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Using Multimodal Virtual Instruction to Build Preservice Teachers' Knowledge of Dyslexia
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Chambré, Susan J.; Ness, Molly K. – Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning, 2023
Increasing awareness about screening and instructional interventions for students with dyslexia is a necessary component of P-12 teacher preparation. Disparities in reading achievement for students with disabilities, including those with dyslexia, is evidenced in lower literacy testing scores as well as lower high school graduation rates for those…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Students with Disabilities, Online Courses, Preservice Teachers
Learning with and from School-Aged Children: Implications for Mathematics Methods Coursework Design
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Mistretta, Regina M. – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2020
The importance of practical learning environments for developing preservice teachers' (PSTs') dispositions and skills for teaching mathematics is underscored in a growing body of literature. Hence, teacher preparation programs often include methods courses embedded within K-12 schools. Utilized to a lesser extent; however, are campus-based…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teaching Skills
Peace and Pedagogy. Peter Lang Primers
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Quinn, Molly – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2014
What makes for peace as lived? What images of peace issue from examination of daily experience? What can be gleaned from reflection upon the topic for the meanings and makings of peace in our world? Considering that to work for peace, we must begin with ourselves and with our children, Molly Quinn addresses these questions through her own life and…
Descriptors: Peace, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers, Social Studies
A Case for Culturally Relevant Teaching in Science Education and Lessons Learned for Teacher Education
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Mensah, Felicia Moore – Journal of Negro Education, 2011
In this article, the researcher discusses three elementary pre-service teachers' experiences in co-planning and co-teaching a Pollution Unit in a 4th-5th grade science classroom in New York City. The study makes use of microteaching papers, lesson plans, researcher classroom observations, interviews, and informal conversations to elicit lessons…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Science Teachers, Grade 5, Microteaching
Addressing Anti-Indianism in the Mainstream Curriculum: A Partnership Model
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Caracciolo, Diane – Multicultural Perspectives, 2008
When prospective teachers are asked to discover something about the Native peoples on whose homelands they live and will earn their living, why do they have such difficulty locating material that reflects a contemporary indigenous perspective? Is it that there are no resources out there to help them in their search, or is it that they only find…
Descriptors: American Indians, Grade 4, American Indian Culture, Preservice Teachers
Beyond Tutoring: After-School Literacy Instruction
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Saddler, Bruce; Staulters, Merry – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2008
One of the greatest challenges facing teachers is accommodating struggling, diverse, and at-risk readers. Even with the use of effective, research-based techniques, many children fail to make adequate progress in reading and may need additional assistance. One way to provide this assistance is through tutoring. This article outlines a successful…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Reading Difficulties, Literacy, Tutoring