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- Annual Editions: Education
- Verlag: Dushkin Publishing
- 2011-2012
- Seitenzahl: 189
- Erscheinungstermin: November 2010
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 274mm x 208mm x 15mm
- Gewicht: 399g
- ISBN-13: 9780078050763
- ISBN-10: 0078050766
- Artikelnr.: 29934515
- Annual Editions: Education
- Verlag: Dushkin Publishing
- 2011-2012
- Seitenzahl: 189
- Erscheinungstermin: November 2010
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 274mm x 208mm x 15mm
- Gewicht: 399g
- ISBN-13: 9780078050763
- ISBN-10: 0078050766
- Artikelnr.: 29934515
Annual Editions: Education 11/12
Preface
Correlation Guide
Topic Guide
Internet References
UNIT 1: Reformatting Our Schools
Unit Overview
1. 'Quality Education Is Our Moon Shot', Joan Richardson, Phi Delta
Kappan, September 2009
Richardson interviews Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education,
regarding the plans for revision of No Child Left Behind and the
implementation of President Obama's four areas of educational policies
and school reform.
2. Duncan's Strategy Is Flawed, ASBJ Reader's Panel, American School
Board Journal, February 2010
These letters to the Reader's Panel reflect a variety of thought
regarding the educational policies and strategies of the Secretary of
Education, Arne Duncan.
3. Response to Intervention (RTI): What Teachers of Reading Need to
Know, Eric M. Mesmer and Heidi Anne E. Mesmer, The Reading Teacher,
December 2008/January 2009
Educational law, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,
introduced Response to Intervention (RTI) as a method for establishing
eligibility for special education services. These authors explain the
five step process. A vignette of a real student provides an example of
teacher duties and responsibilities when implementing RTI.
4. Responding to RTI, Anthony Rebora, Teacher Magazine, April 2010
In this interview, Richard Allington explains his views that RTI may be
the last best hope for achieving full literacy in the United States.
Throughout his career, Allington has advocated for intensifying
instructional support for struggling readers, but he is critical of the
actual implication of RTI in many schools.
UNIT 2: Preparing Teachers to Teach All Students in All Schools
Unit Overview
5. Reluctant Teachers, Reluctant Learners, Julie Landsman, Tiffany
Moore, and Robert Simmons, Educational Leadership, March 2008
These authors suggested a primary reason for reluctant students is
teachers who are reluctant to authentically engage with students who do
not look, act, or talk like the teacher. They discuss how and why this
happens. Finally, they offer suggestions that teachers can use
immediately to prevent or change the possiblity that their actions are
affecting student learning and behavior.
6. Musing: A Way to Inform and Inspire Pedagogy through
Self-Reflection, Jane Moore and Vickie Fields Whitfield, Reading
Teacher, April 2008
In order to deal with the social and educational issues facing
teachers, these authors suggest that teacher engage in self-reflection.
Musing allows teachers to grow and defend their teaching practices.
After explaining the reasons to reflect and three levels of reflection,
they offer questions to guide personal musings.
7. All Our Students Thinking, Nel Noddings, Educational Leadership,
February 2008
This is a thoughtful piece about teaching our students to think at all
levels rather than merely making them memorize facts. As our world is
changing, all citizens, whether employed in blue, pink, or white collar
jobs, must be life-long learners who can think independently and solve
problems effectively.
8. Start Where Your Students Are, Robyn R. Jackson, Educational
Leadership, February 2010
Jackson asserts that every classroom has its own currency which is a
medium of exchange. This currency is the behavior students engage in to
learn knowledge and skills in the class. She describes the conflict
that results when the currency desired by students is not acknowledged
and used by the teacher.
9. Should Learning Be Its Own Reward?, Daniel T. Willingham, American
Educator, Winter 2007-2008
The debate surrounding the use of rewards in school settings and for
academic achievement has long been a stalemate between the "should" and
"should not" advocates. Perhaps this article will offer answers to your
questions or give you more support as you struggle to make decisions in
your classroom.
10. Learning to Love Assessment, Carol Ann Tomlinson, Educational
Leadership, December 2008
As a novice teacher, the author was apprehensive about how to assess
her students. She describes her journey from fearing assessment to
using informative assessment to improve her teaching and student
learning.
UNIT 3: Cornerstones to Learning: Reading and Math
Unit Overview
11. Print Referencing during Read-Alouds: A Technique for Increasing
Emergent Readers' Print Knowledge, Tricia A. Zucker, Allison E. Ward,
and Laura M. Justice, The Reading Teacher, September 2009
Read-alouds are a popular daily activity in early childhood classrooms.
While this activity helps young children learn comprehension and word
skills, teachers rarely teach print referencing skills that students
will need in higher grades as books become more print based and have
fewer pictures for reference.
12. You Gotta See It to Believe It: Teaching Visual Literacy in the
English Classroom, Robyn Seglem and Shelbie Witte, Journal of
Adolescent and Adult Literacy, November 2009
In the 1990s, the concept of literacy changed and became less narrowly
defined. Seglem and Witte state that students need instruction in order
to understand and use images so that they are able to think, learn, and
express themselves in terms of images.
13. You Should Read This Book!, Jennifer Hartley, Educational
Leadership, March 2008
The author of this article, a teacher, shares her multi-trial process
to developing a sustained silent reading program in her classroom.
Teachers and parents will be able to use her information to support
students.
14. Do Girls Learn Math Fear from Teachers?, Teacher Magazine, January
26, 2010
Perhaps because your students model themselves after adults of the same
gender and female teachers may be anxious about their personal math
ability, young girls in this study indicated that "boys are good at
math and girls are good at reading."
15. How Mathematics Counts, Lynn Arthur Steen, Educational Leadership,
November 2007
The author reports the pressure some school professionals feel to
sacrifice other content areas in order to ensure that students make
"adequate yearly progress" in Mathematics. In the end, she suggests
three important ingredients that would help students understand the
need for math literacy as adults.
16. Textbook Scripts, Students Lives, Jana Dean, Rethinking Schools,
Spring 2008
This teacher found that the pacing found in textbook publishers manuals
and pacing guides were problematic in her school because they did not
connect to the reality of her students' daily lives and the examples
simply did not reach her students or link to their experiences. So in
this article, she describes what she did about that dilemma.
UNIT 4: Creating Caring Communities of Learners
Unit Overview
17. Creating Intentional Communities to Support English Language
Learners in the Classroom, Judith Rance-Roney, English Journal, May
2008
In our increasingly diverse classrooms, teachers must find ways to
teach and support students who do not speak English as a native
language. Rance-Roney suggests that we form intentional learning
communities. The suggestions in this article will help teachers support
English Language Learners as well as invest all students in creating an
inclusive classroom culture.
