Schools for All Kinds of Minds: Boosting Student Success by Embracing Learning Variation

by Mary-Dean Barringer, Craig Pohlman, Michele Robinson

Book Overview

This book shows how schools can--and must--develop expertise in "learning variation" (understanding how different kinds of minds learn) and apply this knowledge to classroom instruction in order to address the chronic learning challenges and achievement gap faced by millions of students. Barringer shows how using what we know about learning variation with a focus on discovering learning strengths, not just deficits, can help schools...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 047050515X
• ISBN13: 9780470505151
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.5"