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Informationen zum Autor Sally Berman specializes in teaching educators how to use practical strategies that expand student teamwork, cognition, metacognition, and self-evaluation skills. She developed and tested many of her ideas during her 30 years of teaching science in a large Chicago-area high school. Berman regularly presents at workshops and conferences and has taught graduate courses for SkyLight Professional Development in conjunction with St. Xavier University and Cumberland University. Klappentext Offers sample lesson plans that promote performance-based learning throughout the content areas, plus rubrics, updated research, projects, and an expanded discussion of cooperative learning teams. Zusammenfassung Offers sample lesson plans that promote performance-based learning throughout the content areas! plus rubrics! updated research! projects! and an expanded discussion of cooperative learning teams. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication Preface Acknowledgments A Cautionary Tale 1. Introduction to Performance Learning Part 1. Basic Performances 2. Rotting Peels and Cores 3. Learning Brains and Music Strains 4. Making Sense of Stories Part II. Intermediate Performances 5. "... To Form a More Perfect Classroom" 6. Cruising the Cortex: Sightseeing for Smarts 7. Patterning Neurons to Picture Patterns Part III. Advanced Performances 8. Half-Life in World Life 9. The Heart-Smart Gourmet 10. A Special Holiday: AttaGram Day Part IV. Designing Performance-Based Activities 11. Designing Performance Learning Activities Reproducibles Bibliography Index
