What's the Big Idea?

Author: Jim Burke
Edition:
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0325021570

What's the Big Idea?: Question-Driven Units to Motivate Reading, Writing, and Thinking

Many people have written about how theory (or research) relates to practice; Jim is one of those rare professionals who live the relationship. Download What's the Big Idea?: Question-Driven Units to Motivate Reading, Writing, and Thinking from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. /EM> -Arthur Applebee NAEP advisor, Validation committee member for Common Core, Author of Curriculum as Conversation Why a book about questions? "Because when students' instruction is organized around meaningful, clear questions," writes Jim Burke in What's the Big Idea? "they understand better, remember longer, and engage much more deeply and for greater periods of time." >>> Listen to a podcast where Jim explains how How big questions can engage and motivate students who have grown up digitally. >>> Listen to a podcast where Jim explains how bi Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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