Bill Zima – författare

Cultivate confident thinkers who have a strong sense of agency over their lives. In Mindsets and Skill Sets for Learning, author Bill Zima clearly outlines what student agency looks and sounds like in the classroom. Rely on the book''s framework to help you develop a learner-centered classroom culture, establish well-defined learning targets, deliberately plan and structure lessons, and more.

Use this resource to help students become active participants in their learning:

Explore the framework for building agency, and understand the importance of developing self-agency in students.Receive detailed explanations of each component of the framework and end-of-chapter assignments that ask readers to apply their learning.Study the agency unit planner, and utilize the planner to design student-centered learning experiences that develop learner agency and skills.Receive firsthand perspectives from teachers and students who have transformed learning and increased student engagement with the framework.

Contents:Introduction: Why a Book on Agency?Chapter 1: The Framework for Building AgencyChapter 2: A Learner-Centered Classroom CultureChapter 3: The Inquiry StarterChapter 4: Learning TargetsChapter 5: Application of KnowledgeChapter 6: ReflectionEpilogueAppendixReferences and ResourcesIndex

This book argues that competency-based practices are the key to creating school systems that meet students’ academic needs and prepare students to effectively communicate, collaborate, and self-regulate. With comprehensive coverage of competency-based practices and recommended steps to explore new approaches to instruction and assessment, Marzano Mastery Approaches provides readers with the tools to guide their schools through the necessary decision points for ensuring a profoundly improved and profoundly impactful educational experience.

K–12 school leaders can use this book to:Consider seven key domains of implementation for competency-based educationRestructure assessment, grading, and reporting systems for masteryFormalize student outcomes for academic content, cognitive and metacognitive skills, and the self-systemPersonalize the teaching and learning process and encourage student agency in the classroomShift the roles of educators away from instructing content and toward facilitating learningContents:IntroductionPart 1: The Structural DomainsChapter 1: Structure and ReportingChapter 2: Student OutcomesChapter 3: AgencyChapter 4: EquityPart 2: The Procedural DomainsChapter 5: AssessmentChapter 6: InstructionChapter 7: Adult RolesEpilogueReferencesIndex