Introduces readers to the Polish language, with information about where it is spoken, who speaks it, and what alphabet it uses, as well as lessons of basic Polish phrases.
Biks and Gutches is an easy-to-administer-and-score task. It looks too simple to be very useful but with it we can easily predict which young children need extra help with learning English. Giving thi
Based on her work over the last decade with more than 100 schools and visits to more than 5000 classrooms, Barbara Taylor shares her School Change in Reading (SCR) reform model in Catching Schools." A
Now available in Spanish, these "Concepts About Print" tests can be used with the new entrant or nonreader, enabling the child to point to certain features as the examiner reads the book.
Fresh new cover, same great content! Children want to make their mark-on paper, on any surface, in life. But the difficulties of transferring words to paper can be daunting enough to drown out even th
Battista (mathematics education, Ohio State U.) explains cognition-based assessment (CBA), a framework to support teaching and enable all students to understand, make sense of, and become proficient i
The authors of this book believe that progressive educational principles can and should govern classroom practice. Writing in a style accessible to teachers and administrators, coaches, school board m
Noden, a veteran middle school English teacher, describes an original approach to teaching grammar, called image grammar. The approach involves students studying and imitating the work of various mast
"At a time when so many educational policies fail to recognize and nurture the capacity of teachers to improve instruction, we feel enormously grateful for the learning community lesson study has
"Minilessons for Extending Addition and Subtraction "is one of three yearlong resource guides in "Contexts for Learning Mathematics' Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction" (K - 3) "Min
Field Trips and Fund-Raisers: Introducing Fractions is one of five units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics' Investigating Fractions, Decimals, and Percents (4 - 6) The focus of this unit is th
Moore (English, Purdue U.) pairs up one young adult novel and one theory in each of his chapters, introducing the basic terms and concepts of theories such as formalism, structuralism, deconstruction,
Developing a sense of adventure in learning can make all the difference between teaching incipient lifelong learners or struggling with apathetic students. In this engaging book, Mary Glover and Beth
