Teaching With the Instructional Cha-Chas:Four Steps to Make Leaing Stick (Educational Neuroscience, Formative Assessment, and Differentiated Instruction Strategies for Student Success)

by: LeAnn Nickelsen (Author),Melissa Dickson(Author)

Publisher: Solution Tree Press

Edition: Illustrated

Publication Date: 2018/11/9

Language: English

Print Length: 240 pages

ISBN-10: 1945349956

ISBN-13: 9781945349959

Book Description

With foreword by Rick WormeliMerging educational neuroscience with a formative assessment process and differentiated instruction, LeAnn Nickelsen and Melissa Dickson developed a four-step cycle of instruction -- (1) chunk, (2) chew, (3) check, and (4) change -- that has the power to double the speed of student leaing. Compatible with any subject area, the book's brain-friendly teaching strategies and plentiful tools are designed to help transform students into active leaers and independent thinkers.Educational neuroscience- and research-based teaching strategies to improve student achievement:Combine brain science with a formative assessment process and differentiated instruction to maximize student leaing.Examine effective teaching strategies and differentiation practices so you can bump it up or break it down according to student needs.Consider the four-step instructional cycle and understand the components of chunk, chew, check, and change.Explore how the formative assessment process can double the speed of leaing.Lea how to plan instruction and preassess efficiently so that daily leaing targets and formative assessments enable each student to meet standards.Receive templates and teaching strategies that can be easily differentiated and implemented in daily lesson plans.Contents:Introduction:Maneuver Your Footwork With Four Steps Part I:Setting Up Your Classroom Dance Floor Chapter 1:Choreograph Your Instruction With the Cha-Cha Steps Chapter 2:Move Smoothly From Broad Ideas to Smaller Ideas Chapter 3:Get to Know Your Dance Partners Part II:Putting the Steps Together Chapter 4:Take Step One:Chunk (Instruct) Chapter 5:Take Step Two:Chew (Lea) Chapter 6:Take Step Three:Check (Evaluate) Chapter 7:Take Step Four:Change (Differentiate) Chapter 8:Finesse the Chunk, Chew, Check, and Change Cycle Epilogue:Swing Into Action With the Four Steps

About the Author

With foreword by Rick WormeliMerging educational neuroscience with a formative assessment process and differentiated instruction, LeAnn Nickelsen and Melissa Dickson developed a four-step cycle of instruction -- (1) chunk, (2) chew, (3) check, and (4) change -- that has the power to double the speed of student leaing. Compatible with any subject area, the book's brain-friendly teaching strategies and plentiful tools are designed to help transform students into active leaers and independent thinkers.Educational neuroscience- and research-based teaching strategies to improve student achievement:Combine brain science with a formative assessment process and differentiated instruction to maximize student leaing.Examine effective teaching strategies and differentiation practices so you can bump it up or break it down according to student needs.Consider the four-step instructional cycle and understand the components of chunk, chew, check, and change.Explore how the formative assessment process can double the speed of leaing.Lea how to plan instruction and preassess efficiently so that daily leaing targets and formative assessments enable each student to meet standards.Receive templates and teaching strategies that can be easily differentiated and implemented in daily lesson plans.Contents:Introduction:Maneuver Your Footwork With Four Steps Part I:Setting Up Your Classroom Dance Floor Chapter 1:Choreograph Your Instruction With the Cha-Cha Steps Chapter 2:Move Smoothly From Broad Ideas to Smaller Ideas Chapter 3:Get to Know Your Dance Partners Part II:Putting the Steps Together Chapter 4:Take Step One:Chunk (Instruct) Chapter 5:Take Step Two:Chew (Lea) Chapter 6:Take Step Three:Check (Evaluate) Chapter 7:Take Step Four:Change (Differentiate) Chapter 8:Finesse the Chunk, Chew, Check, and Change Cycle Epilogue:Swing Into Action With the Four Steps