Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn: The Key to Student Motivation and Achievement

Anderson, Mike

ISBN 10: 1416621830 / ISBN 13: 9781416621836

Published by ASCD, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning to Choose, Choosing to Learn: The Key to Student Motivation and Achievement
• Publisher: ASCD
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1416621830
• ISBN 13: 9781416621836
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 8 ounces

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Synopsis

Offering students choices about their learning, says author Mike Anderson, is one of the most powerful ways teachers can boost student learning, motivation, and achievement. In his latest book, Anderson offers numerous examples of choice in action, ideas to try with different students, and a step-by-step process to help you plan and incorporate choice into your classroom. You'll explore

* What effective student choice looks like in the classroom.
* Why it's important to offer students choices.
* How to create learning environments, set the right tone for learning, and teach specific skills that enable choice to work well.

When students have more choices about their learning, they can find ways of learning that match their personal needs and be more engaged in their work, building skills and work habits that will serve them well in school and beyond. This teacher-friendly guide offers everything you need to help students who are bored, frustrated, or underperforming come alive to learning through the fundamental power of choice.

About the Author

Mike Anderson has been an educator for more than 20 years. An elementary school teacher for 15 years, he has also taught preschool and university graduate level classes. He spent many years as a presenter, consultant, author, and developer for Northeast Foundation for Children, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping create safe, joyful, and challenging classrooms and schools. Now, as an education consultant, Mike works with schools in rural, urban, and suburban settings across the United States. Mike is the author of many books about great teaching and learning, including The Well-Balanced Teacher (ASCD, 2010).