This book was written for all instructional professionals in organizational training settings who are seeking proven methods to create efficient learning environments. This includes classroom and synchronous e-learning instructors, as well as designers and developers of classroom and multimedia instructional materials.
Classroom management that works : research-based strategies for every teacher
Added by: rapgreen | Karma: 1035.14 | Coursebooks, Only for teachers | 12 March 2009
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Teachers play various roles in a typical classroom, but surely one of the most important is that of classroom manager. Effective teaching and learning cannot take place in a poorly managed classroom. If students are disorderly and disrespectful, and no apparent rules and procedures guide behavior, chaos becomes the norm.
Most College Students Are Women: Implications for Teaching, Learning, and Policy
Added by: nadella | Karma: 89.46 | Only for teachers, Non-Fiction | 8 March 2009
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What are the realities behind recent press reports suggesting that women students have taken over higher education, both outnumbering males and academically outperforming them? Does women's development during college diverge from the commonly accepted model of cognitive growth? Does pedagogy in higher education take into account their different ways of knowing? Are there still barriers to women's educational achievement?
This highly praised handbook presents proven strategies for incorporating multimedia projects into the curriculum. The authors use the DDD-E model (DECIDE, DESIGN, DEVELOP, EVALUATE) to show how to select and plan multimedia projects, use presentation and development tools, manage graphics, audio, and digital video, and evaluate student work.
The book "Newbery on the Net" hypes children to want to read the Newbery Award winners. The format is consistent for each book selection: introduction, assignment internet resources, questions, learning advice, conclusion, educator notes with additional websites and books. 21 books are listed in this format: Sarah, Plain and Tall; Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry; Julie of the Wolves; A Gathering of Days; Joyful Noise, Poems for Two Voices; Lincoln A Photobiography; Number the Stars; The View from Saturday;From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; Maniac Magee; Missing May; Island of the Blue Dolphins; Dear Mr. Henshaw; M.C. Higgins the Great; Walk Two Moons; The Hero and the Crown; The Door in the Wall; The Midwife's Apprentice; The Westing Game; Out of the Dust; and Newbery sites. The table of contents gives students a chance to choose, and the selections can then be used as independent study or class study. The questions allow flexibility, creativity, and research.
Teachers play various roles in a typical classroom, but surely one of the most important is that of classroom manager. Effective teaching and learning cannot take place in a poorly managed classroom. If students are disorderly and disrespectful, and no apparent rules and procedures guide behavior, chaos becomes the norm.
