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Lindeman, Karen Wise; Magiera, Kathleen – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2014
This article relates the story of a first grade teacher and a child who was the only deaf student in the entire school. Because he had no one who could communicate with him--not teachers, not students, no one, this situation tugged at the hearts of a committed team of professionals. A teacher of the deaf, a first grade general education teacher, a…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Teaching Models, Inclusion, Expectation
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Munson, Jen; Morant, Tamyka S. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2011
By providing sustained, embedded professional development over the course of a school year--as well as involving teachers in creating high-quality assessment tasks, implementing the assessments with students, and tying assessment directly to instruction--the authors increased the value that their teaching community places on mathematical…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Teacher Student Relationship, Task Analysis, Teaching Models
Tempel, Melissa Bollow – Rethinking Schools, 2011
This article describes how the everyday experiences of a 1st grader pushed a teacher to confront gender issues in the classroom. Broadening students' ideas of what was acceptable for boys and girls is an important first step. (Contains 3 resources.)
Descriptors: Gender Issues, Gender Bias, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
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L'Allier, Susan; Elish-Piper, Laurie; Bean, Rita M. – Reading Teacher, 2010
Literacy coaches provide job-embedded professional development for teachers, and the number of literacy coaches in elementary schools is increasing. Although literacy coaching offers promise in terms of improving teacher practice and student achievement, guidance is needed regarding the qualifications, activities, and roles of literacy coaches.…
Descriptors: Literacy, Coaching (Performance), Reading, Elementary Schools
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Glasswell, Kathryn; Parr, Judy M. – Language Arts, 2009
Traditionally, assessing student writing ability has often been product-focused. Advocates of child-centered process-oriented classrooms, however, suggest that teachers should also focus on understanding children's writing behaviors in the context of meaningful communicative tasks. In such an approach, writing conferences are one way in which…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Writing Evaluation, Writing Ability, Educational Technology