Visible Learning

This unique and ground-breaking book is the result of 15 years research and synthesises over 800 meta-analyses on the influences on achievement in school-aged students. It builds a story about the power of teachers, feedback, and a model of learning and understanding. The research involves many millions of students and represents the largest ever evidence based research into what actually works in schools to improve learning. Areas covered include the influence of the student, home, school, curricula, teacher, and teaching strategies. A model of teaching and learning is developed based on the notion of visible teaching and visible learning.A major message is that what works best for students is similar to what works best for teachers - an attention to setting challenging learning intentions, being clear about what success means, and an attention to learning strategies for developing conceptual understanding about what teachers and students know and understand. Although the current evidence based fad has turned into a debate about test scores, this book is about using evidence to build and defend a model of teaching and learning. A major contribution is a fascinating benchmark/dashboard for comparing many innovations in teaching and schools.

ISBN 0415476186   Pages 392 ISBN13 9780415476188 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 657 Imprint Routledge   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 246 Publication date 18 Nov 2008   Width (mm) 174 Library of Congress 2008021702   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY 371.102   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

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1		The challenge		1
2		The nature of the evidence: a synthesis of meta-analyses		7
3		The argument: visible teaching and visible learning		22
4		The contributions from the student		39
5		The contributions from the home		61
6		The contributions from the school		72
7		The contributions from the teacher		108
8		The contributions from the curricula		129
9		The contributions from teaching approaches - part I		161
10		The contributions from teaching approaches - part II		200
11		Bringing it all together		237
App. A		The meta-analyses by topic		263
App. B		The meta-analyses by rank order		297
		Bibliography		301
		Index		375

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