Kateri Thunder Libri

Make learning visible in the early years     Early childhood is a uniquely sensitive time, when young learners are rapidly developing across multiple domains, including language and literacy, mathematics, and motor skills. Knowing which teaching strategies work best and when can have a significant impact on a child’s development and future success.  Visible Learning in Early Childhood investigates the critical years between ages 3 and 6 and, backed by evidence from the Visible Learning ® research, explores seven core strategies for learning working together as evaluators, setting high expectations, measuring learning with explicit success criteria, establishing developmentally appropriate levels of learning, viewing mistakes as opportunities, continually seeking feedback, and balancing surface, deep, and transfer learning. The authors unpack the symbiotic relationship between these seven tenets through  Using the Visible Learning research, teachers partner with children to encourage high expectations, developmentally appropriate practices, the right level of challenge, and a focus on explicit success criteria. Get started today and watch your young learners thrive!

"This book serves 2 primary purposes: first, to accompany trainings in Visible Learning in Early Childhood, and second, to introduce this unique audience to Visible Learning through a short and interactive playbook. Early childhood educators, birth to age 8, are responsible for growing visible learners from the very start. Some may be part of divisions or programs where Visible Learning research is being used to inform instruction but are looking for support to bring this work into action with our youngest learners. Others may be new to Visible Learning research. Visible Learning research it particularly significant to early childhood education and this book covers teacher efficacy and credibility, partnerships, the importance of language, teacher clarity, surface to transfer, formative assessment, and feedback"--