18. Cultivating Optimism in the Classroom, Richard Sagor, Educational
Leadership, March 2008
One reason students drop-out of school is that they do not see any
reason to invest time and energy in something that does not have a
meaning in their lives. Sagor recommends strategies and actions for
educators to use to build student optimism and thereby creating a
culture in which they will put forth their best efforts.
19. Teachers Connecting with Families-In the Best Interest of Children,
Katharine C. Kersey and Marie L. Masterson, Young Children and
Families, September 2009
Long standing research supports the theory that when parents are
involved in school, their child's achievement improves. But how can
teachers connect with all parents? Kersey and Masterson offers
practical suggestions for building bridges and strong ties to families;
including suggestions to overcoming parent reluctance, sharing
information, and maintaining parents' involvement throughout the year.
20. How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The Inverse Power of Praise, Po
Bronson, New York Magazine, February 2007
Bronson quotes research data that 85% of American parents think it is
important to tell their children that they are smart. However, a
growing body of research finds that this behavior from parents may not
be having the desired affect, in fact, quite the opposite affect.
21. Democracy and Education: Empowering Students to Make Sense of Their
World, William H. Garrison, Phi Delta Kappan, January 2008
The author makes a case for empowering students with freedom and
personal responsibility for their learning. He asserts that democratic
social institutions are produced when persons have the freedom to learn
from experiences, build on the experiences, and use this knowledge to
direct future experiences.
UNIT 5: Addressing Diversity in Your School
Unit Overview
22. Meeting Students Where They Are: The Latino Education Crisis,
Patricia Gándara, Educational Leadership, February 2010
Gándara asserts that Latino students are the most poorly educated of
our children. They begin school lacking the skills most of their peers
have and the gap is never removed or decreased. After presenting the
data to support her assertions, the author offers suggestions to change
the outcomes from Latino students.
23. What Does Research Say about Effective Practices for English
Learners?, Rhoda Coleman and Claude Goldenberg, Kappa Delta Pi Record,
Winter 2010
While students who are ELL may be able to communicate with their
English-speaking peers and teachers, they may not be able to use
academic English as well as their native speaking peers. Coleman and
Goldenberg provide information about methods to support learning
academic English for successful learning.
24. Becoming Adept at Code-Switching, Rebecca S. Wheeler, Educational
Leadership, April 2008
Students who do not hear or speak Standard English in their community
need a teacher who understands the need to teach code-switching. The
author offers suggestions with examples to teachers who teach students
from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
25. The Myth of the "Culture of Poverty," Paul Gorski, Educational
Leadership, April 1, 2008
Gorski explains how we came to believe that a culture of poverty
exists. He examines a set of false stereotypes which recent research
has proven to be false. Another point is that teachers who believe in
the stereotypes are in danger of engaging in classism. The author
finishes with a list of actions teachers need to follow to promote
equality and equity in their schools.
26. Books That Portray Characters with Disabilities: A Top 25 List for
Children and Young Adults, Mary Anne Prater and Tina Taylor Dyches,
Teaching Exceptional Children, March/April 2008
Teachers and parents will find this list of books very helpful in
teaching children about their siblings or classmates with disabilities.
Further, the books also offer role models for all children. Be sure to
review the authors' guidelines for book selection to help you find
additional books.
UNIT 6: Rethinking Discipline: Getting the Behavior You Want and Need to
Teach Effectively
Unit Overview
27. The Under-Appreciated Role of Humiliation in the Middle School,
Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher, Middle School Journal, January 2008
Many of us can think back to bad days in middle school and remember the
humiliation as peers laughed at us or called us names. The authors
discuss the long term effects of humiliation on young adolescents and
strategies for reducing that humiliation.
28. Tackling a Problematic Behavior Management Issue: Teachers'
Intervention in Childhood Bullying Problems, Laura M. Crothers and
Jered B. Kolbert, Intervention in School and Clinic, January 2008
The issue of bullying has been highlighted by the recent violent events
caused by persons who were bullied by their peers. These authors
suggest that bullying is a classroom management issue and offer eight
strategies to address bullying behaviors. Teachers at all grades levels
will find these strategies helpful.
29. The Power of Our Words, Paula Denton, Educational Leadership,
September 2008
While bullying by peers can have a negative impact on a person's life
so can the words spoken by teachers. Denton uses examples of teacher
language that can negatively shape students' thoughts, feelings, and
experiences. Finally, Denton suggests five guiding principles for using
positive language.
30. Marketing Civility, Michael Stiles and Ben Tyson, American School
Board, March 2008
These authors cite data from a study of bullying in a suburban high
school that indicate bullying is not just an urban school issue. They
suggest six school-wide efforts that can change a school's climate.
31. Classwide Interventions: Effective Instruction Makes a Difference,
Maureen A. Conroy et al., Teaching Exceptional Children, July/June 2008
Two case studies, one of a classroom that works and one that has
challenges, anchor this article. The authors posit that there are six
universal classroom tools for effective instruction that when used will
positively and preventively reduce behavior problems.
32. Developing Effective Behavior Intervention Plans: Suggestions for
School Personnel, Kim Killu, Intervention in School and Clinic, January
2008
Inclusive classrooms may have students with persistent behavior
problems. Also, federal law requires that students in IEPs also be
included in Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs). Teachers will find this
article on assessing and planning interventions helpful, as they strive
to manage persistent behavior problems that are resistant to typical
management strategies.
UNIT 7: Technology: Are We Effectively Using Its Potential in Our Schools?
Unit Overview
33. "For Openers: How Technology Is Changing School," Curtis J. Bonk,
Educational Leadership, April 2010
One lesson learned in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was
that technology could help learning continue even if the schools no
longer existed. Mr. Bonk shares stories of how the internet has helped
students and offers predictions for future uses for educational
purposes.
34. Tech Tool Targets Elementary Readers, Katie Ash, Education Week,
March 18, 2010
Ms. Ash describes how a Game Boy-like device is being used by 15 states
to improve the reading skills of very young students in grades K
through 2. This device was developed by a non-profit organization that
based the concept on the One Laptop per Child initiative.
35. Digital Tools Expand Options for Personalized Learning, Kathleen
Kennedy Manzo, Digital Directions, February 3, 2010
In this article, Manzo describes technology tools and methods used by
teachers to find technology that would help them differentiate between
instructions. Experts recommend a variety of tools and activities to
address individual needs. Schools that have used technology for this
purpose share their experiences.
