It may be my job role, and my respect for research, but I enjoyed this book. It would really be good timing for me to read "Visible Learning for Math" as we are focusing on our TIS math interventions in more depth next fall.
Yes I found a lot of information as beneficial. I feel it gave a lot of information useful, no matter what grade you are working in. I liked that it may give a 3rd grade classroom but also what it looks like at Kindergarten level. I enjoyed the book. I think that our focus sometimes is on reading so yes I would like Visible Learning to Math.
I did learn from reading the book and the posts for each section. I was surprised at the effect number of different strategies. I would participate in a reading blog for Visible Learning to Math.
At first I thought the book was going to be a lot of research that would be boring. After we got into the book a little bit it became interesting to see what strategies I use and to look at the effect numbers on them. It was interesting to see which ones were effective and which ones I could get rid of or use differently to be more effective. I would recommend this to other teachers and would be interested in the math strategies book.
I really enjoyed this book and have already discussed it with my ELA cohorts for next year, as well as recommended it to the teacher taking my position next year. I think that the book over math would be highly beneficial, especially for teacher unfamiliar with teaching math related concepts. While it was somewhat dry in parts, overall the information (and data) was extremely persuasive and I found it hard to walk away from. This was definitely worth reading.
I really enjoyed reading this book and learning from all the information in it. I feel challenged to put more consideration into what I do with students to make the most impact on their learning. I would recommend this book to others, especially those who want to adapt their instruction. I would be interested in the book about Visible Learning for Math.
I learned a lot reading this book, especially somethings about my own teaching practices. I would recommend the book to anyone who wanted a closer look of how to easily modify their instruction, especially for the benefit of ELL and SPED students. I would like to the "Visible Learning for Math," I would be interested to see what tools it could offer to help gain a different perspective on assisting students and giving incite about strategies to use.
I really liked this book. The effect sizes were a throw-back to my days getting my masters degree. I really had forgotten it so this was a great refresher! I liked the effect sizes chart of strategies, I have gone over that several times! I would recommend this book to others and would be interested in the math version.
I really liked this book because it was an easy read with loads of valuable information and resources, and I’ve actually already had a few conversations with various people about some of the topics that were presented. I think “Visible Learning for Math” would be EXCELLENT because a lot of focus has been put on reading, and people are more confident and familiar with that subject area, but when it comes to math, it seems like people have always been more uncertain with what to do. Maybe that’s just me, though. Regardless, being able to have more research and information to fall back on is never a bad thing.
I liked the research behind the strategies that they were trying to teach you. It made me take the time to think about what strategies I use when teaching literacy and how I could improve to make more of a lasting impact. I would like to read the math book.
I enjoyed reading this book. It was so full of great information to help us be better educators. It really made me think about the strategies that we use as lower elementary educators and how they are also beneficial to the older students. I would most likely do the math book blog as well.
I liked how this book was so broad in its approach and yet very clear in its goals. It really challenged me to be a more transparent teacher, to know my students' current learning levels, to pursue deeper learning, and to utilize research based methods. This was a great resource for teaching strategies and their effect sizes. I would heartily recommend it and would enjoy doing its sister book on math.
Visible Learning for Literacy was good because it used data to breakdown specific strategies by their effectiveness. Teachers cannot do it all, but they can use their time wisely in working smarter not harder. Retention is not good, but is often used. The highest effect size in the book was not listed in the chart. It was 1.57 for collective teacher efficacy. In other words, when a belief exists among the teaching staff of a school that they can teach the most difficult students, teachers try harder to do well and don't give up on kids. I'm sure that this depends on administrative support. If there is an adversarial environment either between teachers or teachers and administration, this efficacy may not develop. Schools with staff efficacy are bound to make a difference.
I thinks Visible Learning for Math would help us find effective math strategies. Some of the basic strategies, such as building relationships, are bound to be the same, but it would be interesting to see the data and make data-informed decisions.
I enjoyed reading this book and all of it's different examples. I like that it gave effect sizes for the different instructional strategies. That is something that is useful when discussing strategies with others. I would recommend this book to others.
I would be interested in the Visible Learning for Math book, especially next year. As we are moving into MTSS for math, it could be an important resource! :)
I enjoyed the book and would recommend it to other teachers. I though it gave a lot of good real world strategies that I can easily implement in class. I would be interested in doing another book blog for the math portion.
