EDUC 872 Book Review Assignment Instructions For this assignment, you will write a 5-page book review in current APA format that focuses on the required course textbook, Make It Stick: The Science of

BOOK REVIEW

Book Review

School of Education, Liberty University

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Book Review

Summarize the text, boiling the book down into 400–600 words (no more than two pages). Prove you comprehend the readings by writing a no-nonsense summary. This section is an objective summary from the reader's viewpoint. Summary here means “clear and concise.” Cite the text in each paragraph. Do not include any personal narrative here. Only describe the facts. No direct quotes.

Concrete Response

Get vulnerable! In no less than 250 words and no more than one page, relate a personal life experience that this book triggered in your memory. Relate your story in the first person, describing action, and quoting exact words you remember hearing or saying. Personal pronouns can be used here. Include direct quotes (minimum of one) from the personal experience. What did you think at that time? What did the people involved in the experience say to you? How does this experience relate to what you read? Connect the experience to the text. Include an in-text citation for the text showing how your personal experience relates to it.

Reflection

Personal pronouns are fine here. This is the critical thinking part of the review. In no less than 250 words and no more than one page, describe what questions pop-up for you in response to what you have read. Be sure to ask at least two questions here. Explicitly state how the authors could have made the book better or more appealing to those in your field of service. One way to begin this section is by stating what bothered you most about the book. This is not a place to provide an endorsement or affirmation of the book. Make sure to offer concrete ideas for improving the book. Cite the text in each paragraph.

Action

So what are you going to do about it? In 400–600 words (no less than one page and no more than two pages), provide two actions that describe what changes you are going to do or how the book’s ideas/concepts will be applied in your professional life as a result of your reading. Actions should be measurable and reveal a commitment to a specific time, specific people, and identified steps. Personal pronouns are fine here.

One action I would take is x because the text noted x. The people involved are x. It would be implemented x (time-specific). This action would be measured by x. Then go into specific steps that would be taken to accomplish the action. (1) The first step for this action is to x. (2) Then x. and so on. Repeat this for the second action.

The second action I would take is x…..

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