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Rethinking Homework: Best Practices That Support Diverse Needs, 2nd Edition
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Vatterott, Cathy – ASCD, 2018
Is homework an essential component of rigorous schooling or a harmful practice that alienates and discourages a significant number of students? Nine years after "Rethinking Homework: Best Practices That Support Diverse Needs" was published, the debate over this complex question endures. In this updated edition, Cathy Vatterott examines…
Descriptors: Homework, Best Practices, Family Influence, Mass Media Effects
What's Hot in Literacy: Exemplar Models of Effective Practice. Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation. Volume 11
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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
High Impact Instruction
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Knight, Jim – National Professional Resources, Inc., 2013
The key to improving student achievement isn't more teacher time--it's more teacher impact. But how do you decide which instructional practices will deliver the most bang for your buck? In this handbook, written for teachers but suitable for use by principals and instructional coaches, best-selling author Jim Knight presents the high-leverage…
Descriptors: Faculty Handbooks, Academic Achievement, Educational Strategies, Educational Planning
Literacy Is Transformative. The Thirty-Fifth Yearbook A Doubled Peer Reviewed Publication of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers
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Szabo, Susan, Ed.; Martin, Linda, Ed.; Haas, Leslie, Ed.; Garza-Garcia, Lizabeth, Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2013
For their 56th annual meeting, the Association of Educators and Researchers (ALER) met in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the Amway Grand Hotel. This year's conference theme was Literacy Is Transformative, which was also used as the title for this year's Yearbook, Volume 35. Included are double-peer reviewed papers, the presidential address,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Instruction, Transformative Learning, Mentors
Making Differentiation a Habit: How to Ensure Success in Academically Diverse Classrooms
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Heacox, Diane – Free Spirit Publishing, 2009
If you're a teacher with an academically diverse classroom (and what classrooms aren't today?), you need this resource. Framed around the critical elements for success in today's classrooms, "Making Differentiation a Habit" gives educators specific, user-friendly tools to optimize teaching, learning, and assessment. Following on the heels of Diane…
Descriptors: Assignments, Intervention, Gifted, Grading
Self-Assessment of Writing in Learning English as a Foreign Language: A Study at the Upper Secondary School Level. Goteborg Studies in Educational Sciences 277
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Oscarson, Anne Dragemark – Online Submission, 2009
The main aim of the study is to explore the role of self-assessment in EFL learning in developing lifelong language learning skills and in furthering the development of more comprehensive and thereby fairer assessment practices. The study explores how students perceived their own general and specific writing abilities in relation to syllabus goals…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Lifelong Learning, Metacognition, Program Effectiveness