Identification of Learning Disabilities: Research To Practice
Identification of Learning Disabilities: Research to Practice is the remarkable product of a learning disabilities summit conference convened by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in August 2001 and the activities following that summit. Both the conference and this book were seen as important preludes to congressional reauthorization of the historic Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) scheduled for 2002 and subsequent decision making surrounding implementation.
Reframing Writing Assessment to Improve Teaching and Learning
How to frame discussions of writing assessment so that they accurately represent research-based practices, and promote assessments that are valid, reliable, and discipline-appropriate. Public discourse about writing instruction is currently driven by ideas of what instructors and programs “need to do,” “should do,” or “are not doing,” and is based on poorly informed concepts of correctness and unfounded claims about a broad decline in educational quality.
Challenges is the new course for teenagers which gives them everything they need to be successful in learning English. Challenges provides Coursebooks that can be completed in one year, giving students a clear sense of progress Informative and engaging topics that involve teenagers in their learning Unique features include word building, text building and sentence patterns Characters that promote positive values and use real spoken language. Activities for building learner strategies for independent learning Magazine at the back of the Students Book to support mixed ability classes Strong grammar and skills sections give students confidence in using the language
