<p><em>“Every student deserves a great teacher, not by chance, but by design”</em>&nbsp;— Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, &amp; John Hattie<br><br><br>What if someone slipped you a piece of paper listing the literacy practices that ensure students demonstrate more than a year’s worth of learning for a year spent in school? Would you keep the paper or throw it away?<br><br>We think you’d keep it. And that’s precisely why acclaimed educators Douglas Fisher, Nancy Fry, and John Hattie wrote&nbsp;<em>Visible Learning for Literacy</em>. They know teachers will want to apply Hattie’s head-turning synthesis of more than 15 years of research involving millions of students, which he used to identify the instructional routines that have the biggest impact on student learning. &nbsp;<br><br>These practices are “visible” for teachers and students to see, because their purpose has been made clear, they are implemented at the right moment in a student’s learning, and their effect is tangible. &nbsp;Yes, the “aha” moments made visible by design.&nbsp;<br><br>With their trademark clarity and command of the research, and dozens of classroom scenarios to make it all replicable, these authors apply Hattie’s research, and show you:</p><ul><li><strong>How to use the right approach at the right time</strong>, so that you can more intentionally design classroom experiences that hit the&nbsp;<strong>surface, deep</strong>, and&nbsp;<strong>transfer&nbsp;</strong>phases of learning, and more expertly see when a student is ready to dive from surface to deep. </li><li><strong>Which routines are most effective at specific phases of learning</strong><span>, including word sorts, concept mapping, close reading, annotating, discussion, formative assessment, feedback, collaborative learning, reciprocal teaching, and many more.&nbsp;</span> </li><li><strong>Why the 8 mind frames for teachers</strong>&nbsp;apply so well to curriculum planning and can inspire you to be a change agent in students’ lives—and part of a faculty that embraces the idea that visible teaching is a continual evaluation of one’s impact on student’s learning.&nbsp; </li></ul><p>&nbsp;“Teachers, it’s time we embrace the evidence, update our classrooms, and impact student learning in wildly positive ways,” say Doug, &nbsp;Nancy, and John. So let’s see Visible Learning for Literacy for what it is: the book that renews our teaching and reminds us of our influence, just in time.&nbsp;</p><div>&nbsp;</div>