How Social and Emotional Development Add Up: Getting Results in Math and Science Education

ISBN-13: 9780807743065 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 192 str.

Norris M. Haynes; Michael Ben-Avie; Jacque Ensign

Opis

In today's urban schools, a new approach to teaching math and science is being developed. Teachers are learning that by tending to students' social and emotional well being, they have greater success teaching. Edited by a stellar group, which includes both psychologists and teachers, this vital resource shares proven strategies for improving academic performance among school age children such as: Discussions of the effect of tracking in schools on the students; The particular needs of minority students; Preparing students for a technology driven world in the classroom; The recent findings of the Third International Math and Science Study