This reader-friendly and accessible text introduces 50 teaching and learning approaches and explores how they work in practice by taking an honest look at the advantages and disadvantages of each one. For each approach, the authors include in-practice examples taken from a range of teaching contexts. The text also offers clear support for teachers on how they can assess learners' progress when using each approach. This focus on the need to see and measure the learning that is taking place supports the reader to concentrate on the learning and not be distracted with the newness of different approaches.
If you are a new or beginning teacher looking for new approaches to assessment to use with your learners today - this is the book you need.
Presents teaching strategies and procedures to help English language students build vocabulary and fluency.
Reading and English language arts are the primary curricular areas that are the focus of this supplementary text, which provides quick access to the essential instructional literacy strategies"-- Provided by publisher.
They offer a prescription for using strategies, selecting text, making home-school connections, and building learning communities aimed at benefiting all students. In short, this is a text that is long overdue.
This new edition is a conveniently organized resource for all elementary and middle school teachers, providing research-based and classroom-tested strategies to develop literacy skills.
The author presents 50 teacher-tested instructional strategies for nurturing students' cognitive abilities across the full range of thinking levels and building a culture of thinking that emphasizes essential 21st century skills- from ...
Numerous research studies (R. Miller, 2001) have demonstrated that students who experience higher expectations from their teachers achieve at higher levels than do students who experience lower expectations from their teachers.
Praise for Second Edition: "This book is very thorough in presenting the purpose and accompanying strategies for instilling reflective practices in educators.
This book is your one-stop shop for outstanding teaching. The 'Quick 50' series meets the needs of the modern teacher, giving them the resources they require to be superb at what they do.
This popular book of 50 strategies for enhancing social studies learning in K-8 classrooms offers valuable ideas and applications for pre-service and practicing teachers alike.