Teaching Methods category: 9681 books
Old Dogs, New Math
Homework Help for Puzzled Parents
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
“Perfect for parents who want to understand the different methods to do arithmetic their children are learning—and why they are being taught that way.”
—Keith Devlin, award-winning Stanford University mathematician
“Can you help me with my math homework?” If this question fills...
The New Teacher Toolbox
Proven Tips and Strategies for a Great First Year
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2009
A one-stop resource for all your first-year teaching needs!
With tips for everything from establishing an ideal classroom environment to making it through teacher evaluations, this practical volume helps you plan ahead with confidence, keep your perspective, and prepare for the unexpected....
by Rita S. King, Carolyn M. Chapman
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Work smarter—not harder—for effective differentiation!
This updated bestseller from authors Carol Chapman and Rita King is your comprehensive resource for standards-based, Common Core-ready differentiation. Meet your students’ individual learning needs and create a positive classroom...
Motivational Design for Learning and Performance
The ARCS Model Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
It is impossible to control another person’s motivation. But much of the instructor’s job involves stimulating learner motivation, and learning environments should ideally be designed toward this goal. Motivational Design for Learning and Performance introduces readers to the core concepts of...
TechnologyBased Assessments for 21st Century Skills
Theoretical and Practical Implications from Modern Research
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Creative problem solving, collaboration, and technology fluency are core skills requisite of any nation’s workforce that strives to be competitive in the 21st Century. Teaching these types of skills is an economic imperative, and assessment is a fundamental component of any pedagogical program....
by Jenifer Fox, Whitney Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
Hundreds of useful ideas for meeting the needs of each child
The Differentiated Instruction Book of Lists is the definitive reference for DI for teachers in grades K-12. Ready for immediate use, it offers over 150 up-to-date lists for developing instructional materials, lesson planning, and...
Gender in the Classroom
Foundations, Skills, Methods, and Strategies Across the Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
What‘s missing from your teacher education program? According to research studies, one glaring omission is gender. Tomorrow‘s teachers receive little instruction or training on the tremendous impact of gender in the classroom. Just how does gender influence teaching, the curriculum, and the lives of teachers and students in the classroom? This uniq
The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day
180 Reproducible Prompts and Quick-Writes for the Secondary Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
Classroom-tested methods for boosting secondary students' writing skills
The Writing Teacher's Activity-a-Day offers teachers, homeschoolers, and parents 180 ready-to-use, reproducible activities that enhance writing skills in secondary students. Based on Ledbetter's extensive experience consulting...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
One key measure of a country’s status in the world is the literacy of its people; at the same time, global migration has led to increased interest in bilingualism and foreign language learning as topics of research. Literacy Development and Enhancement Across Orthographies and Cultures reviews international...
The Call of Stories
Teaching and the Moral Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Children of Crisis, a profound examination of how listening to stories promotes learning and self-discovery.
As a professor emeritus at Harvard University, a renowned child psychiatrist, and the author of more than forty books, including The Moral Intelligence...
by Susan Wise Bauer, Jessie Wise
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Is your child getting lost in the system, becoming bored, losing his or her natural eagerness to learn? If so, it may be time to take charge of your child’s education—by doing it yourself.
The Well-Trained Mind will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically rigorous,...
The Active Classroom Field Book
Success Stories From the Active Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2010
Discover what really works in the classroom through success stories from educators like you!
Expanding on the strategies in The Active Classroom, best-selling author and educational consultant Ron Nash shares the stories of teachers who have successfully implemented active teaching methods...
Religion, Education, Dialogue and Conflict
Perspectives on Religious Education Research
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Religion, Education, Dialogue and Conflict analyses the European Commission-funded REDCo project, which addressed the question of how religions might contribute to dialogue or conflict in Europe. Researchers in education from eight countries – the UK, Estonia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the...
Slow Looking
The Art and Practice of Learning Through Observation
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Slow Looking provides a robust argument for the importance of slow looking in learning environments both general and specialized, formal and informal, and its connection to major concepts in teaching, learning, and knowledge. A museum-originated practice increasingly seen as holding wide educational...