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Zaretta Lynn Hammond – Corwin, 2025
To understand the achievement gaps that persist in our schools despite years of equity initiatives, we must look to the insidious legacy of segregated schools and the deliberate underdevelopment of diverse students' cognitive abilities. Uprooting this "cognitive redlining" requires we reimagine instruction for our most vulnerable…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Student Centered Learning, Teaching Methods, Teacher Competencies
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Smith, Jacque – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1996
Discusses how one teacher encouraged students to communicate mathematically when discussing the lyrics to the song "Billy Boy." Students' problem solving was assessed by means of classroom discussion. (MKR)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Childrens Literature, Classroom Communication, Cognitive Development
Beamon, Glenda Ward – 1997
Each of the seven chapters in this guide presents current research with practical applications for the middle-level teacher and integrates these instructional approaches with the developmental needs of the young adolescent. After a foreword by David H. Reilly, chapter 1 provides a general overview of current cognitive research and its…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, Early Adolescents, Educational Strategies