36. Effects of Video-Game Ownership on Young Boys' Academic and
Behavioral Functioning: A Randomized, Controlled Study, Robert Weis and
Brittany C. Cerankosky, Psychological Science, February 18, 2010
Using 64 boys, ages 6-9, researchers conducted an experimental study of
the effects of playing video games, on development of reading and
writing skills. This was a naturalistic study with no researcher
interference on the frequency or duration of children's play. Results
will be of interest to parents and teachers of young males.
Test-Your-Knowledge Form
Article Rating Form
Preface
Correlation Guide
Topic Guide
Internet References
UNIT 1: Reformatting Our Schools
Unit Overview
1. 'Quality Education Is Our Moon Shot', Joan Richardson, Phi Delta
Kappan, September 2009
Richardson interviews Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education,
regarding the plans for revision of No Child Left Behind and the
implementation of President Obama's four areas of educational policies
and school reform.
2. Duncan's Strategy Is Flawed, ASBJ Reader's Panel, American School
Board Journal, February 2010
These letters to the Reader's Panel reflect a variety of thought
regarding the educational policies and strategies of the Secretary of
Education, Arne Duncan.
3. Response to Intervention (RTI): What Teachers of Reading Need to
Know, Eric M. Mesmer and Heidi Anne E. Mesmer, The Reading Teacher,
December 2008/January 2009
Educational law, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,
introduced Response to Intervention (RTI) as a method for establishing
eligibility for special education services. These authors explain the
five step process. A vignette of a real student provides an example of
teacher duties and responsibilities when implementing RTI.
4. Responding to RTI, Anthony Rebora, Teacher Magazine, April 2010
In this interview, Richard Allington explains his views that RTI may be
the last best hope for achieving full literacy in the United States.
Throughout his career, Allington has advocated for intensifying
instructional support for struggling readers, but he is critical of the
actual implication of RTI in many schools.
UNIT 2: Preparing Teachers to Teach All Students in All Schools
Unit Overview
5. Reluctant Teachers, Reluctant Learners, Julie Landsman, Tiffany
Moore, and Robert Simmons, Educational Leadership, March 2008
These authors suggested a primary reason for reluctant students is
teachers who are reluctant to authentically engage with students who do
not look, act, or talk like the teacher. They discuss how and why this
happens. Finally, they offer suggestions that teachers can use
immediately to prevent or change the possiblity that their actions are
affecting student learning and behavior.
6. Musing: A Way to Inform and Inspire Pedagogy through
Self-Reflection, Jane Moore and Vickie Fields Whitfield, Reading
Teacher, April 2008
In order to deal with the social and educational issues facing
teachers, these authors suggest that teacher engage in self-reflection.
Musing allows teachers to grow and defend their teaching practices.
After explaining the reasons to reflect and three levels of reflection,
they offer questions to guide personal musings.
7. All Our Students Thinking, Nel Noddings, Educational Leadership,
February 2008
This is a thoughtful piece about teaching our students to think at all
levels rather than merely making them memorize facts. As our world is
changing, all citizens, whether employed in blue, pink, or white collar
jobs, must be life-long learners who can think independently and solve
problems effectively.
8. Start Where Your Students Are, Robyn R. Jackson, Educational
Leadership, February 2010
Jackson asserts that every classroom has its own currency which is a
medium of exchange. This currency is the behavior students engage in to
learn knowledge and skills in the class. She describes the conflict
that results when the currency desired by students is not acknowledged
and used by the teacher.
9. Should Learning Be Its Own Reward?, Daniel T. Willingham, American
Educator, Winter 2007-2008
The debate surrounding the use of rewards in school settings and for
academic achievement has long been a stalemate between the "should" and
"should not" advocates. Perhaps this article will offer answers to your
questions or give you more support as you struggle to make decisions in
your classroom.
10. Learning to Love Assessment, Carol Ann Tomlinson, Educational
Leadership, December 2008
As a novice teacher, the author was apprehensive about how to assess
her students. She describes her journey from fearing assessment to
using informative assessment to improve her teaching and student
learning.
UNIT 3: Cornerstones to Learning: Reading and Math
Unit Overview
11. Print Referencing during Read-Alouds: A Technique for Increasing
Emergent Readers' Print Knowledge, Tricia A. Zucker, Allison E. Ward,
and Laura M. Justice, The Reading Teacher, September 2009
Read-alouds are a popular daily activity in early childhood classrooms.
While this activity helps young children learn comprehension and word
skills, teachers rarely teach print referencing skills that students
will need in higher grades as books become more print based and have
fewer pictures for reference.
12. You Gotta See It to Believe It: Teaching Visual Literacy in the
English Classroom, Robyn Seglem and Shelbie Witte, Journal of
Adolescent and Adult Literacy, November 2009
In the 1990s, the concept of literacy changed and became less narrowly
defined. Seglem and Witte state that students need instruction in order
to understand and use images so that they are able to think, learn, and
express themselves in terms of images.
13. You Should Read This Book!, Jennifer Hartley, Educational
Leadership, March 2008
The author of this article, a teacher, shares her multi-trial process
to developing a sustained silent reading program in her classroom.
Teachers and parents will be able to use her information to support
students.
14. Do Girls Learn Math Fear from Teachers?, Teacher Magazine, January
26, 2010
Perhaps because your students model themselves after adults of the same
gender and female teachers may be anxious about their personal math
ability, young girls in this study indicated that "boys are good at
math and girls are good at reading."
15. How Mathematics Counts, Lynn Arthur Steen, Educational Leadership,
November 2007
The author reports the pressure some school professionals feel to
sacrifice other content areas in order to ensure that students make
"adequate yearly progress" in Mathematics. In the end, she suggests
three important ingredients that would help students understand the
need for math literacy as adults.
16. Textbook Scripts, Students Lives, Jana Dean, Rethinking Schools,
Spring 2008
This teacher found that the pacing found in textbook publishers manuals
and pacing guides were problematic in her school because they did not
connect to the reality of her students' daily lives and the examples
simply did not reach her students or link to their experiences. So in
this article, she describes what she did about that dilemma.
UNIT 4: Creating Caring Communities of Learners
Unit Overview
17. Creating Intentional Communities to Support English Language
Learners in the Classroom, Judith Rance-Roney, English Journal, May
2008
In our increasingly diverse classrooms, teachers must find ways to
teach and support students who do not speak English as a native
language. Rance-Roney suggests that we form intentional learning
communities. The suggestions in this article will help teachers support
English Language Learners as well as invest all students in creating an
inclusive classroom culture.
