The Power of Explicit Teaching and Direct Instruction [1 ed.] 1529731607, 9781529731606

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Table of contents :
Front cover
Title page
Contents
About the author
Acknowledgements
Author's Note
Preface
1 On the shoulder of giants
Lighting a fire
Constructivism
Knowledge of experience?
Unnatural
If I learn thils, will I be abl to buy a Mercedes?
Reading for meaning
The skill of using a search engine
Dead, white, European men
Boring lessons
References
2 Direct and Explicit
Introduction
From basic skills to a life of crime
Explicit teaching
Clipboards and checklists
Lab or classroom?
Struggling to understand
Unknown and forgotten
A conspiracy theory
References
3 Bottom-up or top-down?
Introduction
Copycats
Ambitious teaching
Deeper objectives
Learning a discipline is not the same as practising it
A model of the mind
The gift that keeps on giving
Greek tragedy
The pivot point
Naughty teachers
References
4 What kind of monster treats al children the same?
Introduction
Tasks, outcomes and jigsaws
Learning styles
Around the world
Experimental evidence
The basis for differentiation
Accommodate or address?
Ability grouping
Response to intervention
References
5 Thinking outside the box
Introduction
Not winning Twitter
Useful versus general
Skillful thinking
The surfing mind
On being grumpy
Critical thinking or critical theory?
Dangerous magic
References
6 Halfway up a ladder
Introduction
Element interactivity
Thinking hard
Cognitive load theory effects
Asking lots of questions
Retrieval practice
What did you learn today?
Skipping rungs
References
7 The Giant Shrugs
Introduction
The classroom door
Colleagues
The wider community
References
Index
Back cover

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