Teaching Students to Work Harder and Enjoy It

Preface
Chapter 1. First, Practice - The nature and importance of practice
Chapter 2. Accumulate Knowledge - US education subverts mastered knowledge
Chapter 3. Practice Requires Effort - The essential place of focusedeffort
Chapter 4. Effort in the Inner Venue - Connect learning to effort inside the mind
Chapter 5. Practice by Explaining - The central role of explaining learning
Chapter 6. Developing a Mental Field -What comprehension looks like inside
Chapter 7. Practice Saves Prior Learning - The cycle of deepening understanding
Chapter 8. Practice Behavioral Knowledge - Knowing as the first step to doing
Chapter 9. Students Talk Meaning - How to help students express what's important
Chapter 10. Practice on Substantial Topics - Weight fundamental issues
Chapter 11. Score the Results Objectively - How scoring can energize learning
Chapter 12. More Ways to Use Scoring - Tracking progress on many fronts
Chapter 13. Practice for Performance The motivational spur from performing
Chapter 14. The High School Vise: Four Problems Working around limitations
Chapter 15. Seven Steps to Turn a Class Around Key levers for a distracted class
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