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Direct linkMajors, Yolanda; Lewis, Cynthia; Tierney, Robert J.; Beach, Richard – Journal of Literacy Research, 2017
In this Insights column, four authors address the question: Given current and potential shifts in education policy, what should literacy educators keep in mind to move forward with exceptional literacy research and practices? Majors and Lewis urge white scholars to reach out to scholars of color in learning how to generate counter-arguments that…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Research
Bennett, Linda, Ed.; Hinde, Elizabeth R., Ed. – National Council for the Social Studies, 2015
At a time when social studies is being curtailed in elementary schools, the contributors to this book show that it is still possible to teach social studies very well. The key strategy is one of effective integration, which requires significant planning and pedagogical knowledge, but has a tremendous payoff. The contributors to this book identify…
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Social Studies, Thinking Skills, Cognitive Processes
Browder, Diane M.; Spooner, Fred; Courtade, Ginevra R. – Guilford Press, 2020
For years the text of choice for developing excellence as a teacher of K-12 students with moderate and severe disabilities, this clearly written work has now been revised and updated. Chapters provide step-by-step procedures for designing standards-based individualized education plans and evaluating and enhancing student progress. Methods and…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Severity (of Disability), Mild Disabilities, Severe Disabilities
Download full textFarnham, Lija; Altmann, Aviva; Nothmann, Emma – Bridgespan Group, 2019
The most promising intervention for improving learning and reducing academic gaps in outcomes is present in every classroom: the "teacher". Teachers empowered to create relationship-centric, supportive classroom and school cultures, combined with rigorous academics, produce breakthrough results for their students. Three nonprofits'…
Descriptors: Teacher Influence, Classroom Environment, School Culture, Teacher Role
Lapp, Diane, Ed.; Fisher, Douglas, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017
Now in its fourth edition, the "Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts" -- sponsored by the International Literacy Association and the National Council of Teachers of English -- remains at the forefront in bringing together prominent scholars, researchers, and professional leaders to offer an integrated perspective on…
Descriptors: English, Language Arts, Educational Research, English Instruction
Young, Carl A., Ed.; Moran, Clarice M., Ed. – IGI Global, 2017
The flipped classroom method, particularly when used with digital video, has recently attracted many supporters within the education field. Now more than ever, language arts educators can benefit tremendously from incorporating flipped classroom techniques into their curriculum. "Applying the Flipped Classroom Model to English Language Arts…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, English Instruction, Language Arts, Educational Strategies
Stewart, Mary Amanda, Ed.; Hansen-Thomas, Holly, Ed. – TESOL Press, 2019
Discover the ways teachers and researchers apply up-to-date TESOL research to meet both content and language acquisition criteria while also affirming students' cultural knowledge, life experiences, and language abilities. Like the high school grades themselves, the chapters in this volume are organized by academic content area including language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Teachers, Language Arts, Social Studies
Robinson, Sandra P. A., Ed.; Knight, Verna, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Critical thinking is an essential skill for learners and teachers alike. Therefore, it is essential that educators be given practical strategies for improving their critical thinking skills as well as methods to effectively provide critical thinking skills to their students. The "Handbook of Research on Critical Thinking and Teacher Education…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teaching Methods
de Oliveira, Luciana C., Ed.; Obenchain, Kathryn M., Ed.; Kenney, Rachael H., Ed.; Oliveira, Alandeom W., Ed. – English Language Education, 2019
This practitioner-based book provides different approaches for reaching an increasing population in today's schools - English language learners (ELLs). The recent development and adoption of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (CCSS-ELA/Literacy), the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Secondary School Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Arts
Finn, Chester E., Jr., Ed.; Petrilli, Michael J., Ed. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2014
Children cannot be truly literate without knowing about history, science, art, music, literature, civics, geography, and more. Indeed, they cannot satisfactorily comprehend what they read unless they possess the background knowledge that makes such comprehension possible. Yet most American primary schools have been marching in the opposite…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Language Arts, Elementary Schools
Murphy, Marilyn, Ed.; Redding, Sam, Ed.; Twyman, Janet, Ed. – Center on Innovations in Learning, Temple University, 2013
The "Handbook on Innovations in Learning" focuses on innovations--both methodological and technological--in teaching and learning that promise to surpass standard practice in achieving learning outcomes for students. The experts who have written chapters in this Handbook first identify the underlying principles of learning and then…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Outcomes of Education, Best Practices, Data
Stancavage, Frances B., Ed.; Bohrnstedt, George W., Ed. – American Institutes for Research, 2013
Since its inception more than four decades ago, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has served as a key indicator of what the nation's students know and can do in academic subjects. NAEP assessments provide a mechanism for putting the achievements of students in all states on a common scale; the assessments also serve as…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, State Standards, Academic Standards, Academic Achievement
Jetton, Tamara L., Ed.; Shanahan, Cynthia, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2012
From leading authorities in both adolescent literacy and content-area teaching, this book addresses the particular challenges of literacy learning in each of the major academic disciplines. Chapters focus on how to help students successfully engage with texts and ideas in English/literature, science, math, history, and arts classrooms. The book…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Literacy, Reading Instruction, Mathematics Instruction
Goodwyn, Andrew, Ed.; Fuller, Carol, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
The nature of literacy is an issue of global debate. When the National Literacy Strategy [NLS] was introduced into UK schools it was arguably the most ambitious educational reform programme in the world, and the controversy necessarily intensified. How can the impact of such reforms be assessed? In its ten year history the NLS affected every…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Wang, Victor C. X., Ed.; Bryan, Valerie C., Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
Today's ever-changing learning environment is characterized by the fast pace of technology that drives our society to move forward, and causes our knowledge to increase at an exponential rate. The need for in-depth research that is bound to generate new knowledge about curriculum and program development is becoming ever more relevant.…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development, Program Development