18. Cultivating Optimism in the Classroom, Richard Sagor, Educational
Leadership, March 2008
One reason students drop-out of school is that they do not see any
reason to invest time and energy in something that does not have a
meaning in their lives. Sagor recommends strategies and actions for
educators to use to build student optimism and thereby creating a
culture in which they will put forth their best efforts.
19. Teachers Connecting with Families-In the Best Interest of Children,
Katharine C. Kersey and Marie L. Masterson, Young Children and
Families, September 2009
Long standing research supports the theory that when parents are
involved in school, their child's achievement improves. But how can
teachers connect with all parents? Kersey and Masterson offers
practical suggestions for building bridges and strong ties to families;
including suggestions to overcoming parent reluctance, sharing
information, and maintaining parents' involvement throughout the year.
20. How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The Inverse Power of Praise, Po
Bronson, New York Magazine, February 2007
Bronson quotes research data that 85% of American parents think it is
important to tell their children that they are smart. However, a
growing body of research finds that this behavior from parents may not
be having the desired affect, in fact, quite the opposite affect.
21. Democracy and Education: Empowering Students to Make Sense of Their
World, William H. Garrison, Phi Delta Kappan, January 2008
The author makes a case for empowering students with freedom and
personal responsibility for their learning. He asserts that democratic
social institutions are produced when persons have the freedom to learn
from experiences, build on the experiences, and use this knowledge to
direct future experiences.
UNIT 5: Addressing Diversity in Your School
Unit Overview
22. Meeting Students Where They Are: The Latino Education Crisis,
Patricia Gándara, Educational Leadership, February 2010
Gándara asserts that Latino students are the most poorly educated of
our children. They begin school lacking the skills most of their peers
have and the gap is never removed or decreased. After presenting the
data to support her assertions, the author offers suggestions to change
the outcomes from Latino students.
23. What Does Research Say about Effective Practices for English
Learners?, Rhoda Coleman and Claude Goldenberg, Kappa Delta Pi Record,
Winter 2010
While students who are ELL may be able to communicate with their
English-speaking peers and teachers, they may not be able to use
academic English as well as their native speaking peers. Coleman and
Goldenberg provide information about methods to support learning
academic English for successful learning.
24. Becoming Adept at Code-Switching, Rebecca S. Wheeler, Educational
Leadership, April 2008
Students who do not hear or speak Standard English in their community
need a teacher who understands the need to teach code-switching. The
author offers suggestions with examples to teachers who teach students
from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
25. The Myth of the "Culture of Poverty," Paul Gorski, Educational
Leadership, April 1, 2008
Gorski explains how we came to believe that a culture of poverty
exists. He examines a set of false stereotypes which recent research
has proven to be false. Another point is that teachers who believe in
the stereotypes are in danger of engaging in classism. The author
finishes with a list of actions teachers need to follow to promote
equality and equity in their schools.
26. Books That Portray Characters with Disabilities: A Top 25 List for
Children and Young Adults, Mary Anne Prater and Tina Taylor Dyches,
Teaching Exceptional Children, March/April 2008
Teachers and parents will find this list of books very helpful in
teaching children about their siblings or classmates with disabilities.
Further, the books also offer role models for all children. Be sure to
review the authors' guidelines for book selection to help you find
additional books.
UNIT 6: Rethinking Discipline: Getting the Behavior You Want and Need to
Teach Effectively
Unit Overview
27. The Under-Appreciated Role of Humiliation in the Middle School,
Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher, Middle School Journal, January 2008
Many of us can think back to bad days in middle school and remember the
humiliation as peers laughed at us or called us names. The authors
discuss the long term effects of humiliation on young adolescents and
strategies for reducing that humiliation.
28. Tackling a Problematic Behavior Management Issue: Teachers'
Intervention in Childhood Bullying Problems, Laura M. Crothers and
Jered B. Kolbert, Intervention in School and Clinic, January 2008
The issue of bullying has been highlighted by the recent violent events
caused by persons who were bullied by their peers. These authors
suggest that bullying is a classroom management issue and offer eight
strategies to address bullying behaviors. Teachers at all grades levels
will find these strategies helpful.
29. The Power of Our Words, Paula Denton, Educational Leadership,
September 2008
While bullying by peers can have a negative impact on a person's life
so can the words spoken by teachers. Denton uses examples of teacher
language that can negatively shape students' thoughts, feelings, and
experiences. Finally, Denton suggests five guiding principles for using
positive language.
30. Marketing Civility, Michael Stiles and Ben Tyson, American School
Board, March 2008
These authors cite data from a study of bullying in a suburban high
school that indicate bullying is not just an urban school issue. They
suggest six school-wide efforts that can change a school's climate.
31. Classwide Interventions: Effective Instruction Makes a Difference,
Maureen A. Conroy et al., Teaching Exceptional Children, July/June 2008
Two case studies, one of a classroom that works and one that has
challenges, anchor this article. The authors posit that there are six
universal classroom tools for effective instruction that when used will
positively and preventively reduce behavior problems.
32. Developing Effective Behavior Intervention Plans: Suggestions for
School Personnel, Kim Killu, Intervention in School and Clinic, January
2008
Inclusive classrooms may have students with persistent behavior
problems. Also, federal law requires that students in IEPs also be
included in Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs). Teachers will find this
article on assessing and planning interventions helpful, as they strive
to manage persistent behavior problems that are resistant to typical
management strategies.
UNIT 7: Technology: Are We Effectively Using Its Potential in Our Schools?
Unit Overview
33. "For Openers: How Technology Is Changing School," Curtis J. Bonk,
Educational Leadership, April 2010
One lesson learned in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was
that technology could help learning continue even if the schools no
longer existed. Mr. Bonk shares stories of how the internet has helped
students and offers predictions for future uses for educational
purposes.
34. Tech Tool Targets Elementary Readers, Katie Ash, Education Week,
March 18, 2010
Ms. Ash describes how a Game Boy-like device is being used by 15 states
to improve the reading skills of very young students in grades K
through 2. This device was developed by a non-profit organization that
based the concept on the One Laptop per Child initiative.
35. Digital Tools Expand Options for Personalized Learning, Kathleen
Kennedy Manzo, Digital Directions, February 3, 2010
In this article, Manzo describes technology tools and methods used by
teachers to find technology that would help them differentiate between
instructions. Experts recommend a variety of tools and activities to
address individual needs. Schools that have used technology for this
purpose share their experiences.
