Overcoming textbook fatigue :

Lent, ReLeah Cossett.

Overcoming textbook fatigue : 21st century tools to revitalize teaching and learning / ReLeah Cossett Lent ; foreword by Jay McTighe. - Alexandria, Va. : ASCD, c2012. - xi, 202 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-195) and index.

Learning: it's all about engagement -- Background knowledge: the glue that makes learning stick -- Vocabulary is the content -- Reading to learn -- Writing to learn -- Assessing for learning -- Give it up for text sets -- Going from textbook fatigue to invigorated learning: what it looks like -- Appendix A: book study essentials -- Appendix B: lesson study essentials -- Appendix C: action research essentials -- Appendix D: co-teaching essentials.

9781416614722 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2012028749


Textbooks--United States.
Active learning--United States.
Motivation in education--United States.

LB3047 / .L46 2012

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