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TEACHING STRATEGIES: A GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION, 9th Edition, is known for its practical, applied help with commonly used classroom teaching strategies and tactics. Perfect for anyone studying education or involved in a site-based teacher education program, the book focuses on topics such as lesson-planning, questioning, and small-group and cooperative-learning strategies. The book is known for its solid coverage of teaching strategies and applications, and the new edition continues on in this tradition, with even more teaching applications and an engaging feature that highlights real-life voices from the field.
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How to view the video cases that go along with this text Observe ◆ Interact ◆ Assess Are you interested in what really happens in the classroom? Do you want to know how teachers handle challenging situations? Watch the award-winning Video Cases and see how new and experienced teachers apply concepts and strategies in real K–12 classrooms. These 4-to 6-minute video clips cover a variety of different topics that today’s teachers face, and allow you to experience real teaching in action.
CHAPTER 1: Frames of Reference for Teaching ◆ Teaching as a Profession: Collaboration with Colleagues ◆ Teacher Accountability: A Student Teacher’s Perspective ◆ Motivating Adolescent Learners: Curriculum Based on Real Life CHAPTER 2: The Big Picture in Your Classroom: Focusing the Instruction in a Social Kaleidoscope ◆ Constructivist Teaching in Action ◆ Diversity: Teaching in a Multiethnic Classroom ◆ Inclusion: Classroom Implications for the General and Special Educator ◆ Inclusion: Grouping Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms ◆ Gender Equity in the Classroom: Girls and Science CHAPTER 4: Instructional Planning ◆ Reading in the Content Areas: An Interdisciplinary Unit on the 1920s ◆ Assessment in the Elementary Grades: Formal and Informal Literacy Assessment CHAPTER 5: Sequencing and Organizing Instruction ◆ Academic Diversity: Differentiated Instruction ◆ Culturally Responsive Teaching: A Multicultural Lesson for Elementary Students ◆ Multiple Intelligences: Elementary School Instruction ◆ The First Year of Teaching: One Colleague’s Story CHAPTER 6: Managing the Classroom ◆ Students with Special Needs: The Importance of Home-School Partnerships ◆ Cardinal Rules for Classroom Management: Perspectives from an Urban Elementary School
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To access the Video Cases and other online resources, go to www.cengage.com/login to register the access code packaged with your new text or to purchase access to the premium website. The Video Cases are integrated throughout the text in special box features. The cases include video clips and a host of related materials to provide a comprehensive learning experience. ◆ Classroom Management: Best Practices ◆ Social and Emotional Development: The
Influence of Peer Groups CHAPTER 8: Small-Group Discussions and Cooperative Learning ◆ Middle-School Reading Instruction: Integrating Technology ◆ Cooperative Learning in the Elementary Grades: Jigsaw Model ◆ Integrating Technology to Improve Student Learning: A High School Science Simulation ◆ Multimedia Literacy: Integrating Technology into the Middle School Classroom ◆ Cooperative Learning: High School History Lesson CHAPTER 9: Inquiry Teaching and Higher-Level Thinking ◆ Elementary School Language Arts: Inquiry Learning ◆ Middle School Science Instruction: Inquiry Learning ◆ Using Technology to Promote Discovery Learning: A High School Geometry Lesson ◆ Metacognition: Helping Students Become Strategic Learners CHAPTER 10: Classroom Assessment ◆ Preparing Students for Standardized Tests: Strategies for Success ◆ Assessment in the Middle Grades: Measurement of Student Learning ◆ Portfolio Assessment: Elementary Classroom ◆ Assessment in the Elementary Grades: Formal and Informal Literacy Ass