Making School Count reports on four years of classroom research in which alternative teaching strategies, designed to motivate under-achieving inner-city, African-American middle school students were used and evaluated. The book offers insights into the discrepancy between students' academic dreams (their high performance aspirations) and the realities of their classroom performance. Issues include: *the authors' convictions that the disproportionate under-achievement of African-American students is the result of inappropriate teaching strategies *the prevalent use...
Making School Count reports on four years of classroom research in which alternative teaching strategies, designed to motivate under-achievin...
Making School Count reports on four years of classroom research in which alternative teaching strategies, designed to motivate under-achieving inner-city, African-American middle school students were used and evaluated. The book offers insights into the discrepancy between students' academic dreams (their high performance aspirations) and the realities of their classroom performance. Issues include: *the authors' convictions that the disproportionate under-achievement of African-American students is the result of inappropriate teaching strategies *the prevalent use...
Making School Count reports on four years of classroom research in which alternative teaching strategies, designed to motivate under-achievin...
Everyone knows how important it is to read to young children but it's the "quality" of shared reading that really affects emergent literacy. How well are adults engaging and teaching children as they read together? How well are children listening and responding?
The first and only tool to measure the quality of adult "and" child interactions during joint book reading, ACIRI helps parents promote the development of emergent literacy skills, helps early childhood educators improve and individualize their teaching of these skills, and helps family literacy programs provide evaluation data...
Everyone knows how important it is to read to young children but it's the "quality" of shared reading that really affects emergent literacy. How we...
Finally one concise book to show educators which early literacy research really warrants attention, why it's so important, and how to help young children learn to read in real classrooms. This volume captures the best early literacy knowledge from highly respected leaders in the field and turns those key concepts into strategies to use now with diverse learners at different skill levels. Education professionals will get the latest research on these hot topics:
classroom environment
environmental print
English language learners
comprehension
invented...
Finally one concise book to show educators which early literacy research really warrants attention, why it's so important, and how to help young child...
Andrea Debruin-Parecki Andrea Debruin-Parecki Anne Va
How does early comprehension develop in young children, and how can we better prepare preschoolers to become successful readers? This important volume compiles today's best research on the often-overlooked topic of prereader comprehension: what we know about it now, and what we need to know to build a stronger foundation for children's future reading skills. More than two dozen literacy experts clearly describe theoretical models of early comprehension, demystify current research, recommend effective practices for boosting comprehension, and identify critical...
How does early comprehension develop in young children, and how can we better prepare preschoolers to become successful readers? This important vol...