Strategies for teaching differently
Subtitle: on the block or not
By: Donna E. Walker.
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
Subjects: Active learning -- United States.; Learning, Psychology of.; Teaching -- United States.; Team learning approach in education -- United States.; Educational change -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 86).
Table of contents: title: Leaving lecture behind; title: Creating climate for learning. Name that name. Question and answer profiles. A funny thing happened on my way to find someone who; title: Team-building strategies. Trivia pairs. Team name. Appointments. Line up; title: Constructing knowledge. Mindjog : part 1 of the learning cycle. Mission possible. Where are You? Personal connection : part 2 of the learning cycle.  KWL. Group memory. Using a matrix (1). Making predictions. Before and after. Information exchange : part 3 of the learning cycle. Bookends. Think, pair, share. Pairs to squares. Expert groups. Numbered heads together. Scavenger hunt : are you hungry? A scavenger hunt about hunger in the United States. Six thinking hats; title: Demonstrating understanding. Information application : part 4 of the learning cycle. Concrete models. Collaborative retelling. Alike and different. Fat and skinny questions.  Brainstorming models. Mindmaps. Attribute webs. Thinking in categories. Thinking at right angles. Using a matrix (2). Fishbone. Venn Diagrams; title: Reflecting on the learning. Real-world connection : part 5 of the learning cycle. What, so what, now what.  Ticket out the door. PMI. Reflections.