The Power of Our Words, 2nd Edition
Discover how your words can help students develop confidence, competence, and self-control.
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The Power of Our Words offers practical tips, real-life anecdotes, and concrete examples on how to use your words to build a positive classroom community and increase student engagement.
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Copyright ©2013 Center for Responsive Schools, Inc
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Item #: 193-BKS-NEFC
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Length: 180 pages
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ISBN: 978-1-892989-59-8
Topics include:
- The “Three Rs” of teacher language: reinforcing, reminding, and redirecting
- Listening and skillfully using silence
- Saying what you mean and meaning what you say with brief, concrete, and specific instructions and feedback
- Stretching student thinking with open-ended questions
- Using language to help students envision success
- Free discussion questions now available! These chapter-by-chapter questions will deepen your learning and help you apply the book’s strategies to your own setting.
- Foreword
- Table of Contents
- “The Goals of Teacher Language” (excerpt from the Introduction)
- Index
Description
The Power of Our Words offers practical tips, real-life anecdotes, and concrete examples on how to use your words to build a positive classroom community and increase student engagement.
-
Copyright ©2013 Center for Responsive Schools, Inc
-
Item #: 193-BKS-NEFC
-
Length: 180 pages
-
ISBN: 978-1-892989-59-8
Key topics
Topics include:
- The “Three Rs” of teacher language: reinforcing, reminding, and redirecting
- Listening and skillfully using silence
- Saying what you mean and meaning what you say with brief, concrete, and specific instructions and feedback
- Stretching student thinking with open-ended questions
- Using language to help students envision success
Sample pages
- Free discussion questions now available! These chapter-by-chapter questions will deepen your learning and help you apply the book’s strategies to your own setting.
- Foreword
- Table of Contents
- “The Goals of Teacher Language” (excerpt from the Introduction)
- Index