Teaching Students to Work Harder and Enjoy It

by John Jensen

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Teaching Students to Work Harder and Enjoy It: Practice Makes Permanent points out a single, fundamental, and easily-corrected flaw that has held back American education for nearly a century-the design of instruction to achieve familiarization instead of mastery. This book explains the psychological dynamics and methods involved in mastery, and how to apply them easily in K-12 learning. A basic insight is that once students have a correct answer to any question, a straight road to its mastery is entirely comprised of practice. Practice continues to "make perfect" in all skill areas including the accumulation of a body of knowledge. Outlined here are the forms of it that enable students to master academic learning perfectly and permanently, as well as become competent with social/emotional skills and alter their behavior. A combination of methods especially valuable for students falling behind can turn classrooms around quickly.
  • ISBN10 128066889X
  • ISBN13 9781280668890
  • Publish Date 1 January 2012
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 9 June 2015
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint R & L Education
  • Format eBook
  • Language English