TY - BOOK AU - Schlechty,Phillip C. TI - Engaging Students: The Next Level of Working on the Work SN - 9780470640081 (pbk.) AV - LB2822.82 .S344 2011 U1 - 371.2/07 22 PY - 2011/// CY - San Francisco PB - Jossey-Bass KW - School improvement programs KW - United States KW - Academic achievement KW - Curriculum change KW - School environment KW - EDUCATION / Teaching Methods & Materials / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-198) and index N2 - "Working on the Work (WOW) offers a motivational framework for improving student performance by improving the quality of school designed for students. In this second edition, author Phillip Schlechty incorporates what he's learned from the field and from the hundreds of workshops he and his organization, the Schlechty Center, have conducted since the book's first publication. WOW is a theory of motivation that tries to answer the question: "What can teachers build into the task and activities they design for students that will increase the prospect which students will find meaning in the tasks assigned?" The guide is filled with practical wisdom"-- ER -