Teaching students to work harder and enjoy it
Subtitle: practice makes permanent
By: John Jensen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781610487320; 9781610487337; 9781610487344
Subjects: Motivation in education; Teaching; Methodology; Psychology of Learning
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: First, practice - the nature and importance of practice; title: Accumulate knowledge: US education subverts mastered knowledge; title: Practice requires effort:  the essential place of focused effort; title: Effort in the inner venue: connect learning to effort inside the mind; title: Practice by explaining:  the central role of explaining learning; title: Developing a mental field: what comprehension looks like inside; title: Practice saves prior learning: the cycle of deepening understanding; title: Practice behavioral knowledge - knowing as the first step to doing; title: Students talk meaning:  how to help students express what's important; title: Practice on substantial topics:  weight fundamental issues; title: Score the results objectively:  how scoring can energize learning; title: More ways to use scoring:  tracking progress on many fronts; title: Practice for performance the motivational spur from performing; title: The high school vise: four problems working around limitations; title: Seven steps to turn a class around key levers for a distracted class.