Close the Achievement Gap: Simple Strategies That Work

ISBN-13: 9780974741659 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 104 str.

Brian M. Pete; Robin J. Fogarty

Opis

Discover basic strategies that promote student achievement in low-performing classrooms This invaluable research-based guidebook illustrates how quality teaching can overcome the impact of low socioeconomic conditions and improve student performance dramatically. The authors present instructional techniques that require students to speak with skill, write with clarity and purpose, read with a critical eye, and listen with active engagement. Using six practical strategies, educators can overcome the odds and guide learners to success by:

• Setting high expectations for all students
• Making differentiation part of everything they do
• Challenging students to think critically
• Insisting on results-oriented goals