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" Even if you're already using Power Tools, how learning works isn't always intuitive. Consider these myths about learning, which you'll read more about throughout the book: Myth: When students learn something easily, they will remember it well. Myth: Forgetting should be prevented as much as possible. Myth: It's better for learning if we give feedback before students make errors. Unleash these four Power Tools your way, with your content, in your classroom. In this book, we focus on how students learn, not what students learn. While we give examples from teachers in a variety of content areas, we don't focus on content-specific knowledge because research demonstrates that Power Tools are effective for all content areas. Because you know your classroom best, we will help you take these flexible research-based strategies and unleash them your way, with your content, in your classroom. "

Pooja K. Agarwal , Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning


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Pooja K. Agarwal quote : Even if you're already using Power Tools, how learning works isn't always intuitive. Consider these myths about learning, which you'll read more about throughout the book: Myth: When students learn something easily, they will remember it well. Myth: Forgetting should be prevented as much as possible. Myth: It's better for learning if we give feedback before students make errors. Unleash these four Power Tools your way, with your content, in your classroom. In this book, we focus on how students learn, not what students learn. While we give examples from teachers in a variety of content areas, we don't focus on content-specific knowledge because research demonstrates that Power Tools are effective for all content areas. Because you know your classroom best, we will help you take these flexible research-based strategies and unleash them your way, with your content, in your classroom.