Embrace challenge and celebrate Eureka! Challenge makes learning more interesting. That’s one of the reasons to encourage your students to dive into the learning pit―a state of cognitive conflict that forces students to think more deeply, critically, and strategically until they discover their "eureka" moment. Nottingham, an internationally known author and consultant, will show you how to promote challenge, dialogue, and a growth mindset through: <ul>
<li>Practical strategies that guide students through the four stages of the Learning Challenge</li> <li>Engaging lesson plan ideas and classroom activities</li> <li>Inspiring examples from Learning Challenges across the world</li> </ul>

The Learning Challenge: How to Guide Your Students Through the Learning Pit to Achieve Deeper Understanding (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Education & Teaching

Nottingham, James A.

Schools & Teaching

Corwin

Using feedback to enhance learning Feedback has the potential to dramatically improve student learning – if done correctly. In fact, providing high quality feedback is one of the most critical roles of a teacher. Challenging Learning Through Feedback provides educators with the tools they need to craft high quality feedback and avoid common mistakes. Readers will learn <ul>
<li>How to know when feedback is (and isn’t) working</li> <li>How to design feedback so that it answers three essential questions</li> <li>Practical strategies for crafting Learning Intentions and Success Criteria</li> <li>Strategies, templates, and rubrics for providing feedback</li> <li>How to teach students to give high quality feedback to themselves and others</li> </ul>

Challenging Learning Through Feedback: How to Get the Type, Tone and Quality of Feedback Right Every Time (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Nottingham, Jill

Using classroom discussions to teach good habits of thinking Research shows that classroom discussion has a major effect on student learning. So, how do we get students to talk more? Challenging Learning Through Dialogue transforms the most up-to-date research into practical strategies that work. Readers will learn <ul>
<li>How to build in more "wait-time" for better quality thinking and questioning from students</li> <li>How to use dialogue to teach reasoning, collaboration, and good habits of thinking</li> <li>The three types of dialogue and how to teach the most effective version: exploratory talk</li> <li>Dozens of practical strategies for exploratory dialogue</li> <li>Global examples of fun ways to teach dialogue</li> </ul>

Challenging Learning Through Dialogue: Strategies to Engage Your Students and Develop Their Language of Learning (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Renton, Martin

Create the right conditions for a growth mindset to flourish in your school and your students Mindset doesn’t matter when things are easy; it is only when faced with challenges that working from a growth mindset influences learning. But what is a ‘growth mindset’? Why are mindset interventions not working in schools (yet)? What can be done to change this? Challenging Mindset answers key questions about Carol Dweck’s theory of Mindset and shares proven strategies for putting mindset theory into practice. A nuanced understanding of mindset is critical for fostering a growth mindset in yourself, your classroom, and your students.

Challenging Mindset: Why a Growth Mindset Makes a Difference in Learning – and What to Do When It Doesn’t (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Larsson, Bosse

Using classroom discussions to teach good habits of thinking   Classroom discussion has a major effect on student learning. In fact, dialogue is one of the best vehicles for learning how to think, make moral decisions, and understand another person’s point of view. Research also indicates that most teachers talk too much in the classroom and don’t wait long enough for students to respond. How do we improve the quality of classroom discussion? Challenging Learning Through Dialogue transforms the most up-to-date research into practical strategies that work. Readers will learn  How to build in more "wait-time" for better quality thinking and questioning from students How to use dialogue to teach reasoning, collaboration, and good habits of thinking The three types of dialogue and how to teach the most effective version: exploratory talk Dozens of practical strategies for exploratory dialogue Global examples of fun ways to teach dialogue An innovative new instructional strategy called Classroom Mysteries  Written by an internationally known team of educational innovators, this book is for all educators who aim to use effective classroom dialogue to engage students in learning.  "This valuable book is a must for teachers and families who wish to have their children learn to think and communicate with greater precision and clarity." Arthur L. Costa, Ed. D., Professor Emeritus California State University Sacramento and Co-Director, International Institute for Habits of Mind  "James Nottingham’s work on Challenging Learning is a critical element of creating Visible Learners. This new series will help teachers hone the necessary pedagogical skills of dialogue, feedback, questioning, and mindset." John Hattie, Professor & Director, Melbourne Education Research Institute University of Melbourne

