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Educators know it's important to get students to engage in "higher-order thinking." But what does higher-order thinking actually look like? And how can K 12 classroom teachers assess it across the disciplines? Author, consultant, and former classroom teacher Susan M. Brookhart answers these questions and more in this straightforward, practical guide to assessment that can help teachers determine if students are actually displaying the kind of complex...
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Young people and improvisational theater should be a natural combination-so why do we so rarely find this combo in today's classrooms? According to Elizabeth Swados-playwright, director, composer, poet, author of children's books and of an acclaimed family memoir-improvisational theater is the perfect creative outlet for junior-high and high-school students . . . if only they can be given the tools and the guidance to make the most of this natural...
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What should we teach our children about where we come from? Is evolution good science? Is it a lie? Is it incompatible with faith? Did Charles Darwin really say man came from monkeys? Have scientists really detected "intelligent design"--evidence of a creator--in nature? Inside our DNA? Inside amazing molecular "machines" within our very cells? Or are those concepts nothing more than scientific fool's gold, tricks designed to sneak religious ideas...
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"Robert J. Shiller, Co-Winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics" "Winner of the 2009 Bronze Medal in Finance/Investment/Economics, Independent Publisher Book Awards" "Honorable Mention for the 2008 Award for Excellence in Business, Finance and Management, Association of American Publishers" Robert J. Shiller is a Nobel Prize–winning economist and the author of the New York Times bestseller Irrational Exuberance (Princeton), among many other books....
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Activities, exercises, and questions invite teens to go deeper into the stories and issues of the updated edition of The Struggle to Be Strong.
Designed for use with the anthology The Struggle to Be Strong, this leader's guide explains how to use the stories in the student book to build teens' resiliency. Activities, exercises, role plays, and questions about the issues in The Struggle to Be Strong help students go deeper into the stories, reflect...
6) Building Everyday Leadership in All Teens: Promoting Attitudes and Actions for Respect and Success
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Every teen can be a leader. That's because leadership is not just about taking the lead in big ways, but in everyday small things, too. The 21 sessions in this youth leadership curriculum guide teens to explore ethical decision-making, team-building, what it means to be a leader, how to work with others, risk-taking, communication, creative thinking, and more. Choose the sessions that seem best for your class or group, or explore leadership skills...
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This book is the story about the best-kept secret in Leicester: New College, a secondary school and sixth form college located in west Leicester. The past still haunts the reputation of New College, which was labelled the worst school in the country in 2005.
Today New College is an exceptional educational establishment where its values are integral to everything on offer for students and staff. From once having failed to provide a good education to...
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En las últimas décadas, la tendencia internacional de las políticas educativas estuvo orientada a generar mejores condiciones para garantizar el derecho a la educación de los sectores sociales más afectados por las desigualdades sociales y educativas. La ampliación de la obligatoriedad de la educación secundaria colocó a las escuelas en situación de poner en acción (enacted) múltiples y diversas iniciativas que en formato de planes, programas...
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Attending boarding school is a serious commitment in many realms, whether emotional, financial, academic, or otherwise. With that in mind, it is important to understand what boarding school is all about. This valuable resource is full of insights from students who attend or recently graduated from a boarding school. The Boarding School Survival Guide provides a variety of perspectives that help both prospective students and parents decide if boarding...
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Guide to the unique and often confusing New York City High School Admissions Process. The author uses a Q and A format to explain the complexities of applying to New York City High Schools. The book covers such topics as testing, touring, the selection process helps parents navigate through the maze of options.
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Are you a freshman in high school? Are you a current student in high school and you need help to succeed? Are you a student who makes good grades but are clueless about what is next after high school? Are you a student who is on the right track but unsure about your options after high school? If you answered yes to any of these questions, THIS BOOK is for YOU!
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Los discursos sobre las tecnologías nos hablan de la urgencia para que tengan un lugar en la enseñanza y en las aulas, no obstante, pese a reconocer su importancia, este llamado no se suele acompañar de la apertura para conversar entre colegas sobre qué hacer y cómo planear la enseñanza.
En este trabajo se presenta lo que hace un grupo de profesores de colegios oficiales, en el municipio de Yumbo y en Cali, para enseñar a leer cuentos policiacos...
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"The message of research is unmistakable – success in life is inextricably linked to success at the middle level." -Ruby Payne What is your plan for helping students in poverty achieve the success in middle grades that will help them determine and realize their dreams and goals?
In Ruby's first middle grades focused book, she offers vital information on :
• the developmental processes of young adolescents
• what it means to be a young...
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En la presente obra, los autores socializan su extensa experiencia en el campo de la investigación educativa. Ambos de manera conjunta han estado al frente de los programas de investigación llevados a cabo durante los últimos quince años en la innovación pedagógica del Instituto Alberto Merani e independientemente han dirigido programas de investigación en diversas Universidades.
El libro expone los principios y fundamentos teóricos de las...
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Making the Peace is written to help high school students break away from violence, develop self-esteem, and regain a sense of community. It provides photographs, illustrations, exercises, role-plays, in-class handouts, homework sheets, and discussion guidelines to explore issues such as dating violence, gangs, interracial tension, suicide, sexual harassment, and the social roots of violence.
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The Absence Addiction Program is a proven platform for student success. The educational principles that underpin this book assists the success of a diverse student population that is the face of America.
The Absence Addiction Program outcomes demonstrates that all children can succeed and attain the highest levels of their potential regardless of economics, zip codes, or the range of ethnicity and culture that is America.
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Days of Respect offers specific strategies for creating a multiday school wide event that brings together young people, teachers, parents, administrators, and the community to build respect, promote integrity, and stop the violence. Twenty-one reproducible handouts facilitate all phases of the event: presenting the idea to parents and administrators, conducting planning meetings, staging the event, and establishing ongoing campaigns to reduce violence....
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Existe una preocupación internacional por la formación del profesorado de educación Secundaria. Justifican esa inquietud la particular responsabilidad de este nivel educativo para el futuro de sus estudiantes, el aumento masivo de la escolarización y las distintas características y necesidades específicas de apoyo educativo del alumnado, que impregna las aulas de diversidad y exige a los docentes una especial atención a esa fisonomía social...
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