Fisher Nancy: 51 books
Developing Assessment-Capable Visible Learners, Grades K-12
Maximizing Skill, Will, and Thrill
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
“When students know how to learn, they are able to become their own teachers.”
—Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and John Hattie
Imagine students who describe their learning in these terms: “I know where I’m going, I have the tools I need for the journey, and I monitor my own progress.”...
Rigorous Reading
5 Access Points for Comprehending Complex Texts
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
What it really means to “read closely”
Call it close reading, call it deep reading, call it analytic reading—call it what you like. The point is, it’s a level of understanding that students of any age can achieve with the right kind of instruction. In Rigorous Reading, Nancy Frey and...
All Learning Is Social and Emotional
Helping Students Develop Essential Skills for the Classroom and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2019
While social and emotional learning (SEL) is most familiar as compartmentalized programs separate from academics, the truth is, all learning is social and emotional. What teachers say, the values we express, the materials and activities we choose, and the skills we prioritize all influence how students...
Text-Dependent Questions, Grades K-5
Pathways to Close and Critical Reading
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Fisher & Frey’s answer to close and critical reading
Learn the best ways to use text-dependent questions as scaffolds during close reading and the big understandings they yield. But that’s just for starters. Fisher and Frey also include illustrative video, texts and questions, cross-curricular...
Text-Dependent Questions, Grades 6-12
Pathways to Close and Critical Reading
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Fisher & Frey’s answer to close and critical reading
Learn the best ways to use text-dependent questions as scaffolds during close reading and the big understandings they yield. But that’s just for starters. Fisher and Frey also include illustrative video, texts and questions, cross-curricular...
by John Hattie, Dr. Nancy Frey, Doug B. Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Teach with optimum impact to foster deeper expressions of literacy
Whether through direct instruction, guided instruction, peer-led and independent learning—every student deserves a great teacher, not by chance, but by design. In this companion to Visible Learning for Literacy, Fisher, Frey,...
by Dr. Nancy Frey, John Hattie, Marisol Thayre
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2017
Teach with Optimum Impact
Whether through direct instruction, guided instruction, peer-led and independent learning—every student deserves a great teacher, not by chance, but by design. In this companion to Visible Learning for Literacy, Fisher, Frey, and Hattie show you how to use learning...
Engagement by Design
Creating Learning Environments Where Students Thrive
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2017
Engaging Students for Success Through Purposeful Design
Every teacher wants engaged students. No student wants to be bored. So why isn’t every classroom teeming with discussion and activity centered on the day’s learning expectations?
Engagement by Design gives you a framework...
Literacy 2.0: Reading and Writing in 21st Century Classrooms
Reading and Writing in 21st Century Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
Students in the 21st century still need to develop traditional reading and writing skills, and they must also learn how to use technology for communicating and collaborating in new ways. This book offers specific teaching strategies for developing student literacy in using search engines efficiently,...
Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization
Innovative and Successful Practices for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
This one-of-a-kind collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative practices from classrooms, schools, districts, communities, and faraway places in the world. Each of the chapters-organized under six headings-tells an authentic, compelling story of a pioneering and successful...
Religion and Intimate Partner Violence
Understanding the Challenges and Proposing Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Intimate partner violence is a complex, ugly, fear-inducing reality for large numbers of women around the world. When violence exists in a relationship, safety is compromised, shame abounds, and peace evaporates. Violence is learned behavior and it flourishes most when it is ignored, minimized, or...
Content-Area Conversations
How to Plan Discussion-Based Lessons for Diverse Language Learners
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2008
Teachers across the country are seeking ways to make their multicultural classrooms come alive with student talk about content. Content-Area Conversations: How to Plan Discussion-Based Lessons for Diverse Language Learners is a practical, hands-on guide to creating and managing environments that spur...
Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age
The 2009 Presidential Election Uprising in Iran
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Focusing on the Iranian presidential elections of 2009 and ensuing demonstrations in major cities across Iran and world, Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age provides a balanced discussion of the role and impact of modern communication technologies, particularly the novel utilization of 'small...
Visible Learning for Science, Grades K-12
What Works Best to Optimize Student Learning
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Inquiry, laboratory, project-based learning, discovery learning—which science instructional approach is most effective? In Visible Learning for Science, the authors reveal that it’s not which strategy, but when, and plot a vital K-12 framework for choosing the right approach at the right time,...