John Hattie: visible learning for teachers

I am reading John Hattie's book Visible Learning for Teachers and my head hurts; but also my heart is happy and I am excited about what I am reading.  I need to capture my thoughts and learnings because I am afraid I am going to lose them.  I'm going to pull these from my brain to see what I remember so far.

1. Teachers are evaluators and activators.  It is we who get balls rolling and we who need to evaluate the effect we are having on our students.
2. A classroom should be assessment-rich.  I didn't even cringe when I read this because it was in context.  Checking what they know before we teach and then after we teach is how we find out the effect we are having.  I am thinking about having the kids do the "pre" test the night before for HW.
3. Teach students learning strategies like mnemonics, note taking, etc. so that they can 'back themselves' as learners.  I love that so much.  Also, knowing strategies give the learner confidence because she knows what to do when she doesn't know what to do.  TEACH STRATEGIES.  
4. Teachers need to talk less. I know that "direct instruction" has a high effect size, (.60) but I still need to talk.  less. ​

Another summary to document: (a la p. 105)
1.  Learners need cognitive conflict
2. Learners need to metacognate
3.  Learners need to social construction

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I want to integrate this into my kiddos' days.  I'm thinking of using the pre-lesson questions as "HW" the night before.  Somehow I have to make it doable in the time allotted me (which is never too much).