Hacking Learning Centers in Grades 6-12: How to Design Small-Group Instruction to Foster Active Learning, Shared Leadership, and Student Accountability

by Starr Sackstein, Karen Terwilliger

Think learning centers are only for elementary students? Think again. Learning centers for grade 6 and beyond can transform your classroom into a dynamic learning experience. A learning centers model enhances excellent pedagogy. Learning is a dynamic experience, and students thrive when educators acknowledge individual learners’ needs and interests and inspire them to engage with the content more deeply within personalized middle and high school spaces. Learning centers create robust thinkers, problem-solvers, and brave leaders. As teachers and administrators, we can build learning structures that include everyone and allow students to collaborate, experiment, reflect, self-assess, and transfer the learning to their lives beyond school. Hacking Learning Centers in Grades 6–12 shares the “why” along with practical guidance to design and teach with learning centers. Authors and award-winning educators Starr Sackstein and Karen Terwilliger show how Design small-group instruction centers to foster active learningEmpower unexpected leadersRaise the bar on student accountabilityActivate the fun and bring learning to lifeInspire students to share ideas and make decisions

190 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 29, 2021

Reviews

[Marc Daly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Making the Classroom More Student-Centered

This book provides ideas for making the classroom more student-centered. It discusses ways to implement learning centers in the upper grades. I found the hacks to be doable. I am now forming a plan for how to use them in my room.