Education

For courses in General Education Teaching Methods, Instructional and Curricular Design, and Special Education Teaching Methods.

This popular book investigates the teaching, instruction and curricula required to meet the needs of diverse learners who by virtue of their experiential, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, challenge traditional curriculum and instructional programs. It provides a summary of the characteristics of students with diverse learning and curricular needs as well as an essential examination of current issues in education. It also introduces six key principles to direct teachers through the design of instruction and curriculum to ensure that diverse learners succeed in the classroom.

• NEW - Concrete examples.

  • Demonstrates how key concepts in reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies are taught, integrated, and supported across K-12 grade levels.

• NEW - Guidelines—In each chapter.

  • Incorporates guidelines for developing, selecting, and modifying curriculum to meet the needs of diverse learners.

• Six principles—Big Ideas, Conspicuous Strategies, Mediated Scaffolding, Strategic Integration, Primed Background Knowledge, and Judicious Review.

  • Serves as the basis for the design of instruction and curriculum for students with diverse learning needs across grade levels and educational content.

• Recommendations—Provides recommendations for determining the curriculum and instructional concerns in teaching students with diverse learning needs.

  • Accommodates teachers who work with a wide range of ethnic diversity in the classroom.

• Concrete examples.

  • Demonstrates how key concepts in reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies are taught, integrated, and supported across K-12 grade levels.

• Guidelines—In each chapter.

  • Incorporates guidelines for developing, selecting, and modifying curriculum to meet the needs of diverse learners.

1. Introduction.


2. Characteristics of Students with Diverse Learning and Curricular Needs.


3. Effective Strategies for Teaching Beginning Reading.


4. Effective Strategies for Teaching Writing.


5. Effective Strategies for Teaching Mathematics.


6. Effective Strategies for Teaching Science.


7. Effective Strategies for Teaching Social Studies.


8. Modulating Instruction for English-language Learners.


9. Contextual Issues and Their Influence on Curricular Change.


Name Index.


Subject Index.

Mild / Moderate Disabilities - Methods  (Special Education)
Learning Disabilities - Methods  (Special Education)
Curriculum and Materials in Special Education  (Special Education)

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  Effective Teaching Strategies that Accommodate Diverse Learners, 3/E
  Coyne, Kame'enui & Carnine
  ©2007 | Merrill | Paper; 288 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131720228 | ISBN-13: 9780131720220
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  This popular text examines the teaching, instruction, and curricula required to meet the needs of diverse learners, who by virtue of their experiential, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, challenge traditional curriculum and instructional programs.  The updated text provides a summary of the characteristics of students with diverse learning and curricular needs and a critical examination of current issues in education.  Based on these analyses, recommendations for teaching reading, comprehension, writing, mathematics, science, social studies, and also teaching English language learners are given to ensure that diverse learners succeed in the classroom.

Special Education Cluster Website
Merrill Professional
©2001 | Merrill | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130406260 | ISBN-13: 9780130406262
URL:  http://www.prenhall.com/wood

Allyn & Bacon Digital Media Archive CD-ROM for Education, 2001 Edition
Allyn & Bacon
©2001 | Merrill | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205319602 | ISBN-13: 9780205319602
URL:  http://www.ablongman.com/dma

CourseCompass (5.0) Instructor Quick Start Guide
Allyn & Bacon & Longman
©2007 | Merrill | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205531709 | ISBN-13: 9780205531707

Responding to Hate at School: A Guide for Teachers, Counselors, and Administrators
Southern Poverty Law Center
©2001 | Merrill | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130284580 | ISBN-13: 9780130284587

Special Education Cluster Website
Merrill Professional
©2001 | Merrill | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130406260 | ISBN-13: 9780130406262
URL:  http://www.prenhall.com/wood

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