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Bushnell, Adam, Ed.; Gill, Angela, Ed.; Waugh, David, Ed.; Smith, Rob, Ed. – SAGE Publications Ltd (UK), 2020
How do teachers identify the potential for greater depth writing and encourage children to meet their full potential? This book was created by people who are not only passionate about primary education, but who are also leading experts in their own particular areas. They have made use of their wide experience to offer practical guidance on greater…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Writing (Composition), Writing Teachers
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Ortlieb, Evan, Ed.; Grote-Garcia, Stephanie, Ed.; Cassidy, Jack, Ed.; Cheek, Earl H., Jr., Ed. – Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation, 2020
Understanding how to address current trends and issues in literacy education is more important than ever, as local, state, national and international agendas are increasingly recognizing literacy as a foundation for success in all disciplines in education. To bridge that gap in understanding, this book showcases hot topics in literacy, providing…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Emergent Literacy
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Pun, Jack K. H., Ed.; Curle, Samantha, Ed.; Yuksel, Dogan, Ed. – English Language Education, 2022
This volume discusses how the use of technology creates opportunities for effective teaching practice and illustrates ways to apply innovative and stimulating ways to engage and interact with students on-line. This research-led book brings together teaching practice and case studies and provides a comprehensive understanding of how technology can…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Language of Instruction
Richards, Janet C.; Lassonde, Cynthia A. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
The 25 mini-lessons provided in this book are designed to develop students' self-regulated writing behaviors and enhance their self-perceived writing abilities. These foundational writing strategies are applicable and adaptable to all primary students: emergent, advanced, English Language Learners, and struggling writers. Following the SCAMPER…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Cues, Writing Strategies, Form Classes (Languages)
Stillman, Lorry – 2001
For students, the study of the Holocaust encourages discussion about prejudice and justice, shame and dignity, hopelessness and faith, and engages them in debate about the moral and ethical behavior of humankind. Introducing students to the personal narrative, fiction, and poetry allows them to hear a narrative voice recount the facts of this…
Descriptors: Art, European History, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Indrisano, Roselmina, Ed.; Paratore, Jeanne R., Ed. – International Reading Association (NJ3), 2005
Improving the way to teach writing requires deepening one's understanding of the process of writing. Each chapter in this collection brings together the perspectives of a university researcher and a classroom teacher to show explicitly the connection between writing theory, and practice. The book covers writing development in grades K?12 and…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
Baines, Lawrence, Ed.; Kunkel, Anthony J., Ed. – 2000
This collection of 45 lesson plans contributed by English language arts scholars and practitioners provides activities that have been tested and proven effective with all levels of learners in middle school and high school classrooms. The activities in the collection advocate using unconventional strategies, competitive games, art and multimedia,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Teaching, Creative Writing, Instructional Effectiveness
Roen, Duane, Ed.; Pantoja, Veronica, Ed.; Yena, Lauren, Ed.; Miller, Susan K., Ed.; Waggoner, Eric, Ed. – 2002
This book presents 93 essays that offer guidance, reassurance, and commentary on the many activities leading up to and surrounding classroom instruction in first-year composition. Essays in the book are written by instructors who teach in community colleges, liberal arts colleges, state university systems, and research institutions. The 14 section…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Mediated Communication, Course Descriptions, Freshman Composition
Buerk, Dorothy, Ed. – 1994
This book is a collection of essays by full-time classroom teachers who describe their efforts to implement the vision of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards documents and to empower their students in mathematics. Chapter 1, "Students' Conceptions of Mathematics and the Challenge of the Standards" (Dorothy Buerk),…
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Faculty, Concept Formation, Content Area Writing