Schools for All Kinds of Minds: Boosting Student Success by Embracing Learning Variation

FOREWORD: AMERICA NEEDS ALL KINDS OF MINDS VII

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XI

ABOUT THE AUTHORS XIV

INTRODUCTION: AN ENDURING DILEMMA XVII

1 UNDERSTANDING LEARNING AS THE CORE BUSINESS OF SCHOOLS 1

2 BRINGING THE SCIENCE OF LEARNING INTO THE CLASSROOM 17

3 KEY INGREDIENTS OF LEARNING 33

4 DIGGING DEEPER: KNOWING STUDENTS AS LEARNERS 65

5 BUILDING ON STUDENT ASSETS 93

6 LOOKING DEEPER: A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON BEHAVIOR 115

7 BOOSTING WRITING ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH THE SCIENCE OF LEARNING 139

8 GETTING STARTED: CREATING SCHOOLS FOR ALL KINDS OF MINDS 183

APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS 215

APPENDIX B: ALL KINDS OF MINDS SCHOOLS OF DISTINCTION 221

APPENDIX C: THE EFFECTS OF THE SCHOOLS ATTUNED PROGRAM: A SNAPSHOT OF RESEARCH RESULTS 229

APPENDIX D: PROGRAMS FROM ALL KINDS OF MINDS 235

APPENDIX E: ALL KINDS OF MINDS WEB SITE RESOURCES 239

NOTES 241

INDEX 253