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Teach like a champion : 49 techniques that put students on the path to college / Doug Lemov ; foreword by Norman Atkins.

Lemov, Doug, 1967- (Author).

Summary:

Easy-to-apply ideas for becoming an outstanding teacher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780470550472
ISBN: 0470550473
Physical Description: xix, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, [2010]
Copyright: ©2010

Content descriptions

General Note:

DVD contains examples of some of the tecniques described in the book.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Setting high academic expectations -- Planning that ensures academic achievement -- Structuring and delivering your lessons -- Engaging students in your lessons -- Creating a strong classroom culture -- Setting and maintaining high behavioral expectations -- Building character and trust -- Improving your pacing: additional techniques for creating a positive rhythm in the classroom -- Challenging students to think critically: additional techniques for questioning and responding to students -- How all teachers can (and must) be reading teachers -- The fundamentals: teaching decoding, vocabulary, development, and fluency -- Comprehension: teaching students to understand what they read.