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Dan Valenti – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2024
Poetry has been around for nearly five millennia, yet never has it been more puzzling. Technology, social media, and the blinding pace of contemporary life leave many students and readers in the dark. Just in time, this book comes to the rescue not just with a response to the problem of understanding and enjoying poetry, but it offers a solution.…
Descriptors: Poetry, Teaching Methods, Authors, Poets
Weber, Chris – Solution Tree, 2019
While new ideas and innovative programs and pedagogies are exciting, the simplest methods are often the most effective. In "Doing What Works", author Chris Weber outlines ten practical, common-sense practices proven to transform student learning and propel school success. Each chapter includes examples from real school leaders and…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Learning Strategies, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
Stewart, Melissa; Correia, Marlene – Stenhouse Publishers, 2021
Once upon a time, nonfiction books for children routinely included concise, stodgy writing. Most of the books were text heavy, with just a few scattered images decorating, rather than enhancing, the content and meaning. But nonfiction has changed dramatically over the last two decades, evolving into a new breed of visually dynamic, engaging texts…
Descriptors: Nonfiction, Books, Childrens Literature, Language Arts
Hanlon, Bill – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018
In this book Bill Hanlon provides examples and recommends highly effective and practical instructional and assessment strategies that classroom teachers can immediately implement and that school administrators can readily observe. These high yield strategies build on accepted practices and directly address the needs of struggling students or…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement
El-Koumy, Abdel Salam A. – Online Submission, 2020
This revised edition updates and expands on the first edition published in 2016. In this revised edition, theories of different types of learning strategies are expanded and more recent studies are added. A large amount of tabular information is also reconstructed in a more meaningful manner. The book is divided into five chapters. Chapter one…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods
Yenawine, Philip – Harvard Education Press, 2018
"Visual Thinking Strategies for Preschool" shows how teachers can add visual thinking strategies (VTS) to their existing curriculum to encourage language, critical thinking, and social skills for children ages three to five. In this sequel to his popular book, "Visual Thinking Strategies" (ED568850), author Philip Yenawine…
Descriptors: Visualization, Thinking Skills, Learning Strategies, Teaching Methods
Osbor, Debra S. – National Career Development Association, 2016
This second edition not only provides strategies for delivering key components of career development in enthusiastic, innovative, and more meaningful ways, it covers updated standards and new technologies. An entire chapter offers 50+ active learning strategies useful for beginning and intermediate instructors of undergraduate and graduate career…
Descriptors: Career Development, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Workshops
Suh, Jennifer M.; Seshaiyer, Padmanabhan – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2016
"Modeling Mathematical Ideas" combining current research and practical strategies to build teachers and students strategic competence in problem solving.This must-have book supports teachers in understanding learning progressions that addresses conceptual guiding posts as well as students' common misconceptions in investigating and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving
El-Koumy, Abdel Salam A. – Online Submission, 2019
This book provides a multifaceted framework in which curricular content and methods of teaching, learning, and assessment are all tuned to adequately prepare students at the secondary school level and beyond for building a 21st century Egypt at no added cost, both during and after their formal education. This framework was developed in light of:…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Curriculum Development, 21st Century Skills, Foreign Countries
El-Koumy, Abdel Salam A. – Online Submission, 2016
The idea of this book arose out of an awareness that students with language learning disabilities are completely ignored in the Egyptian school system and there are no special programs that cater to these students. They are placed in normal schools that are not prepared to deal with their unique difficulties. This book, therefore, is an attempt to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Learning Disabilities
Feiman-Nemser, Sharon – Harvard Education Press, 2012
In "Teachers as Learners", a collection of landmark essays, noted teacher educator and scholar Sharon Feiman-Nemser shines a light on teacher learning. Arguing that serious and sustained teacher learning is a necessary condition for ambitious student learning, she examines closely how teachers acquire, generate, and use knowledge about teaching…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Scholarship, Teacher Education, Learning Strategies
Siegle, Del – Prufrock Press Inc, 2012
Why are some gifted children willing to tackle new challenges whereas others seem insecure or uninterested? Why do some gifted students achieve while others become caught in a cycle of underachievement? Are there strategies teachers and parents can implement that promote an achievement-oriented attitude? "The Underachieving Gifted Child:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Underachievement, Student Attitudes
Saltman, Dave – Harvard Education Press, 2014
Someday soon, like the pencil, projector, and word processor before them, the smart board and smartphone will simply be things that teachers and students use on the way to learning. Until then, teachers will struggle to answer a myriad of difficult questions about a wide range of new digital tools that have burst forth on the educational…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Profiles
Blackburn, Carolyn; Carpenter, Barry; Egerton, Jo – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
The range of learning difficulties associated with children and young people who have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) has been highlighted as an emerging but little understood area of Special Educational Needs. This engaging, timely and highly practical book will raise awareness about FASD and its associated difficulties across the entire…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Educational Needs, Autism, Learning Strategies
Mason, Linda H.; Reid, Robert; Hagaman, Jessica L. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2012
Comprehension problems have become an epidemic: One out of every four secondary school students is unable to read and comprehend the material in textbooks. Start addressing the root of the problem today with this practical guidebook, designed to strengthen adolescents' reading comprehension and written expression so they can master academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evidence, Adolescents, Secondary School Students