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Learning from Young Children: Research in Early Childhood Music presents research on the importance of fostering musical growth during early childhood. With research designs ranging from statistical, mixed methods, survey, content analysis, and case study, to philosophical inq...

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Written from the viewpoint of the maths teacher, this book provides answers to many questions that plague teachers. Each chapter explores a particular issue that illustrates the interaction between theory and practice. New Chapters have been includes on cognition, pattern and ICT.

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Written from the viewpoint of the maths teacher, provides answers to many questions. Each chapter explores a particular issue that illustrates the interaction between theory and practice. New chapters have been included on cognition, pattern and ICT.

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This book presents the experiences and ideas of a leading black educator, interweaving his autobiography with the stories of contemporary street gang members and former members.

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Learning Vital Reading Strategies: A Workbook for Students is a workbook that supplements the instruction offered in Help! My College Students Can't Read: Teaching Vital Reading Strategies in the Content Areas (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). The workbook focuses specifically on ...

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Timothy Horan presents an original and highly effective writing program whose major goal is to transform middle school students into competent and confident writers.

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This book argues for changes to the professoriate, restructuring of the liberal arts curriculum, and taking a new perspective to breathe fresh air into the undergraduate environment.

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Liminal Spaces of Writing in Adolescent and Adult Education sheds new light on persistent issues plaguing student writing. Through a compilation of approaches centered around the convergence of structure and agency in practicing writing, the book offers invaluable insights into cultivating agentic student writing for literacy researchers.

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This volume considers the teaching of writing in computer-supported and traditional classrooms. It is divided into three main sections which consider: literary processes - access to a symbolic system; learning and meaning in childhood; and literacy and activity contexts in adulthood.

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This critical ethnography of school libraries contributes to the study of the politics of literacy at the elementary school level as well as provides an interesting case study of border crossing.

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Are students more capable of acting appropriately when they know exactly what is expected of them Of course they are. Literacy in the Student-Centered Classroom explains classroom management, the role of assessments in learning, and various methods for engaging students. In ...

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This book provides teachers with the tools to capture teachable opportunities as literacy moments: brief, authentic, joyful encounters with texts in all forms. Here, teachers learn to nurture joyful readers by infusing their classrooms daily lives with authentic literacy moments every day.

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The issues of literacy and illiteracy have made their presence felt in every country of the world. The international research section is subdivided into sections pertaining to cross-cultural, cross-national, world literacy, and world regional research in literacy.

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Offering a wealth of maps and geographic routes for 28 books, this guide illustrates how to teach with literary maps, taking students on a journey through real and imaginary terrains.

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A reference work for teachers dealing with the subject of conflict. It includes a number of different types of works dealing with war and peace, such as picture books, poetry, biographies, Revolutionary and Civil War books, and stories dealing with pacifism.

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Motivate middle school students to become more involved in literature! Introducing hundreds of sophisticated and thought-provoking picture books on a variety of topics, this book shows you how to connect students to literature through picture books.

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Literature-Based Art & Music is both a guide to exciting books and a blueprint for rewarding activities that contribute to student achievement within elementary school programs. This book is the ideal handbook for achieving the goals of your curriculum, and an exciting addition to the Oryx Press Literature-Based Series.

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Mathematics, often perceived as a dull and immutable science, is actually a dynamic field filled with riveting stories and intriguing facts. Haven shares 16 of these stories with upper elementary and middle school students in his new book.