The Learning Skills Cycle A Way to Rethink Education Reform [Hardcover]

Dr. Klemm provides teachers and students alike with a well-researched and solidly-documented resource that not only shines light on many popular misconceptions in the science of teaching and learning, but also gives profound insights into how true learning occurs and how a teacher or parent can help their struggling students transform into the confident achievers that they want to be.Highly recommended! Instead of another book reinforcing what young students should know, William Klemm challenges the status quo of educating children by uncovering a plan to teach students analytical skills, problem-solving, and creative skills. He considers the whole student with an in-depth discussion about what motivates students. The Learning Skills Cycle will appeal to parents and educators who want to move beyond teaching to the test. This book, with its common sense advice coupled with scientific acuity, will help anyone foster a sense of wonder in students and also help them guide students on a journey to becoming lifelong learners. As an author of many books for children, I have a keen understanding that children need creative approaches to learning information. I believe that Klemms book will assist educators as they seek to develop creative, nimble-minded students, ready to solve problems and face lifes challenges.This book emphasizes a crucial but little-known aspect of education: to succeed in school students must learn to execute basic skills effortlessly and automatically. Speed is needed because short-term memory lasts only a few seconds; students must retain in memory large amounts of information in order to understand. Of the six components of the Learning Skills Cycle in this book, the emphasis on memory is especially novel and valuable. Schools may spend time on tasks that may be fun but that may not prepare students to deal with complex information effortlessly. Every parent should understand these learning needs and demand accountability from teachers and slӆ