Task Rotation

Focusing on the task rotation strategy from The Strategic Teacher: Selecting the Right Research-Based Strategy for Every Lesson, this professional development guide explains research-based strategies for differentiating learning activities and formative assessments via learning styles. Silver, a presenter and professional development specialist who co-authored The Strategic Teacher, Jackson, a teacher and consultant, and Moirao, a teacher and administrator, describe task rotation and the four major learning styles, and how to plan and implement a lesson, reflect on how the lesson worked, and analyze student work and use it to improve instructional decision making. The guide comes with a classroom poster to help students analyze and respond to different styles of tasks. There is no index. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)