Are your students poised for success?Need a clear roadmap for achieving the college and career readiness goals of the Common Core and 21st century learning? Grounded in Costa and Kallick's groundbreak
Stretch student thinking with performance-based tasks.With the continual increase of high-stakes assessments also comes the surge of professional development on designing performance-based tasks. Prov
Put student engagement on the fast-trackThink action sports like skateboarding and BMX have nothing to do with physical science? Think again, especially as they relate to fundamental physics concepts-
Strengthen your mathematics lessons through collaboration and evaluationTeaching by Design in Elementary Mathematics is a series of comprehensive professional development guides that help teachers sh
This third edition of Tileston's classic methods text includes current examples and updated chapters on formative assessment, integrating technology, differentiated instruction, and fostering collabo
TeachingAyDigital Natives presents teachers with an intuitive yet highly innovative and research-based partnership model designed to promote student learning through the use of technology. Emphasizin
Succeeding at Teaching Secondary Mathematics helps beginning educators focus on the big ideas in teaching mathematics, promote positive engagement in the classroom through practical strategies, and u
Drawing on cutting-edge research, this inspiring book shows how to integrate movement with classroom instruction, providing hundreds of activities that improve attention spans and student learning.
Improve instruction in your school with this collaborative, inquiry-based process that helps identify areas for improvement, determine community-supported solutions, define an action plan, and evalua
Written by a teacher for teachers, this engaging book provides more than 100 practical strategies for students with learning disabilities, along with guidance on accommodations and assessment.
Features tasks that model inquiry-based science and helps teachers evaluate learners' acquisition of complex thinking skills, aptitude for science, and ability to make real-world connections.
Features an expanded discussion of mediated learning and includes case studies, reflective activities for the reader, and in-depth coverage of metacognition, metalearning, metateaching, and metataski
Provides 40 research-based, illustrated lessons and demonstrates how to design units that help students apply analytical, creative, and practical thinking skills to solve problems and make decisions.
Provides 40 research-based, illustrated lessons and demonstrates how to design units that help students apply analytical, creative, and practical thinking skills to solve problems and make decisions.
Wilmore integrates school reform research with strategies for increasing classroom leadership capacity and offers a global perspective on classroom teachers' participation as leaders of students and
Featuring 18 new essays, this second edition shows how school leaders can promote extraordinary changes, be accountable, and achieve meaningful results for schools, districts, and their personal live
Take the confusion out of assessment, and make it work to enhance the learning process-every day! Assessment and evaluation are central to educational reform, and they represent major shifts in th
Formerly published by Zephyr PressLearn how to use visual note-taking to capture information through stroke-by-stroke exercises and how to apply this teaching strategy to group processes and curricul
This one-of-a-kind resource helps you build a bridge between your students’ initial ideas and correct mathematical thinking. Includes an annotated reference guide.
Watch your teaching practice improve—literally!Professional athletes improve their performance by watching videos of themselves and others in action. Educators can do the same! Jim Knight presents a
Finally a single, integrated approach to the Common Core and RTI, with real-world scenarios, work samples, online resources, and guidance on special-needs students and ELLs.
This strategy book for elementary math teachers benefits students who are struggling with whole number computation in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.AyBy analyzing student work f
Mathematics teachers face many challenges in today's classrooms, including issues such as higher standards, differentiation, real-world applications, non-routine problem solving, and more. In Styles
Wayside Teaching: Connecting With Students to Support Learning is about intentionally practicing what building level educators do every day in perhaps intentional and/or unintentional ways: relate to
Understanding Digital Kids is part of a series from the 21st Century Fluency Group, Inc. This series focuses on moving vision into practice through a process of:Investigating how the last few decades
Designed forAyschool administrators, teachers, and support staff, this book encourages school personnel to take a closer look at mobile technologies and Web 2.0 tools that students use on a regular b
Part of the Secondary Lenses on Learning program, this participant book guides math leaders in examining leadership tasks and responsibilities that contribute to an effective mathematics program and
School leaders will discover how to implement collaborative inquiry, use data systematically and effectively, and establish an equitable school climate to improve outcomes for all students.
This all-in-one guide offers early childhood educators concrete examples for integrating digital photography into teaching and assessment and includes a CD-ROM with user-friendly forms and templates.
Data experts provide detailed guidelines on analyzing information from curriculum maps and assessments, making decisions based on data, and changing school culture to enhance learning outcomes.
This teacher-friendly guide includes sample lesson plans and brain-compatible strategies to motivate students of any grade level, create new memory pathways, and significantly impact learning.
Inspirational and practical, this book presents applications to improve teaching quality in K–8 classrooms and helps teachers find greater meaning and satisfaction in their work.
These innovative articles show how to use high-interest visual materials to capture the attention of learners, strengthen multiple literacy competencies, and boost critical thinking skills.
Provides an overview of essential mathematics concepts, plus classroom-ready activities aligned with NCTM content standards, calculator exercises, a glossary of mathematical terms, and reproducible b
Offers teachers engaging ways to weave real-life financial issues and personal money management into NCTM standards-based secondary mathematics lessons while meeting equity and accountability require
Spark students' interest in math with intriguing and winning strategies that include animated learning icons, money-based systems, human number lines, "sweet" solutions, and much more.
Presents the newest research on the adolescent brain and offers a framework for linking brain-based teaching to students' social, emotional, and cognitive needs.
Presents the newest research on the adolescent brain and offers a framework for linking brain-based teaching to students' social, emotional, and cognitive needs.
Combining brain research, teaching strategies, and sample lessons, this innovative guide is ideal for preservice and inservice teacher training and professional development.