36. Effects of Video-Game Ownership on Young Boys' Academic and
Behavioral Functioning: A Randomized, Controlled Study, Robert Weis and
Brittany C. Cerankosky, Psychological Science, February 18, 2010
Using 64 boys, ages 6-9, researchers conducted an experimental study of
the effects of playing video games, on development of reading and
writing skills. This was a naturalistic study with no researcher
interference on the frequency or duration of children's play. Results
will be of interest to parents and teachers of young males.
Test-Your-Knowledge Form
Article Rating Form
Annual Editions: Education 11/12
Preface
Correlation Guide
Topic Guide
Internet References
UNIT 1: Reformatting Our Schools
Unit Overview
1. 'Quality Education Is Our Moon Shot', Joan Richardson, Phi Delta
Kappan, September 2009
Richardson interviews Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education,
regarding the plans for revision of No Child Left Behind and the
implementation of President Obama's four areas of educational policies
and school reform.
2. Duncan's Strategy Is Flawed, ASBJ Reader's Panel, American School
Board Journal, February 2010
These letters to the Reader's Panel reflect a variety of thought
regarding the educational policies and strategies of the Secretary of
Education, Arne Duncan.
3. Response to Intervention (RTI): What Teachers of Reading Need to
Know, Eric M. Mesmer and Heidi Anne E. Mesmer, The Reading Teacher,
December 2008/January 2009
Educational law, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,
introduced Response to Intervention (RTI) as a method for establishing
eligibility for special education services. These authors explain the
five step process. A vignette of a real student provides an example of
teacher duties and responsibilities when implementing RTI.
4. Responding to RTI, Anthony Rebora, Teacher Magazine, April 2010
In this interview, Richard Allington explains his views that RTI may be
the last best hope for achieving full literacy in the United States.
Throughout his career, Allington has advocated for intensifying
instructional support for struggling readers, but he is critical of the
actual implication of RTI in many schools.
UNIT 2: Preparing Teachers to Teach All Students in All Schools
Unit Overview
5. Reluctant Teachers, Reluctant Learners, Julie Landsman, Tiffany
Moore, and Robert Simmons, Educational Leadership, March 2008
These authors suggested a primary reason for reluctant students is
teachers who are reluctant to authentically engage with students who do
not look, act, or talk like the teacher. They discuss how and why this
happens. Finally, they offer suggestions that teachers can use
immediately to prevent or change the possiblity that their actions are
affecting student learning and behavior.
6. Musing: A Way to Inform and Inspire Pedagogy through
Self-Reflection, Jane Moore and Vickie Fields Whitfield, Reading
Teacher, April 2008
In order to deal with the social and educational issues facing
teachers, these authors suggest that teacher engage in self-reflection.
Musing allows teachers to grow and defend their teaching practices.
After explaining the reasons to reflect and three levels of reflection,
they offer questions to guide personal musings.
7. All Our Students Thinking, Nel Noddings, Educational Leadership,
February 2008
This is a thoughtful piece about teaching our students to think at all
levels rather than merely making them memorize facts. As our world is
changing, all citizens, whether employed in blue, pink, or white collar
jobs, must be life-long learners who can think independently and solve
problems effectively.
8. Start Where Your Students Are, Robyn R. Jackson, Educational
Leadership, February 2010
Jackson asserts that every classroom has its own currency which is a
medium of exchange. This currency is the behavior students engage in to
learn knowledge and skills in the class. She describes the conflict
that results when the currency desired by students is not acknowledged
and used by the teacher.
9. Should Learning Be Its Own Reward?, Daniel T. Willingham, American
Educator, Winter 2007-2008
The debate surrounding the use of rewards in school settings and for
academic achievement has long been a stalemate between the "should" and
"should not" advocates. Perhaps this article will offer answers to your
questions or give you more support as you struggle to make decisions in
your classroom.
10. Learning to Love Assessment, Carol Ann Tomlinson, Educational
Leadership, December 2008
As a novice teacher, the author was apprehensive about how to assess
her students. She describes her journey from fearing assessment to
using informative assessment to improve her teaching and student
learning.
UNIT 3: Cornerstones to Learning: Reading and Math
Unit Overview
11. Print Referencing during Read-Alouds: A Technique for Increasing
Emergent Readers' Print Knowledge, Tricia A. Zucker, Allison E. Ward,
and Laura M. Justice, The Reading Teacher, September 2009
Read-alouds are a popular daily activity in early childhood classrooms.
While this activity helps young children learn comprehension and word
skills, teachers rarely teach print referencing skills that students
will need in higher grades as books become more print based and have
fewer pictures for reference.
12. You Gotta See It to Believe It: Teaching Visual Literacy in the
English Classroom, Robyn Seglem and Shelbie Witte, Journal of
Adolescent and Adult Literacy, November 2009
In the 1990s, the concept of literacy changed and became less narrowly
defined. Seglem and Witte state that students need instruction in order
to understand and use images so that they are able to think, learn, and
express themselves in terms of images.
13. You Should Read This Book!, Jennifer Hartley, Educational
Leadership, March 2008
The author of this article, a teacher, shares her multi-trial process
to developing a sustained silent reading program in her classroom.
Teachers and parents will be able to use her information to support
students.
14. Do Girls Learn Math Fear from Teachers?, Teacher Magazine, January
26, 2010
Perhaps because your students model themselves after adults of the same
gender and female teachers may be anxious about their personal math
ability, young girls in this study indicated that "boys are good at
math and girls are good at reading."
15. How Mathematics Counts, Lynn Arthur Steen, Educational Leadership,
November 2007
The author reports the pressure some school professionals feel to
sacrifice other content areas in order to ensure that students make
"adequate yearly progress" in Mathematics. In the end, she suggests
three important ingredients that would help students understand the
need for math literacy as adults.
16. Textbook Scripts, Students Lives, Jana Dean, Rethinking Schools,
Spring 2008
This teacher found that the pacing found in textbook publishers manuals
and pacing guides were problematic in her school because they did not
connect to the reality of her students' daily lives and the examples
simply did not reach her students or link to their experiences. So in
this article, she describes what she did about that dilemma.
UNIT 4: Creating Caring Communities of Learners
Unit Overview
17. Creating Intentional Communities to Support English Language
Learners in the Classroom, Judith Rance-Roney, English Journal, May
2008
In our increasingly diverse classrooms, teachers must find ways to
teach and support students who do not speak English as a native
language. Rance-Roney suggests that we form intentional learning
communities. The suggestions in this article will help teachers support
English Language Learners as well as invest all students in creating an
inclusive classroom culture.
