Summarizers: Activity Structures to Support Integration and Retention of New Learning [Spiral-bound]

Mary Ann Haley (Author), Jon Saphier (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1886822050 | ISBN-13: 978-1886822054 | Publication Date: December 1, 1993

This book is a collection of classroom-tested, practical activity structures for getting students cognitively active during and after periods of instruction. Each structure provides a framework for guiding students to summarize for themselves what was important, what they have learned, how it is important, and/or how it fits with what they already know.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 65 pages
• Publisher: Research for Better Teaching (December 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886822050
• ISBN-13: 978-1886822054
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #857,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent companions to Rick Wormeli's 'Summarisation in Any Subject'!, September 18, 2005

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Lee Say Keng "KNOWLEDGE ADVENTURER/TECHNOLOGY... (Ho Chi Minh City/Singapore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Summarizers: Activity Structures to Support Integration and Retention of New Learning (Spiral-bound)

I bought the following books as one complete package:

1. Activators: Activity Structures to Engage Students' Thinking Before Instruction;
2. Summarisers: Activity Structures to Support Integration & retention of New Learning;

Both books are written by Jon Saphier & Mary Haley from the Research for Better Teaching, Inc., formed by a group of educators. Essentially, they are great tools for English & reading teachers!

I am very impressed by their work, even though their books are spring-bound & stretching only from 40 to 60 odd pages. Content-wise, they share some similarities with the work of Rick Wormeli, who wrote 'Summarisation in Any Subject', which I have reviewed earlier. Nevertheless, there are still more different tools & strategies not covered at all in Rick's book.

I believe these two books can serve as companions to Rick's book. I did not realise that these books were written much earlier.

Undoubtedly, Activating (i.e. getting students mind active & engaged) & summarising (i.e. getting them active in discerning what is important, what they have learned, how it is important &/or how it fits with what they already know) are important part of effective study skills. I will go on to say that they will serve as powerful life skills for the students in the long term.

I like the authors' fundamental premise: There is no one right way or best way. There exists a repertoire of ways. Hence the many tools & strategies outlined in these two books, plus Rick Wormeli's book, will continue to expand your teaching repertoires.

In this respect, I am still quite intrigued by an earlier negative review from a Masters in Education graduate.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Summarizers, January 31, 2006

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C. Wages (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Summarizers: Activity Structures to Support Integration and Retention of New Learning (Spiral-bound)

Great ideas for teachers that do not take a ton of prep time and really work! Great if you are a Learning Focused School.

5.0 out of 5 stars Summarizers, January 22, 2010

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J. T. Putney Jr. (USA) - See all my reviews
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