Bøker av Julie Stern

In order for students to become experts and innovators, they need a strong understanding of how the world works. This book helps learners uncover conceptual relationships and how to transfer them to new situations.

This bundle includes Tools for Teaching Conceptual Understanding, Elementary and the new On-Your-Feet Guide to Learning Transfer. Combined, this package becomes your go-to resource for content study and easy in-class implementation of concept-based teaching and learning transfer in your elementary classroom.

"It is a pleasure to have a full length treatise on this most important topic, and may this focus on transferbecome much more debated, taught, and valued in our schools." - John HattieTeach students to use their learning to unlock new situations.Learning That Transfers empowers teachers and curriculum designers alike to harness the critical concepts of traditional disciplines while building students¿ capacity to navigate, interpret, and transfer their learning to solve novel and complex modern problems. Using a backwards design approach, this hands-on guide walks teachers step-by-step through the process of identifying curricular goals, establishing assessment targets, and planning curriculum and instruction that facilitates the transfer of learning to new and challenging situations. Key features include: Thinking prompts to spur reflection and inform curricular planning and design. Next-day strategies that offer tips for practical, immediate action in the classroom. Design steps that outline critical moments in creating curriculum for learning that transfers. Links to case studies, discipline-specific examples, and podcast interviews with educators. A companion website that hosts templates, planning guides, and flexible options for adapting current curriculum documents.

All On-Your-Feet Guide orders receive FREE SHIPPING! Use code SHIPOYFG at check out.The goal of learning is to develop strong thinkers and problem-solvers who can apply what they have learned in the classroom to innovate in the real world. That¿s learning transfer. This On-Your-Feet Guide to Learning Transfer will help you break down the steps needed to implement this important strategy to engage and motivate your students and make your classroom relevant.This On-Your-Feet Guide provides: A step-by-step method for ensuring that learning transfer happens in your classroom Guidance on how to identify the concepts in learning outcomes Examples showing how to write concept questions to help students make their own connections between key concepts Prompts to help students apply conceptual relationships to increasingly dissimilar contextsFull of rich examples and ideas, this guide will make learning transfer a successful learning strategy in your classroom!On-Your-Feet Guides (OYFGs) provide you with the ultimate "cheat sheet" to implement effective change in your classroom while in the moment of teaching. Designed for accessibility, and providing step-by-step guidance, the OYFGs are written by experts who take research-based practices and make them doable for the busy teacher. Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5"x11" tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched. Use the On-Your-Feet Guides When you know the "what" but need help with the "how" As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book To learn how to implement foundational practices When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren¿t sure how to do it yourself

An elementary book for teachers, helping them to learn why conceptual learning is a natural fit for young minds, strategies for introducing children to conceptual learning, instructional strategies to help students uncover and transfer concepts, and much, much more.