Innovative Instruction : A Menu of Teaching Tools for Effective Student Learning

by Shoemaker, Betty; Lewin, Larry

• ISBN13: 9781929024735
• ISBN10: 1929024738
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Christopher-Gordon Pub

Table of Contents

Introduction	xii
``He's Teaching With a Full Deck''	xii
An Introduction to Teaching With a Full Deck	1	(6)
``An Ace in the Hole''	1	(3)
Betty's Story	1	(2)
What Is This Book About?	3	(1)
Why This Book Now?	3	(1)
So Off We Go!	4	(3)
The Prepare Suit	7	(22)
``Lay One's Cards on the Table''	7	(4)
What's All This Talk About Suits?	7	(1)
From Students to Teachers?	8	(2)
There Are Always Nonconformists	10	(1)
Let's Take a Theory Stop	10	(1)
Some Prepare Tools	11	(16)
The Open Mind and Adaptions	11	(2)
Mental Floppy Disks	13	(1)
Preview	14	(3)
The Unit Organizer	17	(3)
K-W-L and K-W-L Adaptations	20	(1)
Personal Agendas and Work Plans	21	(3)
Focus Questions to Elicit Content Knowledge	24	(1)
Question Answer Relationship Strategy (QAR)	25	(2)
Enough Already!	27	(2)
Getting Started: The First Dare Suit	29	(26)
``Deal Me In''	29	(1)
Larry's Story	29	(1)
The First Dare	30	(23)
My Reading---My Thinking Chart	31	(2)
Double-Column Entry	33	(1)
Through Thick and Thin	33	(3)
SnapShots	36	(4)
The ChecBric	40	(1)
Storyboards	40	(4)
Stick to It	44	(1)
The Open Mind	45	(1)
Click and Clunk	46	(1)
Pocket Organizer	46	(1)
Folded Bookmark	47	(1)
Graphic Organizers (GOs)	48	(3)
Get the Gist	51	(1)
Theory Stop: The Importance of Constructing Meaning ``From the Get Go''	51	(2)
Conclusion	53	(2)
The Repair Suit	55	(24)
``Playing It Close to the Chest, Hold One's Cards Close to the Vest''	55	(21)
Betty's Story	55	(1)
The Challenge of Addressing Misconceptions in the Classroom	56	(1)
Theory Stop: Different Types of Knowledge	57	(1)
Teaching and Repairing Procedural Knowledge	58	(1)
Teaching and Repairing Declarative Knowledge	59	(1)
Now Back to the Repair Tools	60	(1)
When Inconsiderate Text Is the Issue	61	(2)
When SocioCultural and/or Personal Beliefs Are Deeply Held	63	(5)
When Naivete Is the Issue	68	(1)
When Inadequate Vocabulary Is the Issue	68	(1)
Moving From the Minutiae to the Big Picture	69	(4)
When the Locus of Attention Is Elsewhere	73	(3)
When Faulty Teaching Is the Issue	76	(1)
So, Where Are We Now?	76	(3)
Share: Suit Show What You Are Learning	79	(40)
``To Cash in One's Chips''	79	(37)
Larry's Story	79	(1)
Theory Stop: From the Saber-Toothed Curriculum to the Share Combo Special	80	(1)
Writing to Share: ``Info Out''	81	(7)
More Formal Writing	88	(6)
Technical Writing	94	(2)
Fact to Fiction	96	(2)
More Elaborate Writing: The Big Kahunas	98	(4)
``Info Out'' With Visuals	102	(6)
``Info Out'' by Speaking	108	(4)
Sharing as Assessment	112	(4)
Conclusion	116	(3)
What Works	119	(22)
``Hold All the Aces''	119	(17)
Betty's Story	119	(2)
Students Hold All the Aces on the Effectiveness of Your Instruction	121	(1)
A ``Prepare'' Theory Stop: Planning for Instruction	122	(14)
In Summary: Be a Data Nut	136	(5)
Teacher-to-Teacher	141	(4)
``She's Teaching With a Full Deck''	141	(4)
Appendix	145	(26)
About the Authors	171	(2)
Index	173