5.0 out of 5 based on 4 reviews. – Customer review on 29/04/2010

Excellent text - informative, easy to use and a terrific resource to share with teachers and parents. Inciteful and written in an easy to understand manner. Basis of the research is presented clearly with a detailed background. Recommended for any teaching leadership role, teachers, student teachers, etc. To share with parents.

5.0 out of 5 based on 4 reviews. – Customer review on 15/09/2009

As a teacher, this book is completely inspiring. It uses real data to show what makes a difference to student achievement - and the good news is that what works for students is totally doable for teachers. Highly recommended, and even readable for a university text...

5.0 out of 5 based on 4 reviews. – Customer review on 05/01/2009

This book provides a huge synthesis of over 800 research studies relating to student achievement. It looks at the contributions of a range of factors, under the headings - the student, the home, the school, the teacher, the curricula and teaching approaches. Hattie's research is thorough and backed up with a huge array of data, a bibliography that groans in weight and if that doesn't convince you, he brings all the ideas together to create a model of visible teaching-visible learning and give us some idea of the implications of the study. This work is dense reading and best bitten off a chapter at a time. It leaves practitioners with a great deal of information but little help to make the changes necessary. The book is broken up into bit size headings, is well ordered and academic in nature. The use of a barometer of influence and accompanying key to illustrate each separate factor provides a helpful visual regarding effect size and details of the studies. This book is a must have but take it slowly - it is rich in data and takes time to digest.

5.0 out of 5 based on 4 reviews. – Customer review on 23/01/2009

At last, true emperical evidence of what works best. Hattie pulls no punches in his sumation of less effective teaching pedagogies. This book must be used in ALL teacher training and should be compulsory reading for all who would or currently teach our children.