Teaching Methods category: 9681 books
Teaching and Learning STEM
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Rethink traditional teaching methods to improve student learning and retention in STEM
Educational research has repeatedly shown that compared to traditional teacher-centered instruction, certain learner-centered methods lead to improved learning outcomes, greater development of critical high-level...
by Peter Westwood
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
This fully revised and updated seventh edition of Commonsense Methods for Children with Special Educational Needs continues to offer practical advice on evidence-based teaching methods and intervention strategies for helping children with a wide range of disabilities or difficulties. The advice the...
Experiencing School Mathematics
Traditional and Reform Approaches To Teaching and Their Impact on Student Learning, Revised and Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2002
NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS ONLY: This is a revised edition of Experiencing School Mathematics first published in 1997 by Open University Press, © Jo Boaler. This revised edition is for sale in North America only.
The first book to provide direct evidence for the effectiveness of traditional and reform-oriented...
by Mary Noonan Ph.D., Linda McCormick Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Now enhanced with new topics critical to effective practice, this second edition is the essential methods textbook for preservice professionals preparing to teach young children with disabilities in today's increasingly diverse and inclusive programs. Focusing on children birth to 5, this core text...
Handbook of Research on Teaching Literacy Through the Communicative and Visual Arts
Sponsored by the International Reading Association
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2004
In an era characterized by the rapid evolution of the concept of literacy, the Handbook of Research on Teaching Literacy Through the Communicative and Visual Arts focuses on multiple ways in which learners gain access to knowledge and skills. The handbook explores the possibilities of broadening current...
Teaching As a Subversive Activity
A No-Holds-Barred Assault on Outdated Teaching Methods-with Dramatic and Practical Proposals on How Education Can Be Made Relevant to Today's World
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2009
A no-holds-barred assault on outdated teaching methods—with dramatic and practical proposals on how education can be made relevant to today's world.
Praise for Teaching As a Subversive Activity
“A healthy dose of Postman and Weingartner is a good thing: if they make even a dent in...
To Touch Inward Springs
Teaching and Learning for Faith Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2015
When it comes to teaching, no method or approach is as important as the character, the commitment, and the personhood of the teacher.
But you can further your development as a teacher by learning about approaches, methods, and activities appropriate to lifespan faith development in the liberal...
Research Informing Practice Practice Informing Research
Innovative Teaching Methologies for World Language Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
“Research Informing Practice—Practice Informing Research: Innovative Teaching Methodologies for World Language Educators” is an edited volume that focuses on innovative, nontraditional methods of teaching and learning world languages. Using teacherresearch projects, each author in the volume...
Educating for Democracy
Case-method Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1999
This book advocates the use of case methods to promote democratic teaching and learning. Part I speaks directly to teacher educators. The chapters in this part suggest how and why they might use case methods at pre- and in-service levels. Part II presents a set of cases and teaching notes designed...
Teaching with Digital Humanities
Tools and Methods for Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Jennifer Travis and Jessica DeSpain present a long-overdue collection of theoretical perspectives and case studies aimed at teaching nineteenth-century American literature using digital humanities tools and methods. Scholars foundational to the development of digital humanities join educators who...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This book increases understanding of, and provides inspiration for, the conduct of research in primary/elementary education. It discusses and evaluates the selection and development of research methods used for their own innovatory projects. They explore the relationship between their choice of research...
Beyond Classical Pedagogy
Teaching Elementary School Mathematics
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
The emergence of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards in 1989 sparked a sea change in thinking about the nature and quality of mathematics instruction in U.S. schools. Much is known about transmission forms of mathematics teaching and the influence of this teaching on students'...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Building Support for Scholarly Practices in Mathematics Methods is the product of collaborations among over 40 mathematics teacher educators (MTEs) who teach mathematics methods courses for prospective PreK?12 teachers in many different institutional contexts and structures. Each chapter unpacks ways...
Learning Reading Through Creative Drama
What happens to students' reading comprehension skills when they learn through creative drama?
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2011
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2009 in the subject Education - Reading Instruction, , course: Research Methods , language: English, abstract: The aim of this study was to discover what happens to students' reading comprehension skills in high school when they use creative drama rather...