Promising practices for elementary teachers : make no excuses! / Susan Benner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benner, Susan M., author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elementary school teaching.

Effective teaching.

Classroom management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 166 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<strong><em>Proven strategies to put struggling students on the path to success!</em></strong> This book offers educators much-needed tools to break the cycle of failure for students who are unsuccessful in school. With vignettes and reflective practice scenarios and questions, this book provides: <ul> <li>Strategies for parental involvement, multi-tiered instruction, peer learning models, and universal design for learning</li> <li>Approaches for fostering student success before a child is referred to special education</li> <li>Practices and programs that address the needs of at-ris

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Chapter 1 - Who Belongs in School?; Chapter 2 - Prevention as Intervention: Building a Sense of Community; Chapter 3 - Motivation as Intervention; Chapter 4 - Parent Involvement Is Worth the Effort; Chapter 5 - Understanding Challenging Behavior in the Classroom; Chapter 6 - Universal Design for Learning; Chapter 7 - Dialogue and Instructional Conversation as an Instructional Strategy; Chapter 8 - Peer-Assisted Learning Models of Instruction; Chapter 9 - Differentiating Instruction; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781452273587

1452273588

9781452215976

1452215979

OCLC:

865545100