Author : Michael Pressley
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 12,8 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Education
ISBN :
Presenst strategies to improve competence in the academic skill and content areas, such as decoding, spelling, writing, science and mathematics. For elementary and middle schools.
Author : William Damon
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1072 pages
File Size : 28,27 MB
Release : 2006-05-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0470050543
Part of the authoritative four-volume reference that spans the entire field of child development and has set the standard against which all other scholarly references are compared. Updated and revised to reflect the new developments in the field, the Handbook of Child Psychology, Sixth Edition contains new chapters on such topics as spirituality, social understanding, and non-verbal communication. Volume 2: Cognition, Perception, and Language, edited by Deanna Kuhn, Columbia University, and Robert S. Siegler, Carnegie Mellon University, covers mechanisms of cognitive and perceptual development in language acquisition. It includes new chapters devoted to neural bases of cognition, motor development, grammar and langauge rules, information processing, and problem solving skills.
Author : Robert Reid
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 20,47 MB
Release : 2013-09-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 1462511988
"Practical and accessible, this book provides the first step-by-step guide to cognitive strategy instruction, which has been shown to be one of the most effective instructional techniques for students with learning problems. Presented are proven strategies that students can use to improve their self-regulated learning, study skills, and performance in specific content areas, including written language, reading, and math. Clear directions for teaching the strategies in the elementary or secondary classroom are accompanied by sample lesson plans and many concrete examples. Enhancing the book's hands-on utility are more than 20 reproducible worksheets and forms"--
Author : Robert Reid
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 20,26 MB
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 1462512216
Filling an important need for K-12 educators, this highly practical book provides a step-by-step guide to cognitive strategy instruction, one of the most effective instructional techniques for struggling learners. The authors present well-validated strategies that target self-regulated learning and study skills as well as performance in specific content areas, such as writing, reading, and math. Detailed classroom examples illustrate how to teach the strategies systematically and monitor student outcomes. More than 20 reproducible worksheets, checklists, and other tools are included; purchasers get access to a webpage where they can download and print these materials in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. New to This Edition *Chapter on lesson planning, including extensive sample lessons for two strategies. *Chapter on handwriting and spelling. *New material on response to intervention and on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). *Expanded coverage of working memory. *Additional strategies throughout the content-area chapters.
Author : Bill Honig
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,33 MB
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 1629140090
Studies of effective teaching practices have continued to validate the need for explicit and systematic instruction in basic reading skills, and Bill Honig uses this research to shed new light on an old problem—how to help all students become fluent readers. Teaching Our Children to Read grows out of the experiences of scores of dedicated teachers and their success in the classroom. This book explores current research from the leading experts in the field, and presents new instructional strategies that bring all students to higher levels of literacy. Highlights from Teaching Our Children to Read include: • Phonics instruction and fluency • Connected practice with decodable text • Multisyllabic word instruction • Spelling, vocabulary, and concept development • Strategic reading, book discussions, and text organization • Literacy benchmarks, assessment, and intervention This is an essential resource for educators, administrators, policymakers, and parents concerned about how to successfully teach our children to read. Teaching Our Children to Read points the way to implementing the best research-based practices in adopting reading materials, training teachers, and providing the necessary school leadership.
Author : Adrian Ashman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,31 MB
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 1134796005
This book provides an accessible introduction to the field of cognitive education. It explains the concepts commonly found in the cognitive psychology and cognitive education literatures, theories and models of human thinking and intelligent behavior, and how these have been applied to psychoeducational assessment, instruction, and the adaption of student behavior. The book includes numerous examples to explain the concepts, theories, and applications, and includes supplementary reading lists and study questions.
Author : Elaine K. McEwan
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 21,19 MB
Release : 2004-04-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 1483360830
"The strengths of this book are many. It translates theory into practice, showing how a solid theory can inform one′s teaching." Stevi Quate, Co-director of the Secondary Literacy Network University of Colorado at Denver "Very comprehensive! It contains everything a teacher needs to guide students in comprehension." Aileen Carew, Marin Reading Council President & Reading Specialist Bel Aire School, Tiburon, CA When students learn to read strategically, they read to learn! How do some students extract complex information from advanced reading materials while others struggle to find the meaning of even simple passages? What characteristics do strategic readers exhibit that others don′t possess? Unlocking the cognitive strategies of exceptional readers means finding ways to teach every student to read strategically, and help them be successfull in the classroom and beyond. This essential reading instruction teaching tool offers hard evidence to show how effective readers use specific strategies to extract and comprehend information. Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers melds scientific research with hands-on experience to offer a comprehensive look at reading instruction. Instructors will discover that they can use the seven strategies no matter what their teaching style, and students will discover how to read to learn. McEwan has developed easily reproducible tools geared toward helping teachers get the most out of their readers: Teacher Think-Alouds to facilitate modeling the seven strategies for your students Templates to speed planning time Activities to encourage use of the seven strategies Forms, posters, props, and prompts to assist both students and teachers While theories come and go, research has shown that using these seven strategies will prove successful in the classroom-and beyond.
Author : Adrian F. Ashman
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 15,35 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780415128391
First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Richard W. Strong
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 17,70 MB
Release : 2002-02-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780761978343
Contains strategies for the seven through twelve classroom that includes critical thinking and problem solving skills, writing, researching, and organizing ideas, and approaches to reasoning and creativity.
Author : Wayne D. Gray
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 20,80 MB
Release : 2019-04-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1317708326
This volume features the complete text of the material presented at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. As in previous years, the symposium included an interesting mixture of papers on many topics from researchers with diverse backgrounds and different goals, presenting a multifaceted view of cognitive science. The volume includes all papers, posters, and summaries of symposia presented at this leading conference that brings cognitive scientists together. The 2002 meeting dealt with issues of representing and modeling cognitive processes as they appeal to scholars in all subdisciplines that comprise cognitive science: psychology, computer science, neuroscience, linguistics, and philosophy.
