Exemplary instruction in the middle grades : teaching that supports engagement and rigorous learning /
"Offering fresh alternatives to common instructional practices that fail to get results, this...guide highlights ways to motivate middle school students while enhancing content-area learning. Each chapter features an enlightening case study of a teacher whose current strategies are not supporte...
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Guilford Press,
[2012]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Offering fresh alternatives to common instructional practices that fail to get results, this...guide highlights ways to motivate middle school students while enhancing content-area learning. Each chapter features an enlightening case study of a teacher whose current strategies are not supported by research; describes effective instructional alternatives, illustrated with concrete examples; and lists online resources and lesson examples. Emphasis is given to supporting critical engagement with texts and drawing on technology and new literacies. The book covers specific content areas-including science, social studies, math, and literature-as well as ways to teach oral literacy and writing across the curriculum"--provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 338 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781462502943 (electronic) 1462502946 (electronic) |