18. Cultivating Optimism in the Classroom, Richard Sagor, Educational
Leadership, March 2008
One reason students drop-out of school is that they do not see any
reason to invest time and energy in something that does not have a
meaning in their lives. Sagor recommends strategies and actions for
educators to use to build student optimism and thereby creating a
culture in which they will put forth their best efforts.
19. Teachers Connecting with Families-In the Best Interest of Children,
Katharine C. Kersey and Marie L. Masterson, Young Children and
Families, September 2009
Long standing research supports the theory that when parents are
involved in school, their child's achievement improves. But how can
teachers connect with all parents? Kersey and Masterson offers
practical suggestions for building bridges and strong ties to families;
including suggestions to overcoming parent reluctance, sharing
information, and maintaining parents' involvement throughout the year.
20. How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The Inverse Power of Praise, Po
Bronson, New York Magazine, February 2007
Bronson quotes research data that 85% of American parents think it is
important to tell their children that they are smart. However, a
growing body of research finds that this behavior from parents may not
be having the desired affect, in fact, quite the opposite affect.
21. Democracy and Education: Empowering Students to Make Sense of Their
World, William H. Garrison, Phi Delta Kappan, January 2008
The author makes a case for empowering students with freedom and
personal responsibility for their learning. He asserts that democratic
social institutions are produced when persons have the freedom to learn
from experiences, build on the experiences, and use this knowledge to
direct future experiences.
UNIT 5: Addressing Diversity in Your School
Unit Overview
22. Meeting Students Where They Are: The Latino Education Crisis,
Patricia Gándara, Educational Leadership, February 2010
Gándara asserts that Latino students are the most poorly educated of
our children. They begin school lacking the skills most of their peers
have and the gap is never removed or decreased. After presenting the
data to support her assertions, the author offers suggestions to change
the outcomes from Latino students.
23. What Does Research Say about Effective Practices for English
Learners?, Rhoda Coleman and Claude Goldenberg, Kappa Delta Pi Record,
Winter 2010
While students who are ELL may be able to communicate with their
English-speaking peers and teachers, they may not be able to use
academic English as well as their native speaking peers. Coleman and
Goldenberg provide information about methods to support learning
academic English for successful learning.
24. Becoming Adept at Code-Switching, Rebecca S. Wheeler, Educational
Leadership, April 2008
Students who do not hear or speak Standard English in their community
need a teacher who understands the need to teach code-switching. The
author offers suggestions with examples to teachers who teach students
from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
25. The Myth of the "Culture of Poverty," Paul Gorski, Educational
Leadership, April 1, 2008
Gorski explains how we came to believe that a culture of poverty
exists. He examines a set of false stereotypes which recent research
has proven to be false. Another point is that teachers who believe in
the stereotypes are in danger of engaging in classism. The author
finishes with a list of actions teachers need to follow to promote
equality and equity in their schools.
26. Books That Portray Characters with Disabilities: A Top 25 List for
Children and Young Adults, Mary Anne Prater and Tina Taylor Dyches,
Teaching Exceptional Children, March/April 2008
Teachers and parents will find this list of books very helpful in
teaching children about their siblings or classmates with disabilities.
Further, the books also offer role models for all children. Be sure to
review the authors' guidelines for book selection to help you find
additional books.
UNIT 6: Rethinking Discipline: Getting the Behavior You Want and Need to
Teach Effectively
Unit Overview
27. The Under-Appreciated Role of Humiliation in the Middle School,
Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher, Middle School Journal, January 2008
Many of us can think back to bad days in middle school and remember the
humiliation as peers laughed at us or called us names. The authors
discuss the long term effects of humiliation on young adolescents and
strategies for reducing that humiliation.
28. Tackling a Problematic Behavior Management Issue: Teachers'
Intervention in Childhood Bullying Problems, Laura M. Crothers and
Jered B. Kolbert, Intervention in School and Clinic, January 2008
The issue of bullying has been highlighted by the recent violent events
caused by persons who were bullied by their peers. These authors
suggest that bullying is a classroom management issue and offer eight
strategies to address bullying behaviors. Teachers at all grades levels
will find these strategies helpful.
29. The Power of Our Words, Paula Denton, Educational Leadership,
September 2008
While bullying by peers can have a negative impact on a person's life
so can the words spoken by teachers. Denton uses examples of teacher
language that can negatively shape students' thoughts, feelings, and
experiences. Finally, Denton suggests five guiding principles for using
positive language.
30. Marketing Civility, Michael Stiles and Ben Tyson, American School
Board, March 2008
These authors cite data from a study of bullying in a suburban high
school that indicate bullying is not just an urban school issue. They
suggest six school-wide efforts that can change a school's climate.
31. Classwide Interventions: Effective Instruction Makes a Difference,
Maureen A. Conroy et al., Teaching Exceptional Children, July/June 2008
Two case studies, one of a classroom that works and one that has
challenges, anchor this article. The authors posit that there are six
universal classroom tools for effective instruction that when used will
positively and preventively reduce behavior problems.
32. Developing Effective Behavior Intervention Plans: Suggestions for
School Personnel, Kim Killu, Intervention in School and Clinic, January
2008
Inclusive classrooms may have students with persistent behavior
problems. Also, federal law requires that students in IEPs also be
included in Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs). Teachers will find this
article on assessing and planning interventions helpful, as they strive
to manage persistent behavior problems that are resistant to typical
management strategies.
UNIT 7: Technology: Are We Effectively Using Its Potential in Our Schools?
Unit Overview
33. "For Openers: How Technology Is Changing School," Curtis J. Bonk,
Educational Leadership, April 2010
One lesson learned in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was
that technology could help learning continue even if the schools no
longer existed. Mr. Bonk shares stories of how the internet has helped
students and offers predictions for future uses for educational
purposes.
34. Tech Tool Targets Elementary Readers, Katie Ash, Education Week,
March 18, 2010
Ms. Ash describes how a Game Boy-like device is being used by 15 states
to improve the reading skills of very young students in grades K
through 2. This device was developed by a non-profit organization that
based the concept on the One Laptop per Child initiative.
35. Digital Tools Expand Options for Personalized Learning, Kathleen
Kennedy Manzo, Digital Directions, February 3, 2010
In this article, Manzo describes technology tools and methods used by
teachers to find technology that would help them differentiate between
instructions. Experts recommend a variety of tools and activities to
address individual needs. Schools that have used technology for this
purpose share their experiences.
