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Connect and Involve is a practical handbook of strategies and procedures for teaching effectively at all levels-elementary, middle, and high school. This book shows teachers how to make small changes in planning, connecting with students, and involving them in learning the big ideas and key skills that lead to increased achievement.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Make Small Changes
Chapter 2. Connect Through Getting to Know Students
Chapter 3. Connect Through Helping Students Make Choices
Chapter 4. Design Learning Starting from The Big Ideas and Key Skills
Chapter 5. Design Lessons Starting From the Big Content Ideas and Key Skills
Chapter 6. Use Scoring Guides to Increase Quality Work
Chapter 7. Motivation Follows Action
Chapter 8. Increase Learning by Teaching Procedures
Chapter 9. Help Students Learn Through Practice and Revision
Chapter 10. Use Teams to Increase Practice
Chapter 11. Plan Projects that Use Teams
Chapter 12. Conversation that Increases Learning and Builds Community
Chapter 13. Involve Students in Your Presentations
Afterword
References
About the Author
About the author
By Robert J. Martin
Summary
Connect and Involve is a practical handbook of strategies and procedures for teaching effectively at all levels-elementary, middle, and high school. This book shows teachers how to make small changes in planning, connecting with students, and involving them in learning the big ideas and key skills that lead to increased achievement.
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Connect and Involve speaks to my heart as a teacher. I think it is the kind of book that will speak to the hearts of all educators. There is nothing trendy about the techniques—no fleeting terminology that is going to fall out of favor before the book even has a chance to be read through cover-to-cover. By the same token, there is also not a single technique or idea that is unadventurous or overly conventional. Instead, Dr. Martin lands squarely on the gold standard by streamlining universal best practice. Whether you are a pre-service teacher-in-training, a brand-new classroom teacher, or a seasoned educator, this book is full of effective strategies you can readily and simply implement in your practice. That, I think, is what all of us want as teachers … simple ideas and tools to help us do an even better job reaching and teaching our students.
