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Direct linkSchmoker, Mike – ASCD, 2018
In this 2nd edition of "Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning," Mike Schmoker extends and updates the case that our schools could be on the cusp of swift, unparalleled improvements. But we are stymied by a systemwide failure to simplify and prioritize; we have yet to focus our limited time and energy on…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, State Standards, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development
Spycher, Pamela, Ed.; Haynes, Erin F., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2019
Multilingual students, multidialectal students, and students learning English as an additional language constitute a substantial and growing demographic in the United States. But these groups of students tend to receive unequal access to and inadequate instruction in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM), with their…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Cultural Differences, Multilingualism, Language Usage
Peer reviewedKeengwe, Jared, Ed.; Onchwari, Grace, Ed.; Hucks, Darrell, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
With the emergence of innovative technologies, the digital nature of learning environments has changed the face of education. The integration of these technologies into classroom instruction is essential for promoting student learning. "Literacy Enrichment and Technology Integration in Pre-Service Teacher Education" examines the various…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Technology Integration, Technological Literacy
Draper, Roni Jo, Ed.; Broomhead, Paul, Ed.; Jensen, Amy Petersen, Ed.; Nokes, Jeffery D., Ed.; Siebert, Daniel, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2010
Today's teachers need to prepare students for a world that places increasingly higher literacy demands on its citizens. In this timely book, the authors explore content-area literacy and instruction in English, music, science, mathematics, social studies, visual arts, technology, and theatre. Each of the chapters has been written by teacher…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Literacy, Reading Instruction, Middle School Students
Troia, Gary A., Ed.; Shankland, Rebecca K., Ed.; Heintz, Anne, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2010
What are the most effective methods for teaching writing across grade levels and student populations? What kind of training do teachers need to put research-validated methods into practice? This unique volume combines the latest writing research with clear-cut recommendations for designing high-quality professional development efforts. Prominent…
Descriptors: Writing Research, Self Efficacy, Educational Change, Writing Teachers
O'Connell, Susan; Croskey, Suzanne G. – Heinemann, 2008
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM's) Process Standards support teaching that helps students develop independent, effective mathematical thinking. The books in the Heinemann Math Process Standards Series give every middle grades math teacher the opportunity to explore each standard in depth. The series offers friendly,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Communication Skills, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Strategies
Meier, John; Rishel, Thomas – 1998
This text discusses how to create and incorporate effective writing assignments throughout the mathematics curriculum. It also emphasizes engaging students in a dialogue about mathematics while they are trying to learn. The first section provides concrete advice with a large number of examples so that an instructor can successfully begin to use…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach
Download full textFleming, Margaret, Ed.; McGinnis, Jo, Ed. – 1985
Prepared by experienced classroom teachers from all levels, the articles in this book explain how to use biography and autobiography as a basis for the thorough study of a topic in literature, history, the social sciences, or other subject areas. The nine articles in the first section of the book use Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Biographies, Class Activities, Content Area Writing
Young, Art, Ed.; Fulwiler, Toby, Ed. – 1986
The impact of a writing-across-the-curriculum program on the professional life of a single university department and on the pedagogical life of an entire campus community is the focus of this book. The essays in the first section explain writing across the curriculum and provide a context for collective writing research. This section demonstrates…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Classroom Techniques, Content Area Writing, Cooperation
Brown, Cynthia Stokes – 1994
This book advocates that teachers of history create for their students a workshop environment where they actually can practice being historians. Adolescents, rather than thinking analytically, prefer to identify strongly with heroes and heroines and to explore their own lives and identity, character and convictions, through heroic stories. This…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Content Area Writing, Global Education, History
Parker, Robert P.; Goodkin, Vera – 1987
Intended for teachers of grades 7-16, this book discusses "heuristic" writing--writing that produces new, irreversible knowledge for the writer leading to a fuller understanding of the self and of the act of writing--as well as principles and practices having direct implications for a wide range of students. Chapter 1 examines the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Content Area Writing, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing
Kenney, Joan M.; Hancewicz, Euthecia; Heuer, Loretta; Metsisto, Diana; Tuttle, Cynthia L. – ASCD, 2005
One of the best ways to give students the background knowledge they need to understand math concepts is to teach them the vocabulary and comprehension skills that are essential to understanding math. So here's a book that explains how to do that and provides teachers with lots of classroom-proven ways to prepare students to be successful math…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Prior Learning, Problem Solving
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1985
The papers included in this book focus on writing and reading across the curriculum. Beginning with an introduction by Malcolm P. Douglass, the book contains the following 25 titles: "Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum" (Malcolm P. Douglass); "A Deepening Understanding of Reading and Writing" (Walter Loban); "The…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
McQuade, Donald A. – 1986
Intended to chart the interconnections of linguistics, stylistics, and the teaching of composition, this book encourages a productive collective effort to cultivate linguistics among teachers of writing. Chapter titles and their authors are as follows: (1) "Grammar in American College Composition: An Historical Overview" (R. J. Connors);…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Content Area Writing, Discourse Analysis, Error Analysis (Language)