36. Effects of Video-Game Ownership on Young Boys' Academic and
Behavioral Functioning: A Randomized, Controlled Study, Robert Weis and
Brittany C. Cerankosky, Psychological Science, February 18, 2010
Using 64 boys, ages 6-9, researchers conducted an experimental study of
the effects of playing video games, on development of reading and
writing skills. This was a naturalistic study with no researcher
interference on the frequency or duration of children's play. Results
will be of interest to parents and teachers of young males.
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UNIT 1: Reformatting Our Schools
Unit Overview
1. 'Quality Education Is Our Moon Shot', Joan Richardson, Phi Delta
Kappan, September 2009
Richardson interviews Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education,
regarding the plans for revision of No Child Left Behind and the
implementation of President Obama's four areas of educational policies
and school reform.
2. Duncan's Strategy Is Flawed, ASBJ Reader's Panel, American School
Board Journal, February 2010
These letters to the Reader's Panel reflect a variety of thought
regarding the educational policies and strategies of the Secretary of
Education, Arne Duncan.
3. Response to Intervention (RTI): What Teachers of Reading Need to
Know, Eric M. Mesmer and Heidi Anne E. Mesmer, The Reading Teacher,
December 2008/January 2009
Educational law, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,
introduced Response to Intervention (RTI) as a method for establishing
eligibility for special education services. These authors explain the
five step process. A vignette of a real student provides an example of
teacher duties and responsibilities when implementing RTI.
4. Responding to RTI, Anthony Rebora, Teacher Magazine, April 2010
In this interview, Richard Allington explains his views that RTI may be
the last best hope for achieving full literacy in the United States.
Throughout his career, Allington has advocated for intensifying
instructional support for struggling readers, but he is critical of the
actual implication of RTI in many schools.
UNIT 2: Preparing Teachers to Teach All Students in All Schools
Unit Overview
5. Reluctant Teachers, Reluctant Learners, Julie Landsman, Tiffany
Moore, and Robert Simmons, Educational Leadership, March 2008
These authors suggested a primary reason for reluctant students is
teachers who are reluctant to authentically engage with students who do
not look, act, or talk like the teacher. They discuss how and why this
happens. Finally, they offer suggestions that teachers can use
immediately to prevent or change the possiblity that their actions are
affecting student learning and behavior.
6. Musing: A Way to Inform and Inspire Pedagogy through
Self-Reflection, Jane Moore and Vickie Fields Whitfield, Reading
Teacher, April 2008
In order to deal with the social and educational issues facing
teachers, these authors suggest that teacher engage in self-reflection.
Musing allows teachers to grow and defend their teaching practices.
After explaining the reasons to reflect and three levels of reflection,
they offer questions to guide personal musings.
7. All Our Students Thinking, Nel Noddings, Educational Leadership,
February 2008
This is a thoughtful piece about teaching our students to think at all
levels rather than merely making them memorize facts. As our world is
changing, all citizens, whether employed in blue, pink, or white collar
jobs, must be life-long learners who can think independently and solve
problems effectively.
8. Start Where Your Students Are, Robyn R. Jackson, Educational
Leadership, February 2010
Jackson asserts that every classroom has its own currency which is a
medium of exchange. This currency is the behavior students engage in to
learn knowledge and skills in the class. She describes the conflict
that results when the currency desired by students is not acknowledged
and used by the teacher.
9. Should Learning Be Its Own Reward?, Daniel T. Willingham, American
Educator, Winter 2007-2008
The debate surrounding the use of rewards in school settings and for
academic achievement has long been a stalemate between the "should" and
"should not" advocates. Perhaps this article will offer answers to your
questions or give you more support as you struggle to make decisions in
your classroom.
10. Learning to Love Assessment, Carol Ann Tomlinson, Educational
Leadership, December 2008
As a novice teacher, the author was apprehensive about how to assess
her students. She describes her journey from fearing assessment to
using informative assessment to improve her teaching and student
learning.
UNIT 3: Cornerstones to Learning: Reading and Math
Unit Overview
11. Print Referencing during Read-Alouds: A Technique for Increasing
Emergent Readers' Print Knowledge, Tricia A. Zucker, Allison E. Ward,
and Laura M. Justice, The Reading Teacher, September 2009
Read-alouds are a popular daily activity in early childhood classrooms.
While this activity helps young children learn comprehension and word
skills, teachers rarely teach print referencing skills that students
will need in higher grades as books become more print based and have
fewer pictures for reference.
12. You Gotta See It to Believe It: Teaching Visual Literacy in the
English Classroom, Robyn Seglem and Shelbie Witte, Journal of
Adolescent and Adult Literacy, November 2009
In the 1990s, the concept of literacy changed and became less narrowly
defined. Seglem and Witte state that students need instruction in order
to understand and use images so that they are able to think, learn, and
express themselves in terms of images.
13. You Should Read This Book!, Jennifer Hartley, Educational
Leadership, March 2008
The author of this article, a teacher, shares her multi-trial process
to developing a sustained silent reading program in her classroom.
Teachers and parents will be able to use her information to support
students.
14. Do Girls Learn Math Fear from Teachers?, Teacher Magazine, January
26, 2010
Perhaps because your students model themselves after adults of the same
gender and female teachers may be anxious about their personal math
ability, young girls in this study indicated that "boys are good at
math and girls are good at reading."
15. How Mathematics Counts, Lynn Arthur Steen, Educational Leadership,
November 2007
The author reports the pressure some school professionals feel to
sacrifice other content areas in order to ensure that students make
"adequate yearly progress" in Mathematics. In the end, she suggests
three important ingredients that would help students understand the
need for math literacy as adults.
16. Textbook Scripts, Students Lives, Jana Dean, Rethinking Schools,
Spring 2008
This teacher found that the pacing found in textbook publishers manuals
and pacing guides were problematic in her school because they did not
connect to the reality of her students' daily lives and the examples
simply did not reach her students or link to their experiences. So in
this article, she describes what she did about that dilemma.
UNIT 4: Creating Caring Communities of Learners
Unit Overview
17. Creating Intentional Communities to Support English Language
Learners in the Classroom, Judith Rance-Roney, English Journal, May
2008
In our increasingly diverse classrooms, teachers must find ways to
teach and support students who do not speak English as a native
language. Rance-Roney suggests that we form intentional learning
communities. The suggestions in this article will help teachers support
English Language Learners as well as invest all students in creating an
inclusive classroom culture.
18. Cultivating Optimism in the Classroom, Richard Sagor, Educational
Leadership, March 2008
One reason students drop-out of school is that they do not see any
reason to invest time and energy in something that does not have a
meaning in their lives. Sagor recommends strategies and actions for
educators to use to build student optimism and thereby creating a
culture in which they will put forth their best efforts.
