Teaching students to work harder and enjoy it : practice makes permanent / John Jensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensen, John, 1935-

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teaching--Methodology.

Teaching.

Learning, Psychology of.

Motivation in education.

Physical Description:

xii, 155 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, [2012]

Summary:

Teaching Students to Work Harder and Enjoy It: Practice Makes Permanent points out a single, fundamental, and easily corrected flaw that has held back American education for nearly a century-the design of instruction to achieve familiarization instead of mastery. This book explains the psychological dynamics and methods involved in mastery, and how to apply them easily in K-12 learning. Once students have a correct answer to any question, a straight road to its mastery is entirely comprised of practice. Practice continues to "make perfect" in all skill areas, including the accumulation of a body of knowledge. Outlined here are the forms that enable students to master academic learning perfectly and permanently, as well as become competent with social/emotional skills and alter their behavior. A combination of methods especially valuable for students falling behind can turn classrooms around quickly. Book jacket.

Contents:

First, practice: the nature and importance of practice

Accumulate knowledge: U.S. education subverts mastered knowledge

Practice requires effort: the essential place of focused effort

Effort in the inner venue: connect learning to effort inside the mind

Practice by explaining: the central role of explaining learning

Developing a mental field: what comprehension looks like inside

Practice saves prior learning: the cycle of deepening mastery

Practice behavioral knowledge: knowing as the first step to doing

Students talk meaning: how to help students express what's important

Practice on substantial topics: weigh fundamental issues

Score results objectively: how scoring can energize learning

More ways to use scoring: tracking progress on many fronts

Practice by performance: the motivational spur from performing

The high school vise: working around limitations

Seven steps to turn a class around: key levers for a distracted class.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

1610487338

161048732X

9781610487320

9781610487337

9781610487344

1610487346

OCLC:

755698796

Publisher Number:

99952616357