Effective Classroom Turnaround

Practice Makes Permanent

By (author) John Jensen

Publication date:

31 August 2012

Length of book:

184 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

Dimensions:

235x165mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781475800975

Effective Classroom Turnaround: Practice Makes Permanent, the third book in the Practices Makes Permanent series, contends that because students learn and behave differently, educators must thoughtfully approach them in the classroom in order to affect change. Like all humans, students respond to conditions around them. Regardless of their habits and behaviors at home or in school, educators can successfully stimulate them to approach education in a new, more positive light. Effective Classroom Turnaround offers teachers over fifty ways to generate cooperation, enthusiasm, and consistent academic success by utilizing principles of learning and motivation that are often ignored or, at best, underused even in the best schools. Embracing the idea that school reform occurs in the classroom, and not in the boardroom, this guide will effectively connect instruction with students’ motivation and performance.

Preface
Chapter 1An Epiphany
Chapter 2Quick Start Methods
Chapter 3Communicate and Connect
Chapter 4Teach Self-Management
Chapter 5Practice Learning
Chapter 6Focus Learning
Chapter 7Replace Grading with Scoring
Chapter 8Demonstrate Learning
Appendix 1Feelings List
Appendix 2First Grade Topics
Appendix 3Fourth Grade Topics
Appendix 4Issues for Middle and High School Students
Appendix 5Advanced Topics
Appendix 6Blank Chart
Appendix 7Points and Mastery Scoreboards
Appendix 8Progress Ladder
Appendix 9Communication Skills Check Sheet
Appendix 10Individual Match Worksheet
References

In this three-book series, John Jensen provides educators with strategies for helping students to “master learning with great pleasure.” This goal is a truly worthy one since students’ experiencing mastery and pleasure is the exception in America’s schools and school systems. Jensen’s philosophy for transforming children’s educational experiences is powerful and his aim to help teachers help their students to achieve remarkable learning outcomes provides readers with a compelling view of what teaching and learning can be.