Help students move from surface-level learning to the transfer of understanding. How do social studies teachers maximize instruction to ensure students are prepared for an informed civic life? VISIBLE LEARNING for Social Studies, Grades K-12 shows how the field is more than simply memorizing dates and fact's it encapsulates the skillful ability to conduct investigations, analyze sources, place events in historical context, and synthesize divergent points of view. The Visible Learning framewor...

Teach history lessons that tell more than one story and that speak to and engage all of the children in your class.

Bridging the gap between research and practice A Little Guide for Teachers: Formative Assessment gives teachers practical tried and tested strategies to put formative assessment into action in their classrooms.

This second edition of Jarlath O'Brien's insightful, practical guide for teachers, and those training to teach, combines psychological research, authentic classroom experience and the lessons learned from improving behaviour in schools.

Understand what metacognition is and how you can apply it to your secondary school teaching to support deep and effective learning in your classroom.

Taking cues from popular number sense and reasoning routines, this book gives you the rundown on how to engage in five different daily 5-10 minute routines, all of which include content-specific examples, extensions, and variations of each for algebra, functions, geometry, and data analysis.

This book provides teachers with support, guidance, background theory, examples and practical advice for the teaching of writing at greater depth.

Packed with examples, including a full sample puzzle game for you to use with your students, this book is a primer for classroom teachers on designing robust learning activities using problem-solving principles.