19. Teachers Connecting with Families-In the Best Interest of Children,
Katharine C. Kersey and Marie L. Masterson, Young Children and
Families, September 2009
Long standing research supports the theory that when parents are
involved in school, their child's achievement improves. But how can
teachers connect with all parents? Kersey and Masterson offers
practical suggestions for building bridges and strong ties to families;
including suggestions to overcoming parent reluctance, sharing
information, and maintaining parents' involvement throughout the year.
20. How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The Inverse Power of Praise, Po
Bronson, New York Magazine, February 2007
Bronson quotes research data that 85% of American parents think it is
important to tell their children that they are smart. However, a
growing body of research finds that this behavior from parents may not
be having the desired affect, in fact, quite the opposite affect.
21. Democracy and Education: Empowering Students to Make Sense of Their
World, William H. Garrison, Phi Delta Kappan, January 2008
The author makes a case for empowering students with freedom and
personal responsibility for their learning. He asserts that democratic
social institutions are produced when persons have the freedom to learn
from experiences, build on the experiences, and use this knowledge to
direct future experiences.
UNIT 5: Addressing Diversity in Your School
Unit Overview
22. Meeting Students Where They Are: The Latino Education Crisis,
Patricia Gándara, Educational Leadership, February 2010
Gándara asserts that Latino students are the most poorly educated of
our children. They begin school lacking the skills most of their peers
have and the gap is never removed or decreased. After presenting the
data to support her assertions, the author offers suggestions to change
the outcomes from Latino students.
23. What Does Research Say about Effective Practices for English
Learners?, Rhoda Coleman and Claude Goldenberg, Kappa Delta Pi Record,
Winter 2010
While students who are ELL may be able to communicate with their
English-speaking peers and teachers, they may not be able to use
academic English as well as their native speaking peers. Coleman and
Goldenberg provide information about methods to support learning
academic English for successful learning.
24. Becoming Adept at Code-Switching, Rebecca S. Wheeler, Educational
Leadership, April 2008
Students who do not hear or speak Standard English in their community
need a teacher who understands the need to teach code-switching. The
author offers suggestions with examples to teachers who teach students
from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
25. The Myth of the "Culture of Poverty," Paul Gorski, Educational
Leadership, April 1, 2008
Gorski explains how we came to believe that a culture of poverty
exists. He examines a set of false stereotypes which recent research
has proven to be false. Another point is that teachers who believe in
the stereotypes are in danger of engaging in classism. The author
finishes with a list of actions teachers need to follow to promote
equality and equity in their schools.
26. Books That Portray Characters with Disabilities: A Top 25 List for
Children and Young Adults, Mary Anne Prater and Tina Taylor Dyches,
Teaching Exceptional Children, March/April 2008
Teachers and parents will find this list of books very helpful in
teaching children about their siblings or classmates with disabilities.
Further, the books also offer role models for all children. Be sure to
review the authors' guidelines for book selection to help you find
additional books.
UNIT 6: Rethinking Discipline: Getting the Behavior You Want and Need to
Teach Effectively
Unit Overview
27. The Under-Appreciated Role of Humiliation in the Middle School,
Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher, Middle School Journal, January 2008
Many of us can think back to bad days in middle school and remember the
humiliation as peers laughed at us or called us names. The authors
discuss the long term effects of humiliation on young adolescents and
strategies for reducing that humiliation.
28. Tackling a Problematic Behavior Management Issue: Teachers'
Intervention in Childhood Bullying Problems, Laura M. Crothers and
Jered B. Kolbert, Intervention in School and Clinic, January 2008
The issue of bullying has been highlighted by the recent violent events
caused by persons who were bullied by their peers. These authors
suggest that bullying is a classroom management issue and offer eight
strategies to address bullying behaviors. Teachers at all grades levels
will find these strategies helpful.
29. The Power of Our Words, Paula Denton, Educational Leadership,
September 2008
While bullying by peers can have a negative impact on a person's life
so can the words spoken by teachers. Denton uses examples of teacher
language that can negatively shape students' thoughts, feelings, and
experiences. Finally, Denton suggests five guiding principles for using
positive language.
30. Marketing Civility, Michael Stiles and Ben Tyson, American School
Board, March 2008
These authors cite data from a study of bullying in a suburban high
school that indicate bullying is not just an urban school issue. They
suggest six school-wide efforts that can change a school's climate.
31. Classwide Interventions: Effective Instruction Makes a Difference,
Maureen A. Conroy et al., Teaching Exceptional Children, July/June 2008
Two case studies, one of a classroom that works and one that has
challenges, anchor this article. The authors posit that there are six
universal classroom tools for effective instruction that when used will
positively and preventively reduce behavior problems.
32. Developing Effective Behavior Intervention Plans: Suggestions for
School Personnel, Kim Killu, Intervention in School and Clinic, January
2008
Inclusive classrooms may have students with persistent behavior
problems. Also, federal law requires that students in IEPs also be
included in Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs). Teachers will find this
article on assessing and planning interventions helpful, as they strive
to manage persistent behavior problems that are resistant to typical
management strategies.
UNIT 7: Technology: Are We Effectively Using Its Potential in Our Schools?
Unit Overview
33. "For Openers: How Technology Is Changing School," Curtis J. Bonk,
Educational Leadership, April 2010
One lesson learned in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was
that technology could help learning continue even if the schools no
longer existed. Mr. Bonk shares stories of how the internet has helped
students and offers predictions for future uses for educational
purposes.
34. Tech Tool Targets Elementary Readers, Katie Ash, Education Week,
March 18, 2010
Ms. Ash describes how a Game Boy-like device is being used by 15 states
to improve the reading skills of very young students in grades K
through 2. This device was developed by a non-profit organization that
based the concept on the One Laptop per Child initiative.
35. Digital Tools Expand Options for Personalized Learning, Kathleen
Kennedy Manzo, Digital Directions, February 3, 2010
In this article, Manzo describes technology tools and methods used by
teachers to find technology that would help them differentiate between
instructions. Experts recommend a variety of tools and activities to
address individual needs. Schools that have used technology for this
purpose share their experiences.
36. Effects of Video-Game Ownership on Young Boys' Academic and
Behavioral Functioning: A Randomized, Controlled Study, Robert Weis and
Brittany C. Cerankosky, Psychological Science, February 18, 2010
Using 64 boys, ages 6-9, researchers conducted an experimental study of
the effects of playing video games, on development of reading and
writing skills. This was a naturalistic study with no researcher
interference on the frequency or duration of children's play. Results
will be of interest to parents and teachers of young males.
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