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Design-Based School Improvement: A Practical Guide for Education Leaders
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Mintrop, Rick – Harvard Education Press, 2016
At the heart of the effort to enact and scale up successful school reforms is the need for more robust links between research and practice. One promising approach is design development, a methodology widely used in other fields and only recently adapted to education, which offers a disciplined process for identifying practical problems, assessing…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Equal Education, Case Studies, Research and Development
Overcoming Dyslexia in Children, Adolescents, and Adults. Third Edition.
Jordan, Dale R. – 2002
This book aims to interpret recent research on dyslexia into practical information for those who work with individuals with dyslexia. Chapter 1 summarizes new information about how genetic codes determine brian development and how differences in brain structure cause dyslexia. Chapter 2 explains the perceptual and emotional nature of dyslexia.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disability Identification, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia
Effective School Interventions: Strategies for Enhancing Academic Achievement and Social Competence. The Guilford School Practitioners Series.
Rathvon, Natalie – 1999
Increasing diversity among student populations and shifts in special education delivery systems have combined to create a tremendous need for interventions that can help children with learning and behavior problems achieve success in the regular classroom. Noting that many of the published, empirically validated interventions are relatively…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Classroom Environment