Visible Learning for Literacy, Grades K-12: Implementing the Practices That Work Best to Accelerate Student Learning (Corwin Literacy) First Edition

I ordered this book for as a class requirement. It has proven to be an awesome resource! This is a must have purchase for teachers, administrators, and instructional coaches!

This book helped me to reflect on my years of teaching reading and writing. I learned so much about what works and what doesn't work in literacy backed up by research. My understanding has been made much clearer by this easy to read book. This is a must read for every teacher of literacy: K-12. I highly recommend it!

Great book. Good integration of Hattie 2012. Can be used for reading and content area subjects (math perhaps not as much) highly recommended. 170 or so pages. Templates online.

The chapters in the book focus on surface learning, deep learning, and transfer, and how to help students in each type of learning. The chapters, Laying the Groundwork for Visible Learning for Literacy, Surface Literacy Learning, Deep Literacy Learning, Teaching Literacy for Transfer and Determining Impact, Responding When the Impact Is Insufficient, and Knowing What Does Not Work are laid out clearly, giving specific examples of what teachers can do. The book also gives examples of how to determine if your strategies are working, using progress monitoring, screening students, etc. I also liked that in addition to providing examples of beneficial strategies (or what teachers should do), the authors point out common strategies that don’t increase student achievement.One of my favorite parts of this book is the addition of the effect size of each strategy, which is listed in the margins. When looking at how our instructional decisions impact students, this is a great way to open the conversation or look deeply at data-based decision making. Though effect size should not be the primary rationale for choosing a strategy, I found the addition interesting.I feel that this book is a good resource for educators looking to increase their knowledge of instructional strategies and their efficacy. The video links, through QR codes, and websites would also be helpful for teachers. Overall, the book is more technical and “textbook-like,” but gives a wealth of information. The book could also be helpful for literacy coaches as they work with teachers to determine how and why a strategy is effective.

This book is great! If you teach you need this book, it will make you truly think about every lesson you teach. Next year our school is focusing on everything this book talks about.

I bought this for a class I was taking and it was very interesting. I rarely read books like this on my own, but I read the entire book throughout the course. It had very useful information to use in my classroom.

The book was in excellent condition.

I felt like this book was full of honest and justified suggestions for teachers. It forced me to self-assess and be honest about what I could improve in my teaching. I highlighted numerous passages that I will review throughout the year as I plan.