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Book SynopsisExcited students happy to be in class and learning from fulfilled and rewarded teachers. Sounds like a dream you say? Not if you apply the methodology described in Extreme Teaching. More than two decades in the classroom and careful research and reflection are the impetus behind author Keen Babbage''s inspiring story. It is a call to action for all teachers to employ the recommended extreme solutions to make lessons real, worthwhile, meaningful, applicable, fascinating, and enjoyable. By connecting what students already know, already are interested in, and already are good at, with what students need to learn, extreme teachers can and will cause learning.
Trade ReviewMost of us are well versed in the concept of prior learning. Yet, Babbage encourages us to think deeply and to find and acknowledge students' prior learning, which exists on most topics although it may?or may not?have come from a formal lesson in school.He gives creative examples that identify students' prior learning and how it relates to new content to be learned....Babbage...provides examples of lesson plans that pertain to such topics as fractions, paragraph writing, reading comprehension, supply anddemand, multiplication, architecture, government, mathematics word problems, graphs, energy, motion and focus, chronological order, comparing and contrasting, accepting responsibility, the scientific method and others. Babbage does explain the term extreme teaching and provides us with enough data and information to enable us to do it....teachers and administrators...will benefit from his work.. * Kentucky Teacher *
Most of us are well versed in the concept of prior learning. Yet, Babbage encourages us to think deeply and to find and acknowledge students' prior learning, which exists on most topics although it may—or may not—have come from a formal lesson in school. He gives creative examples that identify students' prior learning and how it relates to new content to be learned....Babbage...provides examples of lesson plans that pertain to such topics as fractions, paragraph writing, reading comprehension, supply and demand, multiplication, architecture, government, mathematics word problems, graphs, energy, motion and focus, chronological order, comparing and contrasting, accepting responsibility, the scientific method and others. Babbage does explain the term extreme teaching and provides us with enough data and information to enable us to do it....teachers and administrators...will benefit from his work. * Kentucky Teacher *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1 Reality Chapter 4 2 Opportunity and Challenge Chapter 5 3 How to Implement Extreme Teaching Chapter 6 4 A Classroom Visit Chapter 7 5 Extreme Teaching: Thoughts, Hopes Chapter 8 Epilogue Chapter 9 Index Chapter 10 About the Author
