Teaching Literacy in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades 6-12 [Paperback]

Teach with Optimum Impact

Whether through direct instruction, guided instruction, peer-led and independent learning—every student deserves a great teacher, not by chance, but by design. In this companion to Visible Learning for Literacy, Fisher, Frey, and Hattie show you how to use learning intentions, success criteria, formative assessment and feedback to achieve profound instructional clarity. Chapter by chapter, this acclaimed author team helps put a range of learning strategies into practice, depending upon whether your 6–12 students are ready for surface, deep, or transfer levels of understanding. Teach with Optimum Impact

Whether through direct instruction, guided instruction, peer-led and independent learning—every student deserves a great teacher, not by chance, but by design. In this companion to Visible Learning for Literacy, Fisher, Frey, and Hattie show you how to use learning intentions, success criteria, formative assessment and feedback to achieve profound instructional clarity. Chapter by chapter, this acclaimed author team helps put a range of learning strategies into practice, depending upon whether your 6–12 students are ready for surface, deep, or transfer levels of understanding. Introduction
Chapter 1. Mobilizing Visible Learning for Literacy
Visible Learning for Literacy
Components of Effective Literacy Learning
Adolescent Literacy: Reading
Adolescent Literacy: Writing
Knowledge of How Students Learn
Developmental View of Learning
Meaningful Experiences and Social Interaction
Surface, Deep, and Transfer of Learning
What Students Need
Scheduling Instructional Time
Spotlight on Three Teachers
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