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Learning Sciences International Power of Student Teams by Michael D. Toth David A. Sousa
In many classrooms the teachers role is to talk and the students role is to listen. Whose brain is doing most of the work in this scenario? Authors Michael D. Toth and David A. Sousa present an alternative: a new pedagogical model called student-led academic teaming. In academic teams students collaborate peer coach and peer teach while engaging in rigorous standards-based tasks-a combination that leads to true social emotional and cognitive learning SECL. The simple truth is student-led academic teaming elevates core instruction to a level of rigor far beyond that of traditional classrooms and familiar grouping strategies. This book includes a groundbreaking 10000-student research study on a large urban district where teaming raised achievement across the board and narrowed achievement gaps for African-American students English Language Learners and students with special needs. Toth and Sousa describe here a path to predictable success for every student in every classroom in every school-all backed by student data neuroscience research and experiences from superintendents school leaders teachers and students who have made the shift. Teach for the 21st?century through the power of student teams. This is the last major school reform you will ever have to make.show more