core Instruction
Progress Monitoring
Supplemental and Intensive Interventions
Learning From What Doesn’t Work
Grade-Level Retention
Ability Grouping
Matching Learning Styles With Instruction
Test Prep
Homework
Conclusion
Appendix: Effect Sizes
References
Index