Building Better Learners: Bringing Out the Potential in Every Student
Becoming better learners requires both time and patience. It requires working through frustration and learning strategies to employ so as not to give up when learning gets hard or complicated. Students need to be able to take what they know about learning in one context and apply it in an unfamiliar way or new circumstance. And they have to be able to learn from one another and collaborate to bring about successful outcomes. This book gives teachers the winning attitudes and strategies to cause all students to become willing and able lifetime learners.
Each lesson is followed by a journaling activity.
The Deadly Power of Discouragement and the Vital Need to Uncover and Activate Student Strengths The Child Killer…Discouragement Overcoming The Four Greatest Fears Of Students Finding The Gifted…In Each Student It’s Easy To Miss Strong Achievement Needs Are Your Assumptions About Students Holding Them Back? Why We Must Be Practitioners Of Personalized Learning
A Blueprint for Creating Better Learners How To Help The Brain To Learn A Blueprint For Creating Better Learners Shift The Focus From Compliance To Commitment Arguments That Help Students Make Learning A Top Priority Ten Ways To Model The Behavior You Want From Students It Pays To Assess Ownership Of Learning Add Learning Plans To Your Lesson Plans What Are You Doing That Students Should Do? Ways To Teach Students Independent Work Skills Vital Skills To Help Students Become Independent Learners
Developing Skilled Thinkers The Vital Strategies Of Skilled Thinkers A Sure Way To Keep Students Thinking Eight Ways To Build Student Thinking Skills Six Secrets You Can Use To Increase Student Learning Sure-Fire Ways To Engage Students Awakening The Creativity In Students The Good Struggle
Specific Help for Specific Student Behaviors Six Things Underperforming Students Won’t Tell You The Student Who Says… “I Can’t” How To Respond When Students Balk At Giving Effort Ways To Engage The Disengaged Student Best-Kept Secrets For Handling The Nonparticipator Teaching Students To Cope With Frustration Tips For Talking To Students About Performance Techniques To Lead Students To Optimism Six Soft Skills We Must Teach The Multiple Benefits Of Teaching Mindfulness