Learning That Sticks
Learning That Sticks
By: Bryan Goodwin, Kristin Rouleau, Tonia Gibson
In Learning That Sticks, Bryan Goodwin and his coauthors unpack the cognitive science underlying research-supported learning strategies so you can sequence them into experiences that challenge, inspire, and engage your students. As a result, you'll learn to teach with more intentionality—understanding not just what to do but also when and why to do it.
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In far too many classrooms, the emphasis is on instructional strategies that teachers employ rather than on what students should be doing or thinking about as part of their learning. What's more, students' minds are something of a mysterious "black box" for most teachers, so when learning breaks down, they're not sure what went wrong or what to do differently to help students learn.
It doesn't have to be this way.
Learning That Sticks helps you look inside that black box. Bryan Goodwin and his coauthors unpack the cognitive science underlying research-supported learning strategies so you can sequence them into experiences that challenge, inspire, and engage your students. As a result, you'll learn to teach with more intentionality—understanding not just what to do but also when and why to do it.
By way of an easy-to-use six-phase model of learning, this book
- Analyzes how the brain reacts to, stores, and retrieves new information.
- Helps you "zoom out" to understand the process of learning from beginning to end.
- Helps you "zoom in" to see what's going on in students' minds during each phase.
Bryan Goodwin
Bryan Goodwin is president and CEO of McREL International. During his more than two decades at McREL, he has translated research into practice, scanning the world for new insights and best practices on teaching and leading, and has helped educators across the United States and around the world adapt them to address their own local contexts, goals, and needs. A frequent conference presenter, he is the author of numerous books, papers, and articles on research-based practices for effective instruction and school/system leadership, and the power of curiosity for students and adults. Before joining McREL in 1998, Bryan was a college instructor, a high school teacher, and a business journalist. He and his family live in Denver, Colorado. Visit mcrel.org to learn more.
Kristin Rouleau
Kris Rouleau, Ed.D., is the Vice President of Learning Services at McREL, where she and her team work with schools, districts, and state departments of education to help implement evidence-based practices and structures for high-quality instruction, leadership, and systemic change for improvement and innovation. Kris joined McREL after a more than 30-year career in education, serving as a classroom teacher, principal, and district-level curriculum administrator.
Tonia Gibson
Tonia Gibson is a senior managing consultant at McREL. She works with teachers, principals and school leadership teams, and district administrators in using evidence-based practices to improve instruction, leadership, and systemic improvement. Prior to joining McREL, Tonia was a teacher and assistant principal at primary schools in Melbourne, Australia.
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The Science of Learning is a body of knowledge and an approach for teaching based on key findings from cognitive-science research on learning and memory plus education research on effective instruction, translated into practical strategies for designing and delivering more effective units and lessons that better engage students in deep learning.
This collection of McREL books and reference guides provides teachers, instructional coaches and leaders, and professional learning facilitators with insights on the stages of memory and learning that students will progress through as they learn new information, work with it, and form lasting, applicable knowledge, as well as strategies for delivering best first instruction that can help all students have greater success in the classroom. As a group, these publications are a powerful resource for helping teachers advance their knowledge of the Science of Learning and their ability to apply it their classrooms for every student, every day.
- Learning That Sticks
- Using Brain Science to Make Learning Stick: A Quick Reference Guide
- The New Classroom Instruction That Works
- Research-Based Instructional Strategies That Work: A Quick Reference Guide
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