Classrooms that Work

• Author : Patricia Marr Cunningham,Richard L. Allington
• Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
• Release : 28 March 2023

Literacy Education for all students -- from the authors teachers trust! Integrates phonics and literature-based reading and process writing instruction for a balanced approach to teaching literacy. Contains innovative ideas for supporting the most at risk students. Emphasizes the integration of literacy with science and social studies instruction. Discusses strategies and techniques for fostering children's use of decoding and comprehension strategies, and includes workable, practical strategies and activities to use in the classroom. Includes a variety of whole-class and small

• Author : Jill Morgan,Betty Y. Ashbaker
• Publisher : ASCD
• Release : 28 March 2023

Paraeducatorsalso known as teacher aides, teaching assistants, and instructional assistantsare playing an increasingly important role in schools. Most teachers, however, have never been trained to work effectively with other adults in their classrooms. In A Teachers Guide to Working with Paraeducators and Other Classroom Aides, Jill Morgan and Betty Y. Ashbaker provide straightforward advice and focused activities that can help forge productive working relationships between teachers and paraeducators. The authors cover key topics related to working with and supervising paraeducators,

• Author : Michael Stubbs
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 23 May 2012

The role of language is central in education – but there is much debate about the exact relation between children’s language and their educational success. The author provides a clear guide to the basic issues in the debates over language deficit, standard English and classroom language, and in this edition he shows how work in sociolinguistics can give a better understanding of the place of language in education and society.

• Author : Janice L. Streitmatter
• Publisher : State University of New York Press
• Release : 28 March 2023

Rather than simply examining gender differences in student performance, this book presents various aspects and considerations of gender equity in classroom teaching through conversations with and observations of eight teachers. It highlights the differences between teacher beliefs and practices, shows how educational institutions contribute to the formation or development of those beliefs and practices, and describes how individual teachers within those institutions can and do combat the inequities resulting from gender socialization.

• Author : Nancy Fichtman Dana,Diane Yendol-Hoppey
• Publisher : Corwin Press
• Release : 20 August 2019

For three editions, teacher preparation and professional development providers have turned to this bestselling how-to guide for its authentic approach to teacher inquiry and how to harness it for the greatest transformational effect. In this edition, readers explore contemporary as well as enduring real-life examples of data-driven classrooms. Featuring helpful exercises and step-by-step instructions, this edition explores: • equity and social justice and the role inquiry plays in tackling it • professional practice doctoral programs as ripe context for inquiry • the role

• Author : Barbara R. Blackburn,Abbigail Armstrong
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 08 November 2018

Learn how to incorporate rigorous activities in your math or science classroom and help students reach higher levels of learning. Expert educators and consultants Barbara R. Blackburn and Abbigail Armstrong offer a practical framework for understanding rigor and provide specialized examples for middle and high school math and science teachers. Topics covered include: Creating a rigorous environment High expectations Support and scaffolding Demonstration of learning Assessing student progress Collaborating with colleagues The book comes with classroom-ready tools, offered in the

• Author : Wendy Morgan
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 04 January 2002

Critical literacy investigates how forms of knowledge, and the power they bring, are created in language and taken up by those who use texts. It asks how language might be put to different, more equitable uses, and how texts might be recreated in a way that would tell a different story. This book is a carefully documented and critically analysed example of the growing emphasis on critical literacy in syllabuses, government reports and the like. It: * bridges the gap between

• Author : Bryan Goodwin,Kristin Rouleau,Cheryl Abla,Karen Baptiste,Tonia Gibson,Michele Kimball
• Publisher : ASCD
• Release : 30 November 2022

The book that inspired millions of educators to refine their approach to teaching returns for an all-new third edition. Built on a more rigorous research base and updated to emphasize student diversity, equity, and inclusion, The New Classroom Instruction That Works offers a streamlined focus on the 14 instructional strategies proven to promote deep, meaningful, and lasting learning: * Cognitive interest cues * Student goal setting and monitoring * Vocabulary instruction * Strategy instruction and modeling * Visualizations and concrete examples * High-level questions and student explanations *

• Author : Marcia Rohrer,Nannette Samson
• Publisher : Corwin Press
• Release : 24 February 2014

Your blueprint for building structure, consistency, and accountability year-round! This must-have guide provides special education teachers with a solid, workable action plan to manage the classroom and ensure student success. Learn instructional strategies to: Support all students with special needs, including those with more severe disabilities Organize your classroom, materials, and staff and student schedules Plan and assess standards-based lessons, annual IEP’s, behavioral interventions, and more Foster parent communication and staff collaboration Packed with real-world examples, free tools to

• Author : Rosalind Thomas
• Publisher : Teacher Created Resources
• Release : 28 March 1995

Contains information, activities, and examples for the kindergarten classroom teacher.

• Author : Alane Jordan Starko
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 22 December 2021

Now in its seventh edition, Creativity in the Classroom helps teachers link creativity research and theory to the everyday activities of classroom teaching. Ideal reading for any course dealing wholly or partially with creativity and teaching, this foundational textbook covers definitions, research, and theory in the first half, and reflects on classroom practices in the second. Thoroughly revised and updated, the seventh edition features new research on neuroscience and creativity in specific disciplines; new sections on social-emotional learning, teaching engineering,

• Author : Phillida Salmon,Hilary Claire
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 31 March 2020

Originally published in 1984, this is an account of a two-year study of four comprehensive school classrooms, where teachers were fostering collaborative learning methods. The authors draw on their joint knowledge and experience as a psychologist and a teacher to give an insight into pupils’ perceptions of their schooling, and a dynamic analysis of the process of education that they experienced. Working on the premise that successful collaboration demands common goals and mutual understanding, the author observed pupils at work, transcribed

• Author : Barbara R. Blackburn,Melissa Miles
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release : 27 November 2019

Learn how to incorporate rigorous activities into your English language arts or social studies classroom and help students reach higher levels of learning. Expert educators and consultants Barbara R. Blackburn and Melissa Miles offer a practical framework for understanding rigor and provide specialized examples for elementary ELA and social studies teachers. Topics covered include: Creating a rigorous environment High expectations Support and scaffolding Demonstration of learning Assessing student progress Collaborating with colleagues The book comes with classroom-ready tools, offered in

• Author : Schifter, Catherine
• Publisher : IGI Global
• Release : 31 May 2008

Technology has impacted how many teachers develop methods of instruction in their classroom settings. The Continuous Practice Improvement (CPI) professional development program introduces teachers to infusing computers into the curriculum and classroom activities seamlessly. Infusing Technology into the Classroom: Continuous Practice Improvement retells compelling stories of a successful computer-related professional development program that was implemented into Kindergarten through eighth grade classrooms of a Philadelphia school. Through an analysis of the study, a theoretical model to guide technology infused professional development

• Author : Louis Cozolino
• Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
• Release : 07 January 2013

Creating a healthy, social classroom environment. This book explains how the brain, as a social organism, learns best throughout the lifespan, from our early schooling through late life. Positioning the brain as distinctly social, Louis Cozolino helps teachers make connections to neurobiological principles, with the goal of creating classrooms that nurture healthy attachment patterns and resilient psyches. Cozolino investigates what good teachers do to stimulate minds and brains to learn, especially when they succeed with difficult or “unteachable” students. He