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Using Bransford and Stein's 1984 IDEAL teaching model, Thompson and his co-authors (three of them te...
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Using Bransford and Stein's 1984 IDEAL teaching model, Thompson and his co-authors (three of them teach education at the U. of Akron, one teaches at Cleveland State U.) seek to convey the processes of teacher decision-making to teach them how to "think like teachers". The authors emphasize the importance of knowing and understanding one's audience, the students, in a lengthy initial chapter, then move to discussion of curriculum, constructing units, lessons, thinking of alternatives including questioning, nonverbal tools, and student grouping and planning assessment strategies to evaluate students. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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