Presents an approach to teaching evolution to secondary school students, offering an overview of inquiry-based science teaching, outlines for lesson plans, and a variety of Internet resources.
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Realizing that middle-grades students bring to classrooms different experiences that shape their meaning about mathematics, both from inside and outside the classroom, it seems that embracing culture…
From the age of 25, when she first travelled beyond New Zealand on a Fulbright Scholarship to the United States, Marie Clay worked to establish international connections, while keeping her base in her
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Freeman and Freeman (both: education, U. of Texas at Brownsville) use current research and data to provide a methodology to teach older English language learners academic language for content-area tex
Making Believe on Paper" presents primary-grade educators with the opportunity to learn from an extraordinary classroom teacher about how and why to invite and invest in make-believe." - Nancie Atwell
You dread confronting students who have plagiarized. But every year you have to. By the time you detect a simple citation mistake or a research misdemeanor, it's too late. The right prevention strateg
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Rather than advocating strict tracks and rubrics that challenge even those who love to create tightly controlled herds, Opitz (reading, U. of Northern Colorado) and Ford (reading, U. of Wisconsin Oshk
NCTM's Process Standards support teaching that helps students develop independent, effective mathematical thinking. The books in the Heinemann Math Process Standards Series give every middle grades ma
A guide to science teaching focuses on literacy and inquiry to increase students' interest in science, improve their analysis skills, and increase their science writing skills.
"Reading Begins at Home "is a book early childhood educators can recommend to parents. It is a straightforward account of proven ways in which parents can help their children with reading - before the
Language and communication are important to mathematics just as they are to the other content areas. "Mathematical Literacy "is a powerful resource that introduces you to a wide spectrum of strategies
Fostering deeper, more critical thinking, offering a place to process content and new ideas, and reinforcing the importance of students' own thoughts are just some of the many important reasons to im
Parsons, a teacher consultant and author of First Grade Writers, presents five specific units of study designed to help second graders develop a keener sense of what they can accomplish in their writi
NCTM's Process Standards support teaching that helps children develop independent, effective mathematical thinking. The books in the Heinemann Math Process Standards Series give every primary teacher
Whether you're new to the classroom or merely new to the reading-writing workshop, "Getting Started "is the concise primer you're looking for that will help you implement these powerful teaching frame
If you teach English language learners, you probably have too many unanswered questions to count. How do I assess a student's English? How do I get my reluctant speakers to speak English? How do I tea
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