From the Back Cover: Teachers are more likely to succeed if they have a deeper understanding of the challenges students face in trying to learn English and course content simultaneously. How the ELL Brain Learns combines current research on how the brain learns language with str…
This book provides readers with an overview of school security and the politics surrounding it, then provides nuts-and-bolts strategies for preventing violence and preparing for crises.
Start with the heart to build a school climate in which achievement will flourish. You can build an empathetic school culture that promotes genuine acceptance of one another, an appreciation for diversity, and an intrinsic desire to contribute and grow academically-a school envi…
An ongoing, thoughtful correspondence between students, and between students and their teachers, this book catches and rides the wave of social interaction, which in turn makes school matter to kids. The authors describe four variations of these "silent writing-to-learn discussi…
This book offers a model for contextualizing language and promoting academic success for all students, particularly English learners in the K-5 science classroom, through a highly effective approach that integrates inquiry-based science lessons with language rich hand-on experie…
"This guide provides instructional strategies for use in the elementary classroom. Teachers will learn how to teach metacognitive skills to young students and design lessons for conceptual understanding."--
This book describes how K-12 counselors can replace "random acts of guidance" with intentional, well-timed interventions, based on student data
"This book will be useful in a wide range of instructional methods classes for elementary, middle school, and high school educators. In addition, because of the detailed descriptions of the formative assessment process, it would also be useful in classes focusing on educational …
Pathways to thinking schools
Based on the successful, proven Thinking Maps model developed by David Hyerle, this book makes a compelling case for making an explicit focus on thinking the foundation for every school. Enabling all students to become drivers of their own thinking and learning, a Thinking Schoo…
Pathways to thinking schools
Based on the successful, proven Thinking Maps model developed by David Hyerle, this book makes a compelling case for making an explicit focus on thinking the foundation for every school. Enabling all students to become drivers of their own thinking and learning, a Thinking Schoo…
Pathways to thinking schools
Based on the successful, proven Thinking Maps model developed by David Hyerle, this book makes a compelling case for making an explicit focus on thinking the foundation for every school. Enabling all students to become drivers of their own thinking and learning, a Thinking Schoo…
"Activating Math Talk, outlines and enumerates on the practice of high-quality discourse specific to the math classroom as both a guide for teachers who learned mathematics differently and a road map to opening constructive and productive dialogue between students and teachers"--
"Activating Math Talk, outlines and enumerates on the practice of high-quality discourse specific to the math classroom as both a guide for teachers who learned mathematics differently and a road map to opening constructive and productive dialogue between students and teachers"--
