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The Empowered Student - by Nancy Weinstein & Mary-Vicki Algeri (Paperback)

The Empowered Student - by  Nancy Weinstein & Mary-Vicki Algeri (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Authors Nancy Weinstein and Mary-Vicki Algeri have developed a practical workbook that offers an elegant, powerful innovation for school improvement: Let's teach students to understand, monitor, and strategically improve their own learning.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In <em>The Empowered Student: A Guide to Self-Regulated Learning</em>, authors Nancy Weinstein and Mary-Vicki Algeri provide teachers with a practical workbook so they can help students develop the skills they need to take charge of their own learning.</p><p><strong>Part 1</strong> is dedicated to getting students on board, laying the foundation for self-regulated learning with the basic neuroscience on how learning happens and what that means in practical terms for effort and motivation.</p><p><strong>Part 2</strong> gets specific, delving into exactly what self-regulation looks like in the classroom, relying on the Universal Design for Learning curriculum development framework developed by the researchers at CAST.</p><p>Packed with tips, strategies and student activities, The Empowered Student is light on words and heavy on examples. The authors assert that self-regulation is not just a set of skills but a way of being, and students who learn it need the guidance of patient, caring adults who embrace the trial and error of ongoing personal growth.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"As educators, we need to optimize student self-regulation if we want them to be self-directed learners, but how do we do that? The answers are all here! Weinstein and Algeri unpack vital vocabulary for teaching self-regulation and provide powerful teacher- and student take-aways to ensure that classrooms are transformed into communities of learning." -- Katie Novak, author of the bestseller <em>UDL Now! A Teacher's Guide to Applying Universal Design for Learning to the Classroom</em></p><br>

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