Quit Point: Understanding Apathy, Engagement, and Motivation in the Classroom

by Adam Chamberlin, Svetoslav Matejic

Overview

Understanding Quit Point is the key to unlocking the full potential of teaching and learning

We should be in the Golden Age of education. Teachers and leaders are more connected to training and education technology than ever before.

Still, educators are leaving the profession in record numbers. Students are falling through the cracks and many are giving up on learning. But what exactly is the problem? And more important, what should we do about it?

In Quit Point: Understanding Apathy, Engagement, and Motivation in the Classroom, authors Chamberlin and Matejic present a new way of approaching those issues. The Quit Point--their theory on how, why, and when people quit and how to stop quitting before it happens--will transform how teachers reach the potential of each and every student.

Quit Point reveals:

• How to confront apathy and build student engagement
• How to differentiate learning for all levels,
• The best way to plan and assess learning to discourage quitting
• Interventions to challenge students to keep going
• How to experience a happier, more fulfilling, teaching experience
• Applications and toolkits to help you address Quit Point, starting tomorrow

Read Quit Point today and stop quitting before it starts tomorrow.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781948212076
Publisher:	Times 10 Publications
Publication date:	07/10/2018
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.56(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: Ask a Different Question. viii

Part I: Understanding Quit Point

Chapter 1: What Is Quit Point and How Does It Impact Students?. 2

Recognize behavior that indicates different types of quitting

Chapter 2: Variables That Influence Quit Point. 18

Understand the catalysts and obstacles that impact quitting

Chapter 3: Establishing a Quit Point Mindset. 44

Develop a mindset that limits quitting by emphasizing

practice, growth, collaboration, and student ownership

Part II: Using Quit Point Strategies

Chapter 4: Limiting Quit Points Through Differentiation. 82

Prevent quitting through better planning and resource

design

Chapter 5: Enriching Assessment: Avoid the Minefield of Grading

Quit Point . 112

Improve formative assessment and feedback through

attainable goals

Chapter 6: Empowering Students Through Climate and Culture. 128

Incorporate teams, leaders, and games to prevent quitting

Chapter 7: Transferring Culture to Learning: Use Technology

to Dodge Quit Points. 148

Increase collaboration, participation, and student

ownership through digital tools

Chapter 8: Quit Point Interventions: When the Going Gets Tough. 164

Implement targeted interventions to address different

quitting behaviors

Chapter 9: Case Studies: How Quit Point Impacts Real Students. 180

See examples of student achievements through the

successful use of Quit Point strategies

Conclusion: A Final Dose of Teacher Optimism. 192

Appendix A: A Quit Point Teacher’s Toolkit. 200

Blended Tier Assignment Template

Tier 1 Assignment Template

Tier 2 Assignment Template

Tier 3 Assignment Template

Blueprint Template

Lesson Plan Template

Action Goals Template

Feedback Template

Sample Game

Sample Social Studies Assignment

Sample Collaborative Social Studies Assignment with

Technology

Comparing Tier 2 and Tier 3 Math Assignments