Teaching How to Learn: The Teacher's Guide to Student Success

by Kenneth A. Kiewra, William H. Peltz (Foreword by)

Overview

This innovative guidebook offers proven methods to strengthen instruction and help K–12 students acquire successful learning strategies using the SOAR approach: Selecting key lesson ideas; Organizing information using comparative charts and other representations; Associating ideas to create meaningful, memorable connections; and Regulating and reinforcing learning through practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510701298
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	02/09/2016
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Kenneth A. Kiewra is an expert on learning strategies, homework, and study methods. A professor of educational psycholgy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, he presents regulary at AERA and other national confereces, in addition to working with local schools. Kiewra is the author of two textbooks with Prentice Hall and Allyn & Bacon, as well as dozens of journal articles.  His research interests include: learning strategies, knowledge representation, strategies for note-taking and studying, cognitive factors related to writing ability, and the development of talent and expertise.

Table of Contents

Foreword William H. Peltz vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

About the Author xvii

Part I Soar Strategies

Chapter 1 Helping Students Soar 3

Chapter 2 Helping Students Select 17

Chapter 3 Helping Students Organize 37

Chapter 4 Helping Students Associate 67

Chapter 5 Helping Students Regulate 91

Interlude 114

Part II Support Strategies

Chapter 6 Helping Students Motivate 119

Chapter 7 Helping Students Manage Behavior 139

Chapter 8 Helping Students Become Extraordinary 157

References 173

Index 179

Editorial Reviews

"Provides a creative and badly needed approach to learning. I have been in public education for 40 years, and I have seldom seen a more creative text. "

Alan Grimsley

"Illustrates specific researched-based strategies that develop tools for lifelong learning. The author provides several examples, practices, and applications for study skills, metacognitive thinking, and reflection for an effective, successful learning environment. "

Kathy Redford

"We need to teach students how to learn, not just what to learn. This book is full of valuable information on how to accomplish this, including practical lesson ideas, examples, and vignettes. Any educator will benefit from reading this book and thinking about teaching in a new way. "

Ganna Maymind