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Striving for the perfect classroom : instructional and assessment strategies to meet the needs of today's diverse learners /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
c2010.
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| Colección: | Education in a competitive and globalizing world series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- STRIVING FOR THE "PERFECT" CLASSROOM: INSTRUCTIONAL AND ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF TODAY'S DIVERSE LEARNERS; Untitled; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; INTRODUCTION; KNOWING YOURSELF AND YOUR STUDENTS; KEY CONCEPTS; QUESTION FOR CONSIDERATION:; RESEARCH ON TEACHERS AND PERSONAL BIAS; RESEARCH ON GETTING TO KNOW YOUR STUDENTS; Learning Styles; Multiple Intelligences; Differentiated Instruction; STRATEGIES TO TRY AT VARIOUS GRADE LEVELS; Getting to Know Your Students; Differentiated Instructional Strategies; SUMMARY; REFERENCES.
- MOTIVATING YOUR STUDENTSKEY CONCEPTS; QUESTION FOR CONSIDERATION:; Motivation; RESEARCH ON MOTIVATIONAL APPROACHES; Behavioral; Cognitive; Humanist; Achievement; IDEAS TO PROMOTE STUDENT MOTIVATION; Make it Safe; Make it Fair; Make it Interesting; Make it Balanced; Make it Social; Make it Relevant; Give Choice; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; ACTIVATING DISCUSSION TO PROMOTE LEARNING; KEY CONCEPTS; QUESTION FOR CONSIDERATION:; DISCUSSION IN THE CLASSROOM; Definition of Discussion through the Years; Engaging Students in Discussion Promotes Better Thinking; ELL and Classroom Discussions.
- DISCUSSION TECHNIQUES TO PROMOTE LEARNINGSocratic Seminar; Fishbowl; Graphic Organizers: Decision Trees and T-Charts; Jigsaw; Literature Circles; Think-Pair-Share, Think-Pair-Share-Square, Think-Write-Share, and Read-Write-Pair-Share; SUMMARY; Questions for Reflection and/or Discussion; REFERENCES; USING PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING STRATEGIES; KEY CONCEPTS; QUESTION FOR CONSIDERATION:; WHAT IS PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING?; WHY IS PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IMPORTANT?; HOW TO IMPLEMENT PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING INTO THE CLASSROOM; Roles of the Problem; Roles of the Teacher; Roles of the Students.
- Steps to FollowCase Studies; Debates; Games and Simulations; Web Sites; SUMMARY; Questions for Reflection and/or Discussion; REFERENCES; CONTENT AREA LITERACY; KEY CONCEPTS; QUESTION FOR CONSIDERATION:; RESEARCH ON CONTENT AREA LITERACY; Literacy Demands in the Reading to Learn Stage; Reading Comprehension Strategies; Before, During, and after or PAR Reading Strategies; INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR CONTENT AREA LITERACY VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT; Concept Definition Mapping; Frayer Model; Semantic Feature Analysis; Semantic Maps; Word Sorts (Closed and Open); COMPREHENSION; Anticipation Guides.
- Directed Reading/Thinking Activity (DR/TA)Group Summary; KWL Chart; Paired Reading; QAR; Sensory Imagery; Textbook Previews; Think-Alouds; SUMMARY; QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION AND/OR DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM (WAC); KEY CONCEPTS; QUESTION FOR CONSIDERATION:; WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM (WAC); Writing to Learn vs. Learning to Write; ACROSS THE CURRICULUM WRITING STRATEGIES; Cubing; Digital Storytelling; Double-Entry Journals; Entrance and Exit Slips; Free Writes; Learning Logs; Quickwrites and Quickdraws; RAFTS; Simulated Journals; SUMMARY.