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Sugar, Steve; Sugar, Kim Kostoroski – 2002
This book offers a collection of games for K-8 students that will enliven instruction, boost student motivation, and enhance learning at school or at home. It features in- and out-of-desk activities to motivate and engage students, promote teamwork, build skills, and enhance interactive problem solving. The book includes hundreds of tips on how to…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Problem Solving
Harlan, Joan C.; Rowland, Sidney T. – 1999
This workbook is designed to reinforce teacher-education students' understanding of the basic principles of classroom management that are described in the text, "Behavior Management Strategies for Teachers." The 15 chapters parallel those in the main text. Each provides a brief summary of the corresponding textbook chapter, questions on chapter…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education
Checkley, Kathy – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2006
For many students, the longer they are in school, the less they trust in their ability to do math and fail to see why math is important to know. How can middle and secondary school educators turn that tendency around? Teachers can explore how their colleagues are answering that question and improving math programs in grades 7-12 in this next…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Middle Schools, Instructional Effectiveness, Mathematics Anxiety
Harris, Karen R., Ed.; Graham, Steve, Ed.; Urdan, Tim, Ed. – APA Books, 2011
The "APA Educational Psychology Handbook" reflects the broad nature of the field today, with state-of-the-science reviews of the diverse critical theories driving research and practice; in-depth investigation of the range of individual differences and cultural/contextual factors that affect student achievement, motivation, and beliefs;…
Descriptors: Talent, Gifted, Testing Accommodations, Teacher Effectiveness
Johnson, Denise – Guilford Publications, 2008
Fourth grade is an important year for literacy learning. Having left the primary grades behind, students must grapple with more demanding texts and content material. Effective, motivating instruction can help them succeed. This book helps teachers create an energized and organized learning environment in which all students can improve their…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Writing Strategies, High Stakes Tests, Grade 4
Clark, Larry, Ed.; Zubizarreta, John, Ed. – National Collegiate Honors Council, 2008
This monograph is a companion piece to "Teaching and Learning in Honors." The authors in this monograph are dedicated to exploring the sometimes magical, sometimes ordinary, sometimes rewarding, sometimes challenging connections between good teaching and deep, lasting learning. Questions regarding students' learning, pedagogical…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Academically Gifted, College Students, College Instruction
Fagin, Larry – 1991
Both a guide and an anthology, this book is for teachers (and self-teachers) who would like to explore the list poem, a flexible poetic form that can be used by beginning writers (from kindergarten to 12th grade) as well as by the most sophisticated. The book: offers practical advice on how to teach list poetry; describes how to work with students…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Elementary Secondary Education, Figurative Language, Poetry
Whyte, Donna – Crystal Springs Books, 2004
Within a simple meeting framework, experienced teacher and presenter Donna Whyte shares hundreds of ideas she's used in her own classroom to: (1) meet state standards; (2) Keep kids focused and engaged; (3) Encourage every child to participate; and (4) Assess learning every day for every child. After an introduction, this book is divided into…
Descriptors: State Standards, Classroom Environment, Academic Standards, Educational Strategies
Pastoll, Gregory – 2002
This book describes what is wrong with the western schooling process and shows how it manipulates learners through grading them. It also describes what an education process requires to be truly educative. The chapters of section A, "The Relation between Motivation and Meaningful Learning," are: (A1) "Meaningful Learning and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness
Burden, Paul R. – 2000
This book describes how to use effective motivation in the classroom in order to increase student learning and decrease classroom management problems for K-12 classrooms. This book bridges the gap between theory and practice with useful applications of motivation theory. It enables teachers to determine the type of motivation their students need…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Student Behavior
Blackburn, Barbara R. – Eye on Education, 2007
This book presents strategies you can integrate into everyday instruction in every subject area and across grade levels. It shows teachers how to motivate and engage students with instructional strategies that promote learning. There are 26 chapters in this book, one for each of the letter of the alphabet. The practical examples make it easy to…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Motivation Techniques, Guides, Teaching Methods
Chen, Jianguo, Ed.; Wang, Chuang, Ed.; Cai, Jinfa, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
The book is linked to the annual theme of the 2008 CAERDA International Conference with contributing authors serving as keynote speakers, invited panelists, paper presenters, as well as specialists and educators in the field. The book provides a most comprehensive description of and a theoretically well informed and a scholarly cogent account of…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Global Education, Creative Writing, Asian Culture
Padilla, Raymond V., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2008
This book focuses on one of the key questions in education: What determines a student's success? Based on twenty years of work on student success, Ray Padilla here presents two related models he has developed that both provide a framework for understanding success and indicate how it can be enhanced and replicated. The research and theory that…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Teaching Methods, Models, Higher Education
McCombs, Barbara L.; Whisler, Jo Sue – 1997
The educational system of the future must embrace a learner-centered perspective to maximize high standards of learning, motivation, and achievement for all learners--for both students and their teachers. The learner-centered perspective begins with a focus on knowing and understanding each learner in the context of a deep understanding of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education
Brandt, Ron – 1998
This book describes conditions that promote learning in school, providing examples of real schools to illustrate how those conditions apply to students in the classroom. The conditions are as follows: (1) people learn what is personally meaningful to them, (2) people learn when they accept challenging but achievable goals, (3) learning is…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Organizational Climate
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