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Gallagher, James J., Ed; Reis, Sally M., Ed. – Corwin Press, 2004
Raising some of the most challenging questions in the field, this call-to-arms focuses on the important services gifted programs provide, the potential crisis gifted educators face, and what must be done to keep the gifted child movement alive and well. Key features include: (1) James J. Gallagher's unflinching account of the issues that continue…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Teaching Methods, Public Policy, Employment Practices
Peterson, Shelley, Ed. – 2003
This book brings together the perspectives of teachers, administrators, consultants, and researchers on teaching writing to create a bridge between theory and practice. The book's 11 chapters are organized into three sections that tackle some persistent knots of writing instruction and assessment. Under Section I-Students' and Teachers' Learning…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Classroom Techniques, Creative Writing, Elementary Education
Worsley, Dale, Ed. – 2002
In this book, a team of teachers and staff developers discuss the transformations of their practice as they read and write in mathematics classrooms, introduce mathematical history and ideas into their social studies and English classrooms, design interdisciplinary projects, and assess student learning more thoroughly. The book also offers models…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Cognitive Development, Communication (Thought Transfer), Concept Formation
Direct linkChrispeels, Janet H., Ed. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2004
"Learning to Lead Together: The Promise and Challenge of Sharing Leadership" examines the dilemmas for school leaders and administrators, and the benefits for schools and students, when principals work with teachers (and their communities) to share leadership. Most schools function within existing hierarchical structures that contradict…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, School Restructuring, Middle Schools, Teacher Participation
Download full textWorld Neighbors, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK. – 2001
This collection of lesson plans focuses on the geography and culture of several Asian countries and is intended to be used with students in grades 6-12. Lessons in the collection are: (1) "Keeping the Faith: Comparison of Major Religious Cultures in India, Indonesia, and Vietnam" (Glenda Sullivan); (2) "Namaste, Menyapa, Chao, Bon…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Curriculum Enrichment, Developing Nations, Economics
Lewis, Timothy J., Ed.; Sugai, George, Ed. – 1999
This monograph examines issues of school safety, focusing on the prevention/early intervention end of the continuum of services and on elementary and middle-school age children and youth. It highlights preventive measures schools can take to implement a proactive school-wide system of discipline to ensure school safety. Emphasis is on creating…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Delivery Systems, Discipline, Early Intervention
Calfee, Robert C., Ed.; Perfumo, Pamela, Ed. – 1996
This book presents essays by researchers, practitioners, and policy makers who study the impact of classroom portfolios in the assessment of writing achievement by elementary and middle-grade students. Essays in the book report on a national survey of exemplary projects and presents contributions to a Portfolio Conference held at Stanford…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
Zimmerman, Jack; and Others – 1990
This report presents suggestions for elementary school improvement from the 22 elementary school principals who comprise the charter membership of the National Association for Schools of Excellence (NASE). Each principal has received national recognition for educating low-income students, usually by emphasizing strong school-business cooperation.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
Center for Understanding the Built Environment, Prairie Village, KS. – 2002
This curriculum packet contains two lesson plans about cities and architecture intended for use with students in upper elementary grades and middle schools. The first lesson plan, "City People, City Stories" (Jan Ham), states that understanding architecture and cities must begin with an understanding of the people of the city. The children create…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Architecture, Built Environment, Community Characteristics
Mason, Pamela A., Ed.; Schumm, Jeanne Shay, Ed. – 2003
This collection of research-based articles is framed around the International Reading Association's 10 "literacy rights" of every child, outlining what children need to become competent readers and writers. Under Right 1--Children have a right to appropriate early reading instruction based on their individual needs--are the following…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childhood Needs, Childrens Rights, Elementary Education
Myrick, Robert D.; And Others – 1990
The Teacher Advisor Program (TAP) is an innovative developmental approach to counseling that directly involves teachers as advisors to 18 to 20 students, with whom they meet both individually and in group sessions. An introductory chapter that cites the need for a developmental approach to counseling in contemporary schools and the potential role…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Counselor Teacher Cooperation, Curriculum Design, Developmental Programs
Conklin, Tom, Ed. – 1997
Intended for teachers of grades 4-8, this book presents eight plays based on classic mysteries by famous writers such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ellery Queen, Dashiell Hammett, and O. Henry. The excitement of mystery stories offers a great way to introduce young people to the pleasures of reading. The plays in the book have…
Descriptors: Authors, Class Activities, Classics (Literature), Classroom Techniques
Clewell, Suzanne F., Ed.; Wagoner, Shirley A., Ed. – 1990
Intended for reading professionals, this yearbook contains 13 articles dealing with reading and allied fields divided into 2 sections: "Issues" and "Practices." The following articles focus on issues: "Wish Fulfillment and Other Dangers in Reading" (Joan Develin Coley); "Emergent Reading Research: Synthesis and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Experience Approach
Sachs, Leroy, Ed. – 1984
The Student Merit Award Program was designed to motivate, stimulate and reward students for their study and achievement outside the mathematics classroom by providing enrichment material on a variety of mathematical topics. In general, these topics are either not found in the standard middle school curriculum or represent a more in-depth study of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Enrichment Activities, Home Economics, Intermediate Grades
Simmons, John S., Ed.; Baines, Lawrence, Ed. – 1998
Based on the belief that language should be the central focus for study in the reading and language arts classroom, this collection presents 10 diverse viewpoints on language study in the middle school and secondary school. The collection is divided into the following areas: studying language through literature and the arts, using writing and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, English Instruction, Futures (of Society)
