Teaching for Transfer: A Guide for Designing Learning with Real-World Application (a Guide to Instructional Strategies That Build Transferable Skills

By Michael McDowell

A guide to instructional strategies that build transferable skills in K-12 students

Empower students to become creative, well-rounded citizens who are prepared to meet and overcome real-world challenges. With Teaching for Transfer, you'll discover a road map for reconfiguring K-12 classroom instruction to ensure learners can expertly apply their knowledge and skills to new contexts. The resource includes ample practices and protocols you can begin using today to cultivate essential transfer-level skills in students.

Study the three levels of complexity: (1) surface, (2) deep, and (3) transfer.Understand how foundational knowledge and skills can be leveraged to create transfer-level learning experiences and increase student engagement and problem-solving skills.Learn specific teaching strategies and protocols for incorporating perspective and perplexity in the classroom to mimic real-world challenges.Use end-of-chapter reflection questions individually and collaboratively, with other teachers, to build students' transferable skills.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1949539938
• ISBN13: 9781949539936
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Solution Tree
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 10.8"