It may be my job role, and my respect for research, but I enjoyed this book. It would really be good timing for me to read "Visible Learning for Math" as we are focusing on our TIS math interventions in more depth next fall.
ReplyDeleteYes I found a lot of information as beneficial. I feel it gave a lot of information useful, no matter what grade you are working in. I liked that it may give a 3rd grade classroom but also what it looks like at Kindergarten level. I enjoyed the book. I think that our focus sometimes is on reading so yes I would like Visible Learning to Math.
ReplyDeleteI did learn from reading the book and the posts for each section. I was surprised at the effect number of different strategies. I would participate in a reading blog for Visible Learning to Math.
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought the book was going to be a lot of research that would be boring. After we got into the book a little bit it became interesting to see what strategies I use and to look at the effect numbers on them. It was interesting to see which ones were effective and which ones I could get rid of or use differently to be more effective. I would recommend this to other teachers and would be interested in the math strategies book.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this book and have already discussed it with my ELA cohorts for next year, as well as recommended it to the teacher taking my position next year. I think that the book over math would be highly beneficial, especially for teacher unfamiliar with teaching math related concepts. While it was somewhat dry in parts, overall the information (and data) was extremely persuasive and I found it hard to walk away from. This was definitely worth reading.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading this book and learning from all the information in it. I feel challenged to put more consideration into what I do with students to make the most impact on their learning. I would recommend this book to others, especially those who want to adapt their instruction. I would be interested in the book about Visible Learning for Math.
ReplyDeleteI learned a lot reading this book, especially somethings about my own teaching practices. I would recommend the book to anyone who wanted a closer look of how to easily modify their instruction, especially for the benefit of ELL and SPED students. I would like to the "Visible Learning for Math," I would be interested to see what tools it could offer to help gain a different perspective on assisting students and giving incite about strategies to use.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this book. The effect sizes were a throw-back to my days getting my masters degree. I really had forgotten it so this was a great refresher! I liked the effect sizes chart of strategies, I have gone over that several times! I would recommend this book to others and would be interested in the math version.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this book because it was an easy read with loads of valuable information and resources, and I’ve actually already had a few conversations with various people about some of the topics that were presented. I think “Visible Learning for Math” would be EXCELLENT because a lot of focus has been put on reading, and people are more confident and familiar with that subject area, but when it comes to math, it seems like people have always been more uncertain with what to do. Maybe that’s just me, though. Regardless, being able to have more research and information to fall back on is never a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteI liked the research behind the strategies that they were trying to teach you. It made me take the time to think about what strategies I use when teaching literacy and how I could improve to make more of a lasting impact. I would like to read the math book.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading this book. It was so full of great information to help us be better educators. It really made me think about the strategies that we use as lower elementary educators and how they are also beneficial to the older students. I would most likely do the math book blog as well.
ReplyDeleteI liked how this book was so broad in its approach and yet very clear in its goals. It really challenged me to be a more transparent teacher, to know my students' current learning levels, to pursue deeper learning, and to utilize research based methods. This was a great resource for teaching strategies and their effect sizes. I would heartily recommend it and would enjoy doing its sister book on math.
ReplyDeleteVisible Learning for Literacy was good because it used data to breakdown specific strategies by their effectiveness. Teachers cannot do it all, but they can use their time wisely in working smarter not harder. Retention is not good, but is often used. The highest effect size in the book was not listed in the chart. It was 1.57 for collective teacher efficacy. In other words, when a belief exists among the teaching staff of a school that they can teach the most difficult students, teachers try harder to do well and don't give up on kids. I'm sure that this depends on administrative support. If there is an adversarial environment either between teachers or teachers and administration, this efficacy may not develop. Schools with staff efficacy are bound to make a difference.
ReplyDeleteI thinks Visible Learning for Math would help us find effective math strategies. Some of the basic strategies, such as building relationships, are bound to be the same, but it would be interesting to see the data and make data-informed decisions.
I enjoyed reading this book and all of it's different examples. I like that it gave effect sizes for the different instructional strategies. That is something that is useful when discussing strategies with others. I would recommend this book to others.
ReplyDeleteI would be interested in the Visible Learning for Math book, especially next year. As we are moving into MTSS for math, it could be an important resource! :)
I enjoyed the book and would recommend it to other teachers. I though it gave a lot of good real world strategies that I can easily implement in class. I would be interested in doing another book blog for the math portion.
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