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Teaching Realistic Optimism: How to Approach Teaching and Learning with Hope is about inspiring hope and optimism in a service-oriented life. When an individual is expected to give so much life can be exhausting, and consequently it becomes even more...

Teaching Realistic Optimism: How to Approach Teaching and Learning with Hope is about inspiring hope and optimism in a service-oriented life. When an individual is expected to give so much life can be exhausting, and consequently it becomes even more...

The Cognitive Rigor Matrix superposes two of the most common tools used in K-12 education: Bloom's Revised Taxonomy and Depth of Knowledge. This matrix has been adopted by numerous state departments of education and national organizations to evaluate the...

This book is designed for all K-12 educators and teacher preparation faculty. Reading this book is like being in the room with 30 teacher mentors from different grade-levels and school settings who are sharing strategies for: (1) building and maintaining...

This book offers a careful look at how we came to have our traditional education system, and how it met the needs of a different time. By looking back at the past we can take on the task of change without casting blame, but with understanding. We will...

"Finally a book about teaching that tells it like it is," NEA Today said about Michael Gose's first edition, What It Means to Be a Teacher. The second edition continues the stories that capture the meaning of teaching and now looks back with...

Your favorite differentiated instruction text just got better!If you're in need of a single resource to put differentiated instruction immediately into practice, then follow the lead of 100,000+ teachers and look to Gregory and Chapman's ground-breaking...

'The aim of this book is to support schools in using the internet effectively. Refreshingly, it has a strong pedagogical focus and emphasises the value of technology to support learning...Overall a useful book that should help schools in thinking about...

Classroom Management Strategies: Gaining and Maintaining Students' Cooperation contains a wealth of information about classroom management strategies that teachers successfully use to lead students to be on-task and engaged in lessons. The strategies are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780817915643Author John E. ChubbFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Publisher Hoover Institution Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 454g

The majority teachers of English to speakers of other languages around the world are nonnative speakers of English themselves. Learning and Teaching from Experience presents a wide range of views on NNES (nonnative English speaking) professionals in ESL...

Bookmarks: Fluency through Novels is a series of companion textbooks to novels that provide teachers with creative exercises and activities to supplement the teaching of a novel. Bookmarks: A Companion Text forKindred is an integrated reading-writing...

The use of authentic materials in language classrooms is sometimes discussed as a reliable way to expose students to the target language, but there is also disagreement regarding what kinds of authentic materials should be used, when they should be used,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780472036448Author John MurphyFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint The University of Michigan PressPublisher The University of Michigan PressWeight(grams)...

Hundreds of useful ideas for meeting the needs of each child The Differentiated Instruction Book of Lists is the definitive reference for DI for teachers in grades K-12. Ready for immediate use, it offers over 150 up-to-date lists for developing...

Learn about psychology YOUR Way with Rathus' PSYCH, 7th edition, which combines the best of print and online resources! PSYCH's easy-reference textbook presents course content through visually engaging chapters. With the textbook or on its own, PSYCH...

Packed with current, global examples, Dooley/Patten's WHY POLITICS MATTERS: AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE, 3rd edition, explains why politics is important to you -- and how you can get involved. Giving you the building blocks to understand...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780325043548Author Arthur HydeFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Heinemann Educational BooksPublisher Heinemann Educational BooksWeight(grams)...

Improvisation is a boundless and exciting way to experience music, especially for students. Teachers increasingly agree that improvisation is an essential skill for students to learn - however, many are unsure how to productively incorporate it in the...

The rapid social, economic and technological changes taking place in the world today have led to the rise of social and emotional learning (SEL) as an essential requirement in positive human development and meaningful education. SEL competencies such as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634842808Author Isaac S GibbsFormat HardbackPage Count 100Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 302g

How Myths about Language Affect Education: What Every Teacher Should Know clarifies some of the most common misconceptions about language, particularly those that affect teachers and the decisions they make when they teach English language learners. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781631174988Author Allana JaydonFormat HardbackPage Count 153Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 432g

Reflecting on Teaching the Four Skills: 60 Strategies for Professional Development offers novice teachers strate gies for the teaching of reading, writing, listening, and speaking, and for assessing those skills. The final chapter offers strategies for...

A students activities manual for Elementary school teachers.About the AuthorGary Musser is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Oregon State University. Professor Musser has published 40 papers in many journals, including the PACIFIC JOURNAL OF...

WRIGHTMAN'S PSYCHOLOGY AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM shows you the critical importance of psychology's concepts and methods to the functioning of many aspects of today's legal system. Featuring topics such as competence to stand trial, the insanity defense,...

With a collection of over 375 sources, each accompanied by an introductory essay and review questions, this two-volume primary source reader emphasizes the intellectual history and values of the Western tradition. Sources are grouped around important...

Smart School Teams is for teachers, administrators, parents, and anyone who is involved in addressing the challenges of school improvement through teams and teamwork. This skill-teaching book focuses on interpersonal communication, trust and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934490457Author Julia CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Boys Town PressPublisher Boys Town Press

isbn 9781842854556 Dr Susan Young Price GBP 24.99 EURO29.99 A4 40pgs includes interactive board activities and sheets for printing This is the part of a new series from Lawler Education to support teachers of literacy. This important area of...

This is the part of a new series from Lawler Education to support teachers of literacy. This important area of teaching and learning is one that often causes teachers, particularly less experienced teachers stress in organising positive learning...

THE BIG QUESTIONS, 10th Edition, covers philosophy's central ideas in an accessible, approachable manner. You'll explore timeless "big questions" about the self, God, justice, and other meaningful topics, gaining the context you need for an understanding...

Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, high-stakes testing has become a ubiquitous feature of public school children's daily rituals. Reform advocates argue that testing leads to greater alignment of the curriculum with teaching and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781605545226Author Margie CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Redleaf PressPublisher Redleaf Press

Many people_political leaders, school administrators, school board members, interest group leaders, community leaders, parents/guardians_seek to impact education, but efforts to improve education will be enhanced if they are based on reality and the...

Culturally relevant music can drive reform in urban education. Teaching Music in the Urban Classroom, Volume 1: A Guide to Survival, Success, and Reform opens a national-level conversation aimed at making that goal a reality. This first of two volumes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569762172Author Scott MandelFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Zephyr PressPublisher Zephyr PressWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 8mm

Studio-Based Approaches for Multimodal Projects examines a cross-section of strategies for studio approaches and models that enable process-oriented multimodal projects and promote student learning. This collection features seven chapters authored or...

Academics often speak about love for their subject, mathematicians discuss their love for figures and numbers, and elementary school teachers speak about their love of children. As multidimensional as love is, it is often a taboo subject relative to...

Spatial reasoning, which promises connection across wide areas, is itself ironically often not connected to other areas of knowledge. Thinking with Maps: Understanding the World through Spatialization addresses this problem, developing its argument...