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Twenty Chapter Summaries of In the Middle by Nancie Atwell and The English Teacher's Companion by Jim Burke

a substantial need to differentiate these three commonly interchangeable terms. At the crux of his argument, Burke contends that ...

Analyzing Curriculum Improvement by Ronald Doll

is that he provides for outcomes which can be measured, and therefore this allows the curriculum to be acted upon and improved. ...

Teaching Profession Entrance from Another Vocation

The most recognized expert in any field is useless in the classroom if he or she cannot communicate that expertise to the students...

Stephen D. Brookfield's The Skillful Teacher

students are not approached as though they were adults, a reality that Brookfield sees as very damaging to the teacher and learnin...

The Effects of Alcoholism

parents are much more likely to become alcoholics themselves than do those who grow up in nonalcoholic households (Powell and Garc...

Children with Learning Disabilities and Positive Outcome Strategies

Working with Students with Specific Disabilities, 2002). LDs are characterized by problems in use of listening, speaking, reading,...

Three Perspectives on Problems with Teaching English

learn the ways in which standard English developed -- that no language remains "fixed" but is rather a constantly evolving, adapti...

Slut by Leora Tannenbaum

to her being labelled as a slut, presuming on the grounds that it is the sexual activity per se, rather than her consent or lack o...

Uses of Technology in the Classroom

in order for the children of today to be "effective leaders and productive citizens" of tomorrow, they will require confidence in...

Dyslexia and ELL

with the acquisition of print literacy (reading, writing, and spelling). Dyslexia is characterized by poor decoding and spelling ...

NCLB Act and Requirements for Special Education Teachers

a great need to make them feel a part of the overall atmosphere, while at the same time establishing a separate learning basis fro...

The Unexpected Universe by Loren Eiseley

gently touched a strand of the web. The spider immediately started checking lines in the web. The intrusion was unprecedented in ...

Urban Schools and Lack of Quality Educators

have emergency teaching certificates (NASBE, 2002). Consider these data: * Urban schools are twice as likely to hire unlicensed or...

Pop Quiz's Validity

the material presented has been sufficiently saturated and incorporated into the students base of knowledge? Most educators would ...

Educators and the Significance of Commitment and Attitude

were attending some type of mass transit facility rather than enrolled in a facility for learning. Teachers stand on the front li...

School Administration, Reform, and Planning

In response to the apparent crisis in our educational system, U.S. President Bill Clinton authorized, and Congress passed the "Edu...

Education and Enrollment Decline

secure knowledge of basic skills is highly important. In this day and age of technological advancements taking the place of funda...

Teacher Mediation and Educational Interactive Media

distance education is that many of the teachers do not feel they are qualified to successfully coordinate interactive teaching wit...

Vocal Difficulties in Teachers

the amount of training teachers receive varies with the result that "due to both the demands on their voice and poor environmental...

Observations Of Preschool Classroom

The yard had exceptionally nice equipment. There was a large log-type structure with stairs, tunnels, bridges, slides, cubbyholes ...

Teacher Training and African American Males

deeper understanding of their capabilities and strengths, as well as the obstacles that they typically face in terms of background...

Freire's 'Banking Concept of Education' Analyzed

a bank customer "fills" his or her bank "container" or account with money. Much like bank accounts, students are able to receive, ...

Content Based English Language Learners

instructional techniques and their behaviors to increase the success level for these students. Pica (2002) reported that in the...

ESL Posts

writer/tutors suggestions is for the student teacher to ask for a "dance lesson" in order to aid the student in assimilating the c...

Mathematics Test Anxiety

format and move towards problem solving, which is more interactive and more exciting for students. Mathematics Anxiety and Test A...

Distance Education and the Isolation of Rural Schools

(2001). Therefore, some states have begun using the Internet to bring more materials to their rural classrooms (Christie, 2001). W...

Adverb Lesson Plan for ESLs

verbs. For example, "They sometimes spend the whole of Saturday fishing" (Townsend). Another variation is that an adverb of freque...

Teaching Vocabulary To English Language Learners

snack bar, salad bar, and diner (Pettigrew, 2008). * Labeling pictures can also help students learn names of different things (Har...

Virginia's Learning Standards Program

of Virginia experienced something of a "rude awakening" with the realization that the students graduating from its high schools we...

Student Achievement and the Importance of Class Size

compared the achievement of students who were in classes of between 13 and 17 students to classes where there were 22 to 26 studen...