Suggests that methods used in teaching limited English proficient (LEP) mentally disabled students must integrate special education and bilingual education instructional strategies. An instructional management and lesson plan model is proposed, components of the model are described, and advantages of the model for teaching LEP disabled populations…

In this activity high school students read and discuss a letter written by a fugitive slave in England asking Britons not to be misled by a statement made by a clergyman claiming that the American federal government was not responsible for slavery, that it was the individual states that were at fault. (RM)

School administrators served as subjects to determine the effectiveness of teacher evaluation procedures. Examination of teacher's lesson plan had no effect on teacher assessment. However, prior assessment of lesson plan via an evaluation instrument improved effectiveness of evaluation of teacher's task sequencing skills, subject knowledge, and…

Discusses several experiential education learning models and explores the concept of "processing" as an integral component of experiential learning. Presents a method of approaching the design of processing activities and makes suggestions for successful use of the method. (SB)

Presents a lesson strategy in which students encounter the simulated decision making situation of having to help Ferdinand Magellan plan and choose the food for his voyage around the world in 1519. It is demonstrated that this simulation combines knowledge of geography with economics, health science, and consumer awareness. (MBR)

An overview is provided of 50 years of research on naive theories in human biology. A set of recommendations aimed at confronting student misconceptions and facilitating conceptual change about the structure and function of the human body is presented, with five lessons described. (MNS)

Looks at the manner in which a student teacher's knowledge about the purposes for teaching a subject affects his or her lesson planning. Suggests that it is not sound to study planning as a general process without considering subject content and the teacher's understanding of why that content is being taught. (RBW)

The need to define the role of computers in teacher education is discussed. Topics include planning lessons, evaluating materials, facilitating mastery, learning to diagnose, managing learning, student evaluation, motivation, learning to decide, and knowing content. (MNS)

Reading can be taught in music classes to enhance the music curriculum. Gives lesson plans and study guides for reading instruction in areas like vocabulary building, comprehension, study skills, and thinking skills, all adapted to serve musical purposes. (CS)

Reviewing recent court decisions on home schooling, the author points out that it should reflect public school classroom activities. (MD)

This Fourth Edition contains many lesson plans that cover a variety of subject areas and grade levels (1-12), as well as action research activities that investigate the various dimensions of teaching. Many of the lesson plans are written by actual classroom teachers, and all of them have been examined by practicing teachers. More than simply a…

Much of history is interpreted from an adult point of view. But in Karen Hesse's Newbery Award-winning "Out of the Dust," the Great Depression's Dust Bowl is seen through the eyes of a child. By using the novel, this lesson plan gives students the opportunity to identify with the personal experiences of youth in the 1930s. In addition,…

This pilot study used a lesson plan study to examine the thinking of preservice teachers about the concept of density, part of almost every school science curriculum, and the teaching of that concept to middle grade students. Subjects in the first study year included seven preservice teachers grouped into three clusters to accomplish the lesson…

The "English Standards of Learning Enhanced Scope and Sequence" for grades 6-8 is a resource intended to help teachers align their classroom instruction with the content found in "English Standards of Learning for Virginia Public Schools," adopted by the Board of Education in November 2002. The Enhanced Scope and Sequence…

This book investigates the depth of the illiteracy problem in the United States and the rationale and administration of a literacy-learning program. Based on some of the latest reading research, the authors provide a comprehensive up-to-date look at literacy tutoring. Following an introduction to the illiteracy problem, the book focuses on…