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This book presents a case study of two people learning to teach. It shows them engaging two groups of fourth-grade students in discussion about the meaning of texts. The two groups differ with respect to race, geographical location, and affluence. As the novice teachers learn to clarify their own questions about meaning, they become better listeners and leaders of the discussions. Eventually, they mix the students from the two classrooms, and the...

Help teachers give the type of feedback that leads to increased student achievement with the information and examples from this 30-minute DVD. Use the program's classroom scenes in your next workshop or inservice to demonstrate to teachers, in every grade level and subject area, the seven key factors that ensure effective feedback: Focus - on the work itself, process, student self-regulation, student progress, or a combination. Comparison - criterion-based,...

This volume contains 93 reproducible articles on a variety of topics for early childhood education teachers to use in newsletters or handouts for maintaining regular, informative communication with families. Additional references, suggestions for adapting the article, and other ways of reinforcing the article's content are included for each article. The editors emphasize the importance of communicating effectively to the parents of children in one's...

"This invaluable resource offers three MTEL Communication and Literacy Skills (01) practice tests with complete answer explanations, review of all tested reading and writing subject areas, plus helpful information on the MA teacher certification process." --

Many of the strategies used for student engagement in face to face classrooms can be modified for use in the online environment, whether synchronous or asynchronous.

Simply put, students are more engaged, misbehave less, and learn better from teachers who teach enthusiastically. A teacher's enthusiasm for his or her subject matter can be contagious. Since the dynamic of the classroom is similar to that of the stage in terms of speaker/listener relationships, the acting craft offers teachers a model for skills and strategies that can be incorporated into their own work to convey more enthusiasm for the material...

This video shows classroom strategies to engage all students and to increase student achievement. Vivid classroom scenes incorporate current research to show how to structure and pace a solid lesson, including modeling, role-playing, teaching a new skill, providing feedback and practice, assigning homework, and using assessments. Viewers see flexible grouping in action and learn how to determine when it is appropriate to use whole group instruction,...

From the Publisher: They're not the students strolling across the bucolic liberal arts campuses where their grandfathers played football. They are first-generation college students-children of immigrants and blue-collar workers-who know that their hopes for success hinge on a degree. But college is expensive, unfamiliar, and intimidating. Inexperienced students expect tough classes and demanding, remote faculty. They may not know what an assignment...

Real Talk is a practical methodology that helps education professionals build rapport with students while creating learning experiences that are relevant. This book guides readers through every step of implementation. Develop an understanding of the education research and theories that underlie the Real Talk approach; Learn the how-to's for implementing Real Talk with any group of learnings; Benefit from case studies and lessons learned--Back cover....