Teaching The Best Practice Way: Methods That Matter, K-12 (Paperback)

by Harvey Daniels (Author), Marilyn Bizar (Author)
Key Phrases: classroom workshop, integrative units, strategy sheet, Methods That Matter, Stenhouse Publishers, Teaching the Best Practice Way (more...)

Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 343 pages
• Publisher: Stenhouse Press; illustrated edition edition (November 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571104054
• ISBN-13: 978-1571104052
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #114,135 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review by Central West Virginia Writing Project, November 14, 2008

By	Barbara L. Holmes (West Virginia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As a natural consequence of good teaching, Best Practice kids become powerful learners, proficient readers, writers, and thinkers. The authors also advise focused coaching when standardized test time comes around.

Most Useful Topics:
The seven methods or structures include: 1) Reading as thinking; 2) Representing to learn; 3) Small-group activities; 4) Classroom workshop; 5) Authentic experiences; 6) Reflective assessment; and 7) Integrative units. They encourage more of the following in the classroom: Experiential, inductive, hands-on learning; time devoted to reading whole, real books; choice for students; attention to varying cognitive and affective styles of individual students; delivery of special help to students in regular classrooms; and reliance on teachers' descriptive evaluation of student growth, including anecdotal observations.

Reading as Thinking: K-W-L in Action (pp. 63-71).
Representing to Learn: Using the following: Journaling (p. 79) and Genre Writing (p. 80). How to use two-minute videos and other multi-media such as a whole-class Big Book (pp. 81-88). Sample activities for using a notebook (pp. 104-114).
Small Group Activities: Models of collaboration (pp. 118-122); Digital Storytelling for high school (142-146).

Classroom Workshop: Includes a generic schedule for a single fifty-minute workshop session (pp. 154-157); Sixth-grade mathematics workshop (pp. 174-181); Conducting conferences (pp. 182-191)

Authentic Experiences: Introduction (193-197); Seventh and eighth grade math (pp. 207-211); Using primary sources (pp. 211-217).

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful Book, April 17, 2009

By	A. Schnitzer "Aschntz" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is extremely useful for all future educators. It was brand new and had super fast deliver! Very please.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great teaching Strategies, March 12, 2009

By	C. Bresnen (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book has a lot of great teaching methods that you can use in all types of classes and at all ages. I really enjoyed reading it.