Ready-to-go instructional strategies that build collaboration, communication, & critical thinking - White, Denise M.; Braddy, Alisa H. (Thousand Oaks, California Corwin, 2017)
1. Hooking them in: powerful strategies for opening a lesson -- Vignettes -- A teacher's perspective -- A student's perspective -- What is an anticipatory set? -- Why it works --Strategies for anticipatory sets -- Instructional video clips -- Visual representations -- Comics and cartoons -- Songs -- Compelling questions or quotes -- Human continuum -- What's the connection? -- Storytelling -- Questions for reflection -- 2. Keep calm and question On: creating Quality questions for critical thinking -- Vignettes -- A teacher's perspective -- A student's perspective -- What are quality questions? -- Why it works -- Strategies for quality questioning -- Question stems -- Text-based questions -- Simultaneous response techniques -- Technique -- Strategies for simultaneous response -- Questions of the day -- Questions from headings -- Snowball -- Question gallery -- Interactive K-W-L chart -- Questions for reflection -- 3. Let them talk: structuring academic conversations and effective communication -- Vignettes -- A teacher's perspective -- A student's perspective -- What is academic dialogue? -- Why it works -- Strategies for academic dialogue -- Reflective dialogue -- Socratic seminar -- Playing card discussion -- Think dots -- Equalized discussion -- Talking triads -- Content coffeehouse -- Clock appointments -- Questions for reflection -- 4. Two heads are better than one: strategies for effective collaboration -- Vignettes -- A teacher's perspective -- A student's perspective -- What Is collaboration and how is it different from group work? -- Why It Works -- Strategies for collaboration -- Partner reading -- Turnabout teaching -- Collaboration carousel -- Expert jigsaw -- Group roles -- Pass the buck -- Interactive worksheet -- Twittertest-- Questions for reflection -- 5. Get moving: embedding purposeful movement into instruction -- Vignettes -- A teacher's perspective -- A student's perspective -- What Is purposeful movement? -- Why it works -- Strategies for embedding purposeful movement -- Stand Up, hand Up, pair up -- Find your match -- Mingle to music -- Box-it -- Quiz-Quiz-trade -- Kinesthetic mapping -- Go to your corner -- motionless models -- Questions for reflection -- 6. Make It stick: powerful strategies for Closing a lesson and providing reflection -- Vignettes -- A Teacher's perspective -- A student's perspective -- What Is closure? -- Why It works -- Strategies for closure -- Input, output -- goal-setting -- Statements of insight -- Fist to five -- One-word summaries -- On your mark -- Exit tickets -- 3-2-1 -- Questions for reflection.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-132) and index.
Keywords: Effective teaching; Critical thinking -- Study and teaching; Communication in education