Teaching students to work harder and enjoy it : practice makes permanent / John Jensen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

First, practice: the nature and importance of practice -- Accumulate knowledge: U.S. education subverts mastered knowledge -- Practice requires effort: the essential place of focused effort -- Effort in the inner venue: connect learning to effort inside the mind -- Practice by explaining: the central role of explaining learning -- Developing a mental field: what comprehension looks like inside -- Practice saves prior learning: the cycle of deepening mastery -- Practice behavioral knowledge: knowing as the first step to doing -- Students talk meaning: how to help students express what's important -- Practice on substantial topics: weigh fundamental issues -- Score results objectively: how scoring can energize learning -- More ways to use scoring: tracking progress on many fronts -- Practice by performance: the motivational spur from performing -- The high school vise: working around limitations -- Seven steps to turn a class around: key levers for a distracted class.