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"Bueller?" Keys to engaging secondary students Motivating adolescents to learn can be a challenge! Often distracted and easily bored, these kids are also critical thinkers capable of thriving in the classroom while learning 21st century skills. How do we hold their attention and develop their abilities? Research shows that all students--regardless of learning style, disability category, or language difference--learn more effectively when they are engaged in active learning. 41 Active Learning Strategies for the Inclusive Classroom shows teachers how to help all students achieve positive learning outcomes. The authors provide a compilation of strategies that serve as blueprints for instructio...
This book is a compilation of approximately 40 strategies that serve as blueprints for instructional design. The first chapter describes in depth the research and foundations that support these strategies. Chapter Two provides information for the reader in terms of how to use this book, and how to choose and use strategies to fit both the content and the needs of the learners. Chapter Three presents and describes several strategies. The book is designed as a user-friendly resource that is directly applicable to practice. All of the book's strategies support teachers in their efforts to engage and motivate diverse learners as they meet academic and social objectives. Each strategy is presented with an explanation, directions for use, sample applications and classroom vignettes. Applications for different ages, abilities, and learning needs of the students, and for a variety of content areas, are suggested. The book is focused on the elementary school age level.
This professional resource provides educators with research-based strategies to engage students in a meaningful and effective learning environment. Included are step-by-step instructions to involve learners, ideas for assessment, and application activities. These strategies will help students to create their own knowledge and develop higher-order thinking, decision-making skills, and more. Presented in a multi-modal approach, this resource provides opportunities to develop the skills needed to be successful across the content areas in all four domains. The ultimate goal is to create college- and career-ready young adults. The fun and purposeful strategies presented in this book will get students on their feet, creating an active learning environment in the classroom!
Information literacy and library instruction are at the heart of the academic library’s mission. But how do you bring that instruction to an increasingly diverse student body and an increasingly varied spectrum of majors? In this updated, expanded new second edition, featuring more than 75% new content, Ragains and 16 other library instructors share their best practices for reaching out to today’s unique users. Readers will find strategies and techniques for teaching college and university freshmen, community college students, students with disabilities, and those in distance learning programs. Alongside sample lesson plans, presentations, brochures, worksheets, handouts, and evaluation ...
This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. The seventh edition of this widely-adopted text for special educators addresses the full-range of curriculum and instructional topics involved in educating individuals with moderate, severe, and multiple disabilities. Evidence-based practices are presented in clearly-defined ways so that teachers can easily understand the research presented and apply it in the real classroom. All chapters in the book are unique, written by leaders in the field known for their research and writing on the specific topics. Case studies of students are applie...
By using lesson plans in Themes for Inclusive Classrooms, teachers can meet state and national standards while addressing the needs and interests of all the children in their classrooms with a balance of child-initiated and teacher-directed activities.
Help adolescent learners in inclusive environments develop strong academic, emotional, and social skills for successful post-secondary options with lesson plans that focus on success and maximize students' strengths, interests, and potentials. Inclusion Strategies That Work for Adolescent Learners! provides teachers with guidelines for scheduling, preparation, student/educator responsibilities, family/community supports, appropriate accommodations, literacy and numeration strategies, interdisciplinary approaches, and more. The author investigates inclusive strategies through reflective activities and pragmatic classroom applications that highlight productivity with evidence-based practices for all learners.