Students Taking Charge in Grades K-5

<p>Discover how to design innovative learning environments that increase student ownership so they can achieve at high levels and meet rigorous standards. <i>Students Taking Charge </i>shows you how to create student-driven classrooms that empower learners through problem-based learning and differentiation, where students pose questions and actively seek answers. Technology is then used seamlessly throughout the day for information, communication, collaboration, and product generation.</p><p>You’ll find out how to:</p><ul> <li>Design an <i>Authentic Learning Unit</i>, which is at the core of the <i>Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom</i>, aimed at engaging students;</li> <li>Understand the structures needed to support its implementation and empower students;</li> <li>Build the facilitation strategies that will move students from engagement to empowerment to efficacy.</li> </ul><p>This new K–5 edition offers a more detailed look into elementary school implementation. With the book’s practical examples and step-by-step guidelines, you’ll be able to start designing your innovative classroom immediately!</p> <p>Contents</p><p><Typesetter: please add A and B heads></p><p>eResources</p><p>Meet the Author</p><p>Introduction</p><p>1: The Why for Your Instructional Design Journey</p><p>2: Engaging Students Through a Core Problem to Solve</p><p>3: Engaging Students Through Clearly Articulated Expectations</p><p>4: Engaging Students Through Differentiated Learning Activities</p><p>5: Empowering Students to Take Responsibility for Their Learning </p><p>6: Promoting Efficacy Through Facilitation of Learning</p><p>7: Physical Classroom Design</p><p>8: Principles and Paradigm Shifts</p><p>9: Special Considerations</p><p>Appendix A: Designer Pizza</p><p>Appendix B: Butterfly Garden</p><p>Appendix C: Using Numbers and Words to Feed Others</p><p>Appendix D: Can a Frog, Turtle, and Fish Help Us?</p><p>Appendix E: The Places We Can Go - A</p><p>Appendix F: The Places We Can Go - B</p><p>Appendix G: A Place For Robots</p><p>Appendix H: Rubric to Assess a BML</p><p>Appendix I: Learning Styles Readiness Grid</p><p>Appendix J: GSRs</p><p>Appendix K: STEMLATIC</p>