The Power of Explicit Teaching and Direct Instruction
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Description
Direct instruction and explicit teaching can offer you a shorter, straighter route to developing effective learning in your classroom.
In this smart and accessible book, Greg Ashman explores how you can harness the potential of these often misunderstood and misapplied teaching methods to achieve positive learning outcomes for the students you teach.
It investigates key foundational principles, combined with thoughtful commentary on what these mean in classroom practice and an examination of relevant research and theories from cognitive psychology that substantiate these approaches to teaching and learning.
Contents
Chapter 1: On the shoulders of giants
Chapter 1: On the shoulders of giants
Chapter 2: Direct and explicit
Chapter 2: Direct and explicit
Chapter 3: Bottom up or top down
Chapter 3: Bottom up or top down
Chapter 4: What kind of monster treats all children the same
Chapter 4: What kind of monster treats all children the same
Chapter 5: Thinking outside the box
Chapter 5: Thinking outside the box
Chapter 6: Halfway up a ladder
Chapter 6: Halfway up a ladder
Chapter 7: The giant shrugs
Chapter 7: The giant shrugs
Description
Direct instruction and explicit teaching can offer you a shorter, straighter route to developing effective learning in your classroom.
In this smart and accessible book, Greg Ashman explores how you can harness the potential of these often misunderstood and misapplied teaching methods to achieve positive learning outcomes for the students you teach.
It investigates key foundational principles, combined with thoughtful commentary on what these mean in classroom practice and an examination of relevant research and theories from cognitive psychology that substantiate these approaches to teaching and learning.
Contents
Chapter 1: On the shoulders of giants
Chapter 1: On the shoulders of giants
Chapter 2: Direct and explicit
Chapter 2: Direct and explicit
Chapter 3: Bottom up or top down
Chapter 3: Bottom up or top down
Chapter 4: What kind of monster treats all children the same
Chapter 4: What kind of monster treats all children the same
Chapter 5: Thinking outside the box
Chapter 5: Thinking outside the box
Chapter 6: Halfway up a ladder
Chapter 6: Halfway up a ladder
Chapter 7: The giant shrugs
Chapter 7: The giant shrugs
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November 2020 | 152 pages | Sage UK
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 31/03/2026 | 9781529731606 | $60.00 |
| Hardcover | 31/03/2026 | 9781529731613 | $119.00 |
| 180 Day Ebook | 28/03/2023 | 9781529756180 | $35.00 |
| Lifetime | 28/03/2023 | 9781529756180 | $51.00 |
Direct instruction and explicit teaching can offer you a shorter, straighter route to developing effective learning in your classroom.
In this smart and accessible book, Greg Ashman explores how you can harness the potential of these often misunderstood and misapplied teaching methods to achieve positive learning outcomes for the students you teach.
It investigates key foundational principles, combined with thoughtful commentary on what these mean in classroom practice and an examination of relevant research and theories from cognitive psychology that substantiate these approaches to teaching and learning.
Table Of Contents:
- Chapter 1: On the shoulders of giants
- Chapter 2: Direct and explicit
- Chapter 3: Bottom up or top down
- Chapter 4: What kind of monster treats all children the same
- Chapter 5: Thinking outside the box
- Chapter 6: Halfway up a ladder
- Chapter 7: The giant shrugs