Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning

Agarwal, Pooja K.; Bain, Patrice M.

ISBN 10: 111952184X / ISBN 13: 9781119521846

Published by Jossey-Bass, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 111952184X
• ISBN 13: 9781119521846
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: New
• Weight: 19 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Education

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Synopsis

Unleash powerful teaching and the science of learning in your classroom

Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning empowers educators to harness rigorous research on how students learn and unleash it in their classrooms. In this book, cognitive scientist Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D., and veteran K–12 teacher Patrice M. Bain, Ed.S., decipher cognitive science research and illustrate ways to successfully apply the science of learning in classrooms settings. This practical resource is filled with evidence-based strategies that are easily implemented in less than a minute―without additional prepping, grading, or funding!

Research demonstrates that these powerful strategies raise student achievement by a letter grade or more; boost learning for diverse students, grade levels, and subject areas; and enhance students’ higher order learning and transfer of knowledge beyond the classroom. Drawing on a fifteen-year scientist-teacher collaboration, more than 100 years of research on learning, and rich experiences from educators in K–12 and higher education, the authors present highly accessible step-by-step guidance on how to transform teaching with four essential strategies: Retrieval practice, spacing, interleaving, and feedback-driven metacognition. 

With Powerful Teaching, you will:

• Develop a deep understanding of powerful teaching strategies based on the science of learning
• Gain insight from real-world examples of how evidence-based strategies are being implemented in a variety of academic settings
• Think critically about your current teaching practices from a research-based perspective
• Develop tools to share the science of learning with students and parents, ensuring success inside and outside the classroom

Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning is an indispensable resource for educators who want to take their instruction to the next level. Equipped with scientific knowledge and evidence-based tools, turn your teaching into powerful teaching and unleash student learning in your classroom.

About the Author

Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D. is an expert in the field of cognitive science, passionate about transforming education with evidence-based practices. She has conducted rigorous research on learning in K-12 public schools for more than 15 years. 

Pooja is an Assistant Professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, teaching psychological science to exceptional undergraduate musicians. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College, teaching innovative graduate-level online courses for leaders in education. In addition, Pooja is the Founder of RetrievalPractice.org, a hub of research, resources, and strategies for teachers - all based on the science of learning. Her love of teaching, learning, and research formed at the outset of her career as a 4th and 5th grade teacher in St. Louis, Missouri.

Pooja's research has been published in leading peer-reviewed psychology journals; featured in the New York Times, Education Week, and Scientific American; and highlighted in books, podcasts, and videos. She has received numerous awards, including honors from the National Science Foundation, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Harry S. Truman Foundation. Pooja received her Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis under the mentorship of distinguished memory scholar Henry L. Roediger, III (author of the book Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning).

Learn more at retrievalpractice.org and follow her @RetrieveLearn.