This practical guidebook demonstrates how to integrate six critical elements-reflection, individual achievement, collaboration, higher-order thinking, emotional realms, and social skills-into robust cooperative learning tasks.

There is an intricate literacy to Gardner's multiple intelligences theory that unlocks key entry points for differentiated learning. Using a well-articulated framework, rich with graphic representations, Williams provides a comprehensive discussion of multiple intelligences. He moves the teacher and students from curiosity, to confidence, to competence in understanding and using the multiple intelligences theory in the most practical ways in curriculum, instruction and assessment.

In this Nutshell resource, the author presents an instructional framework for the five Rs: relevance, richness, relatedness, rigor, and recursiveness. The book shows K-12 teachers how instruction based on the five Rs, across content areas, can develop critical thinking skills (classifying, comparing/contrasting, and analyzing) and creative thinking skills (inferring, predicting, and visualizing).

Through inspiring, yet practical concepts and interactive, step-by-step processes, Williams provides the tools educators need to revitalize and transform the culture of their schools.

Through inspiring, yet practical concepts and interactive, step-by-step processes, Williams provides the tools educators need to revitalize and transform the culture of their schools.

The second edition provides detailed sample lesson plans and includes additional strategies for using extended time formats effectively.

Packed with practical tools, this valuable resource outlines 12 specific roles for educators who want to facilitate effective change in their schools through collaboration and shared leadership.

Packed with practical tools, this valuable resource outlines 12 specific roles for educators who want to facilitate effective change in their schools through collaboration and shared leadership.