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TEACH: Creating Independently Responsible Learners
We are living in the information age. What people miss though, is that it’s not the information that is valuable.
What we, as parents and teachers, need to focus on is DISCOVERING. TEACH shows you how to help your students become independently responsible learners. Once our students know how they can be independently responsible in how they learn, the whole world is available to them. Literally. They become self-directed. They become inspired. They discover what is most important to them!
Each chapter will surprise you! You will be taught concepts where the student becomes the teacher, different approaches to grading work, how to best present yourself, learning to think independently, and how to relate your schoolwork to doing what you love to do.
Parents & teachers will discover how to empower, encourage & acknowledge their students’ education as the pathway to developing independently responsible learners. Students will discover that they can be responsible for their education and see that embodying knowledge is where the real power lies.
After reading this book, you will discover UNDERSTANDING, LEARNING, and KNOWING in a whole new way. You will realize, that by understanding how to learn, you really can create, do, or become anything you want, while discovering who you are!
This book turns the word TEACH, upside down and creates a whole new paradigm.
What we, as parents and teachers, need to focus on is DISCOVERING. TEACH shows you how to help your students become independently responsible learners. Once our students know how they can be independently responsible in how they learn, the whole world is available to them. Literally. They become self-directed. They become inspired. They discover what is most important to them!
Each chapter will surprise you! You will be taught concepts where the student becomes the teacher, different approaches to grading work, how to best present yourself, learning to think independently, and how to relate your schoolwork to doing what you love to do.
Parents & teachers will discover how to empower, encourage & acknowledge their students’ education as the pathway to developing independently responsible learners. Students will discover that they can be responsible for their education and see that embodying knowledge is where the real power lies.
After reading this book, you will discover UNDERSTANDING, LEARNING, and KNOWING in a whole new way. You will realize, that by understanding how to learn, you really can create, do, or become anything you want, while discovering who you are!
This book turns the word TEACH, upside down and creates a whole new paradigm.
144 pages, Paperback
Published March 27, 2022
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April 20, 2025
This book gave me some great ideas but was slightly repetitive. I like the idea of teaching our kids to not just check their work, but look at it to really learn why they missed something. Mistakes are a part of learning. To me, most learning is being willing to try something that is hard, failing, and then having the strength to try again. If a child can learn to do that, then we have helped foster a greater life skill than just how to do a math problem.
The only thing I wish this book had more of is how to better develop the "want" to know the why behind something within a classroom or homeschool setting. It is really hard to build that kind of culture, but it's worth trying :)
The only thing I wish this book had more of is how to better develop the "want" to know the why behind something within a classroom or homeschool setting. It is really hard to build that kind of culture, but it's worth trying :)
September 18, 2022
Some good ideas, but could have been a pamphlet.
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July 22, 2024pg 27 does the employer want someone who has memorized facts and formulas but does not remember them? or does the employer want someone who can look for the solutions, check their work, and correct what's wrong?
The independently responsible learner/person... can be trusted to do what is right, expected, and required.
pg 32 once they have done it, they can begin to be a master at it. Ultimately, they get it by experience.
They want to teach you what they learned. The more they show you, the more they begin to master X.
until you teach someone else and you start to really pay attention to what it looks like to [tie your shoes], it can be a challenging process for someone just learning. Once you teach someone how to tie their shoes, the whole world has change... you saw something about tying your shoes that you had never seen before. When you teach someone something you understand it better than you ever did before.
to practice being independently responsible as a young person is giving others the freedom, privilege, and the opportunity for them to be the teacher.
pg 41 no longer just learning, instead we are actually discovering answers for ourselves.
pg 43 checking your work is a skill that has to be developed. the best training is to move from learning something to knowing it. This now allows you to put something in your long term memory, which moves something from being learned to something being known.
When I teach young people about reading a word problem in math, I tell them to start with the question first, and then once they know the question, then they will figure out how to answer it.
