Generate systemic change with practical methods for designing professional development experiences that result in a high level of transfer into the classroom and sustainable improvement.

Generate systemic change with practical methods for designing professional development experiences that result in a high level of transfer into the classroom and sustainable improvement.

Organized by intelligence area, this resource provides more than 200 new and enhanced strategies to help teachers increase students' motivation and transform them into active learners.

This practical resource shows educators how to use the Internet to help students communicate electronically, reaching beyond the borders of traditional classroom walls. The authorsa lifelong professional developer and a dedicated facilitator of improved K12 education through her work with graduate students in school leadershipprovide the how-to for teaching essential foundation elements, including teamwork, Internet research, evaluation of information sources, cross-cultural communication, and thinking skills. Emphasizing practical tools and techniques, their model integrates the internet,...

Featuring practical "how to" classroom examples, this teacher-friendly introduction examines the importance of an essential set of thinking skills that supports the Common Core State Standards and future success for students in 21st-century life, school, and work. Starting with cognitive psychologist Reuven Feuerstein's pioneering Theory of Mediated Learning, the author provides a rationale for teaching skills that focuses on deeper learning and connects to CCSSs. These include distinguishing what is important from what is not, thinking critically and creatively, sorting and searching...