100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Stretch and Challenge

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No matter what you teach, there is a 100 Ideas title for you! The 100 Ideas series offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies and activities for the classroom. Each author is an expert in their field and is passionate about sharing best practice with their peers. Each title includes at least ten additional extra-creative Bonus Ideas that won't fail to inspire and engage all learners. _______________ With the new developments across all secondary curriculum areas, there is greater emphasis on building depth of subject knowledge; stretching and challenging students of all abilities is essential to achieving this deep level of learning. 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Stretch and Challenge presents innovative and exciting ideas, techniques and activities to embed stretch and challenge strategies into everyday classroom practice, regardless of subject area. Developing good stretch and challenge practices enables the cognitive process that helps learners retain new information more easily and work more productively. Looking at questioning, marking and feedback, starters, plenaries and technology-based teaching, Paul Wright explains why the strategies presented in this book are so effective. 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Stretch and Challenge is the must-have guide to implementing stretch and challenge practices in the classroom with ideas designed to raise attainment for all students and keep them engaged in the classroom. Accompanying online resources are also available to download from a companion website.

Paul Wright is an experienced and passionate computer science teacher and is currently Lead Practitioner at a school in Northumberland. Paul has years of experience in the classroom and regularly speaks at TeachMeets and conferences, including the Ark Academies conference and Educational Fundamentals. He's the creator of the website www.tips4teaching.co.uk and author of Teach, Reflect, Doodle. Follow Paul on Twitter at: @tips4teachingUK.

If you're looking to challenge your students to think harder, then this is a must-read. It includes a plethora of ideas that can be quickly digested and implemented the very next lesson. -- Jon Tait * Deputy Headteacher and author, @TeamTait * Paul has created a treasure trove of practical and engaging ideas that will challenge all students to use their grey cells and maximise their potential. An extremely useful book for teachers to dip into to find something different or to freshen up their teaching toolkit. -- John Mitchell * author and history teacher, @Jivespin *