Teaching How to Learn: The Teacher's Guide to Student Success

Kiewra, Kenneth A,Peltz, William H.

ISBN 10: 1634503740 / ISBN 13: 9781634503747

Published by Skyhorse, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Teaching How to Learn: The Teacher's Guide to Student Success
• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1634503740
• ISBN 13: 9781634503747
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Use this four-step method to maximize instruction and dramatically impact student learning!

This innovative guidebook offers proven methods to strengthen instruction and help K–12 students acquire successful learning strategies using the SOAR approach:

• Selecting key lesson ideas
• Organizing information using comparative charts and other representations
• Associating ideas to create meaningful, memorable connections
• Regulating and reinforcing learning through practice.

Teachers will find detailed explanations for using each SOAR teaching strategy, guidelines for fostering student self-motivation and behavior self-management; methods for embedding student learning techniques within content instruction to develop students' capacity to learn in any setting, and more.

About the Author

Kenneth A. Kiewra is an expert on learning strategies, homework, and study methods. A professor of educational psycholgy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he presents regulary at AERA and other national confereces, in addition to working with local schools. Kiewra is the author of two textbooks with Prentice Hall and Allyn & Bacon, as well as dozens of journal articles.  His research interests include: learning strategies, knowledge representation, strategies for note-taking and studying, cognitive factors related to writing ability, and the development of talent and expertise.