Publisher's Synopsis
Enhance students′ higher-level thinking skills, engage their brains, and build their self-esteem and achievement!Expert teacher and trainer Susan J. Jones presents a no-nonsense, reality-based approach to classroom instruction that will help learners at all levels achieve lifelong success. Her expert knowledge covers a generous collection of teaching strategies, activities, and applications that add up to a blueprint for sound instructional delivery and student success.Innovative topics Jones discusses include:Laying the groundwork for learning and organizing experiences for understanding Illustrating the framework for secure change in the classroom and identifying the big picture for learning Demonstrating how to engage the brain′s capacity for making connections in order to enhance the learning process Transferring learning to real life and facilitating the recall processFeedback, assessment, evaluation, and determining mastery learningBlueprint for Student Success is a dynamic book that stresses the importance of learning through discovery, creativity, application, adaptation, and high-level thinking. Jones reiterates the need for a positive atmosphere, rituals, and procedures, enabling educators in turn to strengthen students′ knowledge and achievement, resulting in lifelong success. is a dynamic book that stresses the importance of learning through discovery, creativity, application, adaptation, and high-level thinking. Jones reiterates the need for a positive atmosphere, rituals, and procedures, enabling educators in turn to strengthen students′ knowledge and achievement, resulting in lifelong success.
