Description
| Product ID: | 9781412950701 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Mediated Learning |
| Subtitle: | Teaching, Tasks, and Tools to Unlock Cognitive Potential |
| Authors: | Author: Mandia Mentis, Martene Mentis, Marilyn J. Dunn-Bernstein |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Cognition and cognitive psychology, Learning, Teaching of students with social, emotional or behavioural difficulties, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching of students with emotional & behavioural difficulties, Teaching skills & techniques |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Features an expanded discussion of mediated learning and includes case studies, reflective activities for the reader, and in-depth coverage of metacognition, metalearning, metateaching, and metatasking. "A practical primer par excellence for teachers who want to implement the principles of Reuven Feuerstein''s Mediated Learning Experience. A multitude of easy-to-implement suggestions empowers teachers to transform even the most challenged students into more effective thinkers and learners." "Teachers are often told to improve students'' problem-solving abilities. This is a book that explains HOW, teaching the practitioner to recognize dysfunctions in cognition and providing strategies to help students become independent learners." Develop your students'' abilities to think and learn more effectively! All individuals have the potential to change and learn. Using Reuven Feuerstein''s theory that educators can enhance intelligence and change the way students think with the right kind of intervention, the authors provide teachers and counselors with practical strategies to help at-risk students develop cognitive skills and become more effective thinkers and learners. In the second edition, readers will find an expanded discussion of mediated learning, explanations and applications of the Cognitive Map and Structured Cognitive Modifiability, and reflective activities for the educator. Through case studies and in-depth coverage of metacognition, metalearning, metateaching, and metatasking, this user-friendly resource shows educators how they can:
Mediated Learning, Second Edition, offers highly effective intervention techniques to increase student motivation, improve students'' problem-solving skills, and strengthen their thinking processes. |
| Imprint Name: | Corwin Press Inc |
| Publisher Name: | SAGE Publications Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2007-09-05 |
