Teaching With the Instructional Cha-Chas: Four Steps to Make Learning Stick

by Leann Nickelsen, Melissa Dickson

With foreword by Rick Wormeli Merging educational neuroscience with a formative assessment process and differentiated instruction, LeAnn Nickelsen and Melissa Dickson developed a four-step cycle of instruction -- (1) chunk, (2) chew, (3) check, and (4) change -- that has the power to double the speed of student learning. Compatible with any subject area, the book's brain-friendly teaching strategies and plentiful tools are designed to help transform students into active learners and independent thinkers. Educational neuroscience- and research-based teaching strategies to improve student
Maneuver Your Footwork With Four Steps Part Setting Up Your Classroom Dance Floor
Chapter 1: Choreograph Your Instruction With the Cha-Cha Steps
Chapter 2: Move Smoothly From Broad Ideas to Smaller Ideas
Chapter 3: Get to Know Your Dance Partners Part Putting the Steps Together
Chapter 4: Take Step Chunk (Instruct)
Chapter 5: Take Step Chew (Learn)
Chapter 6: Take Step Check (Evaluate)
Chapter 7: Take Step Change (Differentiate)
Chapter 8: Finesse the Chunk, Chew, Check, and Change Cycle Swing Into Action With the Four Steps

240 pages, Perfect Paperback

Published November 9, 2018