Academic Moves for College and Career Readiness, Grades 6-12: 15 Must-Have Skills Every Student Needs to Achieve

by Jim Burke, Barry Gilmore

Depth matters!

Can a mere fifteen words turn today’s youth into the innovative, ambitious thinkers we need? Yes, contend Jim Burke and Barry Gilmore, because these are the moves that make the mind work and students must learn if they’re to achieve academically. With Academic Moves, Jim and Barry distill each of these 15 powerhouse processes into a potent concision that nevertheless spans core subject

Genres: Teaching, Education

256 pages, Spiral-bound

First published February 3, 2015

About the author

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A longtime English teacher, Jim Burke is the author of more than 20 books and senior consultant for the Holt McDougal Literature program. Jim has received several awards, including the 2000 NCTE Exemplary English Leadership Award. In 2009, he created the English Companion Ning―the largest online community of English teachers in the world. More recently, Jim has served on the AP English Course and Exam Review Commission and the PARCC Consortium.

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great reframing of teaching specific skills to students while teaching content; I liked how this book approaches synonyms for these action verbs as well as supporting skills and how to scaffold students to greater levels of complexity. The planning pages are helpful, and I don't think I've seen such an effective use of DoK before.

[Alyssa Sicard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful!!

[K Love · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple, pragmatic list

[Jill Berge · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent teaching resource for critical thinking.