Starting with the question means that they do not start at the beginning of the problem. Instead, they actually start at the end where the question is.
pg 50 When the work is done, it is whole and complete. The work has integrity!
pg 71 I do not want you to form an opinion about the problem you are working on. Your opinion is not the objective of the test. The objective of the test is for you to answer as many questions correctly as possible. Find the question, then answer the question. look for the ? practice first.
pg 82 describe the perfect day pg 89 How does it make you feel? What does it look lie? What do you see?
pg 116 Coach: advisor, helps people make decisions, set and reach goals, or deal with an problems. Comes up with the game plan and involves the players in creating that game plan. Support the independently responsible learner. Practices listening. Listening for the confirmation that the student has become independently responsible. Is the student now educating you? as a coach your job is to empower, encourage, and acknowledge your student for the work they have done. Then continue to support them on their OWN journey of discovering that it is for themselves to be an independently responsible learner.
You should not try to fix, supplement, or show them what they did or what they needed to do. Remember, you know how to properly ask the question based on the kind of learner that your student is.
pg 125 Hello there, brilliant, talented, amazing, beautiful person! Good morning, thank you for being me
must watch/ let him struggle through it, to learn
How to teach checking own work?
The independently responsible learner/person... can be trusted to do what is right, expected, and required.
pg 32 once they have done it, they can begin to be a master at it. Ultimately, they get it by experience.
They want to teach you what they learned. The more they show you, the more they begin to master X.
until you teach someone else and you start to really pay attention to what it looks like to [tie your shoes], it can be a challenging process for someone just learning. Once you teach someone how to tie their shoes, the whole world has change... you saw something about tying your shoes that you had never seen before. When you teach someone something you understand it better than you ever did before.
to practice being independently responsible as a young person is giving others the freedom, privilege, and the opportunity for them to be the teacher.
pg 41 no longer just learning, instead we are actually discovering answers for ourselves.
pg 43 checking your work is a skill that has to be developed. the best training is to move from learning something to knowing it. This now allows you to put something in your long term memory, which moves something from being learned to something being known.
When I teach young people about reading a word problem in math, I tell them to start with the question first, and then once they know the question, then they will figure out how to answer it.
Starting with the question means that they do not start at the beginning of the problem. Instead, they actually start at the end where the question is.
pg 50 When the work is done, it is whole and complete. The work has integrity!
pg 71 I do not want you to form an opinion about the problem you are working on. Your opinion is not the objective of the test. The objective of the test is for you to answer as many questions correctly as possible. Find the question, then answer the question. look for the ? practice first.
pg 82 describe the perfect day pg 89 How does it make you feel? What does it look lie? What do you see?
pg 116 Coach: advisor, helps people make decisions, set and reach goals, or deal with an problems. Comes up with the game plan and involves the players in creating that game plan. Support the independently responsible learner. Practices listening. Listening for the confirmation that the student has become independently responsible. Is the student now educating you? as a coach your job is to empower, encourage, and acknowledge your student for the work they have done. Then continue to support them on their OWN journey of discovering that it is for themselves to be an independently responsible learner.
You should not try to fix, supplement, or show them what they did or what they needed to do. Remember, you know how to properly ask the question based on the kind of learner that your student is.
pg 125 Hello there, brilliant, talented, amazing, beautiful person! Good morning, thank you for being me
must watch/ let him struggle through it, to learn
How to teach checking own work?
May 16, 2022
This book contains some great idea for educators everywhere, but more specifically for homeschoolers. A very unique approach to teaching that will lead to the independently responsible learners we want our kids to be.
May 22, 2022
Lots of great "aha" moments. Read like I was chatting with a friend - glad I read it!
April 22, 2025
So it’s short, sweet, and to the point. I walked away with tangible things to try with my children and the children I coach at co-op. I had NO IDEA it was written by the famous Mr. D math curriculum guy until halfway through 🤣, but it applies to every subject.
Mr D speaks to learning styles, practice tests, and the value of word problems. He recommends students check their own work, present what they learned, learn what they love, and mastermind ideas/goals for projects.
It’s not specifically Montessori, but goes along with Maria’s philosophy. And had good reminders that homeschool can and should look different.
Grateful to have read this book and can’t wait to pass it on!
Mr D speaks to learning styles, practice tests, and the value of word problems. He recommends students check their own work, present what they learned, learn what they love, and mastermind ideas/goals for projects.
It’s not specifically Montessori, but goes along with Maria’s philosophy. And had good reminders that homeschool can and should look different.
Grateful to have read this book and can’t wait to pass it on!
February 7, 2023
The beginning half was great. It has given me some great ideas to implement into our homeschool and maybe help kids with subjects like math. The last half was meh, I could have done without it. Maybe it just wasn’t what I needed at this time.
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