Identify the quick instructional wins that will help every student be successful. This in-depth action guide by James A. Nottingham, creator of the renowned teaching model the Learning Pit, distills cutting-edge research and best practices from classrooms worldwide. Flip to any chapter to access just-in-time strategies for engaging students, providing optimum challenge, ensuring meaningful feedback, raising expectations, and building equity for all students.

This book will help you:

Make small changes to your instructional practice that will lead to significant gains in student learning

Boost the engagement of all your students

Provide optimum levels of challenge

Ensure your students use feedback brilliantly

Lift expectations so that all students make excellent progress

Use lessons from a broad range of meta-analyses to strengthen equity

Justify your pedagogical decisions through the confident use of empirical data

Contents:

Introduction: Learning Is Driven by What Teachers and Students Do Together

Chapter 1: When You Adjust Your Teaching, It Transforms Their Learning

Chapter 2: When You Engage Your Students, Their Learning Gains Purpose

Chapter 3: When Challenge Is Just Right, Their Abilities Improve

Chapter 4: When Feedback Is Used Brilliantly, It Adds Significant Value

Chapter 5: When Expectations Are High, Everybody Prospers

Chapter 6: When There Is Equity, There Is Fairness

Epilogue: Post-Credit Encores

References and Resources

Index