Publisher's Synopsis
Daniel Heuser knows that lasting educational reform comes not from the reports of policy makers, but from advances in research and the experiences of classroom teachers searching for a better way to educate their students. In Reworking the Workshop he offers a plan to dramatically improve how your students construct math and science understanding. Underpinning his book are three ideas based on research and classroom experience: - some ways of teaching to help students understand math and science better - good math and science teaching resembles good literacy teaching - math and science workshops combine reform techniques with familiar lesson formats. Heuser offers practical ideas for developing students' natural faculties in math and science by applying advances in research to proven workshop techniques. Students engage in hands-on learning, choice, reflection, inquiry, and problem solving. Teachers widen their understanding of great teaching, too, as they see the powerful synergies of successful literacy, math, and science education at work in their classrooms.
