April 2012

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 Visible Learning: A Synthesis
of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement
 
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By John Hattie

 This unique and ground-breaking book is the result of 15 years of research and synthesizes over 800 meta-analyses relating to the influences on achievement in school-aged students. This work presents research involving many millions of students and represents the largest ever collection of evidence-based research into what actually works in schools to improve learning. Areas covered include the influences of the student, home, school, curricula, teacher, and teaching strategies. A model of teaching and learning is developed based on the notion of visible teaching and visible learning.
Call Number: IS14

 RTI Toolkit:
A Practical Guide for Schools

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By Jim Wright


Response to Intervention (RTI) is a problem-solving approach that can greatly expand the capacity of schools to accommodate diverse learners. This guide will provide school administrators and teachers with the essential techniques, resources, and guidelines to start a comprehensive RTI process in their own schools. Readers will learn how to: help stakeholders "buy-in" to the RTI process; inventory and organize intervention resources; create research-based and classroom friendly student intervention plans; set objective goals for student improvement; and apply decision rules to determine when a student who fails to respond to intervention should be referred.
Call Number: TT241

 Subjects Matter: Every Teacher's Guide to Content-Area Reading  
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By Harvey Daniels and
Steven Zemelman
 
 
 Finally, a book about content-area reading that's just as useful to math, science, and history teachers as it is to English teachers! Lively and practical, this book points the way to activities and materials that energize content and engage middle and high school students across all subject areas. Punctuated with practical classroom activities and stories from real math, science and social studies classrooms, this resource shows how young people can read and succeed across the curriculum, and what their teachers can do to foster this success.
Call Number: CDR254

 

 Managing Middle School
Classrooms Behavior Expectations


 Establishing behavior expectations is one of the first steps in creating a positive classroom climate. When teachers proactively communicate their behavior expectations to students, they can minimize problem behaviors and create more time for classroom instruction. This program (DVD, Viewer's Guide & additional online resources) introduces a seven-step strategy for managing behavior expectations.  
Call Number: BM304

 

 What do I like to do?:
101 Activities to Identify Interests and Plan Careers


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By Janet E. Wall

  This book will assist school counselors, career development professionals, and counselor educators in the measurement of a student's interests and provides reproducible activities for immediate use. Short checklists and hands-on, practical, fun activities help students understand themselves, and begin to plan for the achievement of educational and career goals. Specific instructions for using the activities to each measurable outcome are included. The activities can be done at school or at home, may involve teachers, employers, family members and friends, and are suitable for individuals, teams, and large groups. Although the activities are primarily for middle school and high school students, many could be modified for elementary students or adults.
Call Number: TR194

 The Universally Designed Classroom: Accessible Curriculum and
Digital Technologies
 
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By David H. Rose

  This book addresses crucial questions about how to create full access to the general education curriculum for children with disabilities. Based on years of research and innovation at CAST (The Center for Applied Special Technology), the book provides a helpful overview of the digital solutions, including Universal Design for Learning, that are at the forefront of efforts to create universal access. It also looks closely at the major policy and practice issues connected to this initiative.
Call Number: IN178 



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