Dimensions: 24" x 36" This large dry-erase poster provides teachers with an easy way to help document students′ journey through the Learning Challenge. Based on the book, The Learning Challenge by James Nottingham, this poster features: - The four stages of The Learning Challenge: Concept, Cognitive Conflict, Construct, and Consider - Prompts throughout the Learning Challenge to encourage deep thinking - Large size allows the poster to be seen from the back of the classroom Posters are mailed in a large tube.

The Learning Challenge Dry-Erase Poster (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

Jumpstart meaningful learning for students with new Learning Challenge lessons Twenty new lessons, created to accompany The Learning Challenge, provide teachers with everything needed to run thoughtful, dialogue-driven challenges for elementary school students. Each compelling and developmentally-appropriate lesson invites young students to think, to be reasonable, to make moral decisions, and to understand another person’s point of view―all critical skills in today’s complex world. Detailed lesson plans help teachers facilitate rigorous discussion around topics of current importance and include activities and techniques that encourage students into the "Learning Pit" to explore ideas and uncertainties with others through dialogue.

Learning Challenge Lessons, Elementary: 20 Lessons to Guide Young Learners Through the Learning Pit (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Bollom, Mark

Nugent, Joanne

Pringle, Lorna

Fans of the The Learning Challenge who want ready-to-use lessons for their secondary ELA classrooms need not look any further. This book provides teachers with everything they need to run dialogue-driven challenges so that students engage more deeply and develop literary skills critical to ELA standards. Students will analyze texts in lessons grounded in cognitive conflicts such as <ul>
<li>To be successful you cannot fail, but most successful people have experienced many failures along the way (Lesson 7: Was Jay Gatsby a success?)</li> <li>Love is impossible to define, and yet everyone knows what love is (Lesson 11: Is Romeo really in love?) </li> </ul>

Learning Challenge Lessons, Secondary English Language Arts: 20 Lessons to Guide Students Through the Learning Pit (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

The Learning Challenge Lessons have been created to accompany The Learning Challenge and provide teachers with everything they need to run thoughtful, dialogue-driven Challenges. The Learning Challenge Lessons, Primary, book includes 20 developmentally-appropriate lesson plans that will help young learners: * Learn new vocabulary in the context of dialogue * Challenge themselves to think through complex concepts * Encourage their natural curiosity and seek answers to questions they pose themselves

Learning Challenge Lessons, Primary: 20 Lessons to Guide Young Learners Through the Learning Pit (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

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The Learning Challenge: How to Guide Your Students Through the Learning Pit to Achieve Deeper Understanding (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Challenging Learning Through Feedback: How to Get the Type, Tone and Quality of Feedback Right Every Time (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Challenging Learning Through Dialogue: Strategies to Engage Your Students and Develop Their Language of Learning (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Challenging Mindset: Why a Growth Mindset Makes a Difference in Learning – and What to Do When It Doesn’t (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Challenging Learning Through Dialogue: Strategies to Engage Your Students and Develop Their Language of Learning (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Challenging Learning Through Feedback: How to Get the Type, Tone and Quality of Feedback Right Every Time (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

The Learning Challenge Dry-Erase Poster (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Learning Challenge Lessons, Elementary: 20 Lessons to Guide Young Learners Through the Learning Pit (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Learning Challenge Lessons, Secondary English Language Arts: 20 Lessons to Guide Students Through the Learning Pit (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Learning Challenge Lessons, Primary: 20 Lessons to Guide Young Learners Through the Learning Pit (Corwin Teaching Essentials)