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How can you enhance the quality and effectiveness of instruction in both the content areas and in writing? By integrating content in both social studies and science with the strategies of writing that are so important for students to master as they craft nonfiction. This book shows teachers how to use mentor texts in an integrative approach for teaching both content and informational writing. As you explore the pages of this book, you'll find strategies...
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Algebra is the language that must be mastered for any course that uses math because it is the gateway for entry into any science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) discipline. Math Remediation for the College Bound fosters mastery of critical math and algebraic concepts and skills essential to all of the STEM disciplines and some of the social sciences. This booklet is designed to accompany the main book, Math Remediation for the College-Bound:...
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College students today have tremendous freedom to choose the courses they will take. With such freedom, however, students face a pressing dilemma: How can they choose well? Which courses convey the core of an authentic liberal arts education, transmitting our civilizational inheritance, and which courses are merely passing fads? From the smorgasbord of electives available, how can students achieve a coherent understanding of their world and their...
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Today's curricula can (and should) incorporate critical thinking methods because they are the means by which people best understand, learn, and retain higher level concepts. Contrary to what many professional trainers assume, teaching critical thinking is not achieved by shoveling facts at an audience through lecturing or multiple-choice testing. It requires sustained, finely tuned teaching and assessment methods. This book lays out a blueprint to...
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At the heart of education, are two fundamental questions: What should we teach? And How should we, teach it? Educators striving to design and deliver the best-possible learning experiences can feel overwhelmed by the possibilities. To help them make these critical decisions, Angela Di Michele Lalor identifies five key priorities of a curriculum that matters-practices, deep thinking, social and emotional learning, civic engagement and discourse, and...
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"Formative assessment- the process of interpretating data on student performance to adapt instruction to individual needs-is perhaps the single most powerful tool available to teachers to help every student succeed to their full potential."
With that bold statement, Michael W. Connell sets out to unpack formative assessment-what it is, how it works, and why it is so essential for learner growth. He shows how to incorporate it into different teaching...
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Here is a constructive alternative to modern education. The author stresses spiritual values and helping children grow toward full maturity learning not only facts, but also innovative principles for better living. This book is the basis for the Living Wisdom schools and the Education for LifeFoundation, which trains teachers, parents and educators. Encouraging parents and educators to see children through their soul qualities, this unique system...
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La formación pedagógica de los docentes universitarios ha cobrado relevancia en las últimas décadas. Hacer foco en esta problemática en pos de mejorar la calidad de este nivel de educación implica considerar los nuevos desafíos -en términos de condiciones socio históricas- que atraviesan las universidades de América Latina. Cambios en las políticas educativas, redimensionamientos presupuestarios, modificaciones en las demandas y características...
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Countless educators from across the globe would love to leverage project based learning to create learner-centered opportunities for their students, but, believe it or not, PBL has yet to go mainstream.
If project based learning can benefit so many students, why isn't this approach the norm in teaching? Because educators have questions. Since the release of their first book, Hacking Project Based Learning, Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy, prominent PBL...
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University of Cincinnati Press
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2021.
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"According to recent research by scholar Lauren Musu-Gillette, college enrollment of traditional-aged students has increased notably in the past twenty years, with significant increases in the number of African-American and Hispanic males and Hispanic females. These enrollment trends speak to the changing demographics typically found in higher education classrooms. With these changing demographics, every student's experience should be equally validated...
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Kanopy Streaming
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In Austin, Texas, fifteen people influence what is taught to the next generation of American children. Once every decade, the highly politicized Texas State Board of Education rewrites the teaching and textbook standards for its nearly 5 million schoolchildren. And when it comes to textbooks, what happens in Texas affects the nation as a whole. Don McLeroy, a dentist, Sunday school teacher, and avowed young-earth creationist, leads the Religious...
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With new chapters and updates from early childhood leaders Deb Curtis and Margie Carter invite early childhood educators to learn the art and skill of observation.
The art of observing children is more than merely the act of watching them-it is also using what you see and hear to craft new opportunities in your classroom. This resource provides a wealth of inspiration and practice. It will help early childhood educators learn to observe in new ways,...
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The Montessori Method (1912) is a work on pedagogy by Maria Montessori. Originally written in her native Italian to describe the work she carried out at the Casa dei Bambini in Rome, the book was translated into English during a period of increasing popularity for Montessori and her educational method in the United States. By 1913, over 100 Montessori schools had been opened in the United States, prompting the educator to travel to the country on...
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Este libro es resultado de un proceso investigativo decolonial a partir de nuestra reflexión como docentes en una institución educativa de Tucurinca, en el municipio de Zona Bananera, Magdalena. La reflexión está elaborada desde el hacer decolonial, es decir, desde la reflexión propia y colectiva que visibiliza prácticas curriculares perpetuadoras de la colonialidad y de aquellas otras que posibilitan la vivencia de valores, haceres, sentires...
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When K-5 students understand how to read text features like diagrams, bullets, insets, and tables, they are reading the whole page-essential for deep comprehension of nonfiction and fiction text. In this revised edition of Reading the Whole Page: Teaching and Assessing Text Features to Meet K-5 Common Core Standards, seasoned educators Michelle Kelley and Nicki Clausen-Grace show you how to explicitly teach K-5 students to read text features, use...
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Now you can LEARN, PRACTICE and APPLY the transformative Needs Focused™ classroom management techniques.
Used in conjunction with the best-selling Take Control of the Noisy Class, this workbook gives teachers the opportunity to further explore and understand the Needs Focused Classroom Management philosophy. Through a series of practical exercises and thought-provoking questions Rob Plevin will teach you to fully understand the 7 key steps...
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