Overcoming Textbook Fatigue
Subtitle: 21st Century Tools to Revitalize Teaching and Learning
Publisher: ASCD; Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Alexandria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781416615309; 9781416614722; 9781283870078
Subjects: EDUCATION; Active learning; Textbooks; Correlation with content subjects; General; Motivation in education; Experimental Methods; Content area reading; Language arts; Educational change; Teaching Methods & Materials
Description: Overcoming Textbook Fatigue shows how loosening the grip on textbooks can boost student achievement while revitalizing joy in teaching and learning.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-195) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Learning: it's all about engagement --; title: Background knowledge: the glue that makes learning stick --; title: Vocabulary is the content --; title: Reading to learn --; title: Writing to learn --; title: Assessing for learning --; title: Give it up for text sets --; title: Going from textbook fatigue to invigorated learning --; title: Appendix A: Book study essentials --; title: Appendix B: Lesson study essentials --; title: Appendix C: Action research essentials --; title: Appendix D: Co-teaching essentials.