Schools and Instruction Books

Edited by Marjorie Montague ( Professor of Special Education at the University of Miami) and Asha K. Jitendra (a Professor and Coordinator of Special Education at Lehigh University), Teaching Mathematics to Middle School Students with Learning Difficulties is an anthology writings by experienced educators. Methodologies for helping middle school students with learning difficulties internalize basic mathematic skills are discussed at length, along with lesson plans, guidelines for teaching self-directed problem-solving strategies, recommendations for building foundational concepts, and much more. Examples and diagrams help clarify methodologies in this timely and enthusiastically recommended resource for public and private schoolteachers.

This book deals with Teaching Children Music. It begins with Music in the Elementary School level. It covers how children learn music. It then goes into planning music lessons such as objectives you wish to achieve, advanced planning, lessons and follow-up lessons. It provides information on Musical Experiences such as singing in unison, using harmony, developing listening skills, playing classroom instruments, allowing chidren to move to music, learning to read music, and creating their own music. There is a special section on measuring musical learning, providing evaluation and continuity. It begins to wrap up with the alternative experiences and techiniques like musical games, integrating music with other subjects, music for exceptional children, alternative musical approaches and programs such as the Orff System, The Kodaly Approach and the Manhattanville Music Curriculum Program. Finalizes with Classroom Management.
There are some appendixes which gives you an overview of music fundamentals, fingerings for the Soprano Recorder (Baroque System), Common Guitar Chords, and Resource Lists.

This is one great collection of practical advice, useful theory and helpful information on how to teach writing in the digital age. With essays by Tom Newkirk, Rich Kent, Nancie Atwell, Jim Burke, Gretchen Bernabei, to name a few this sourcebook is an indispensable aide to both new and veteran english teachers.

Finally, a book that focuses specifically on elementary music technology. This book features plans that are tied to MENC and Technology Institute for Music Educators standards. Many concepts and plans can be modified for middle/high school classes. The lesson plans are a compilation from other music education technology professionals.

so good. finally there's a book i dont feel like an idiot giving to my kids. sure it's not all g-rated but neither is TV anymore. this book talks straight + smart + real. and it says all the things id never be able to say without blushing. [...]

This book is extremely user-friendly. In addition to a captivating introduction, the authors identify key areas of the preschool classroom, and how each area (dramatic play, blocks, etc.) can be made more hospitable for both sexes.

Very practical, encouraging advice. A wonderful gift for a preschool teacher or student in early childhood education.
This also is a wonderful resource for college and graduate students for a project or paper.

If you're looking to start a peer tutoring or mentoring program in your school, this book is for you. The author guides you through the steps to starting and customizing your own program. Written from the experience of two educators who developed this program at their own school, this book starts with an introduction to peer helping. It discusses what it is, how tutoring and mentoring are different, why peer helping works, and many examples of success. The main bulk of the book, however, deals with the planning and customizing of the model. The authors note that it is important to find out what each school needs and planning from that point. Goals should be clear and planned so that there aren't any surprises or difficulties later on. Spending time up front is necessary for smooth development.

Once you've planned and customized your program so that it fits the needs of your school, the authors discuss how to go about implementing it and following through for success. Communication is important with all people involved in the program (administration, teachers, supervisors, and students). Realizing that things might not go perfectly, because they seldom do, there is a section on troubleshooting, common problem areas that might be encountered.

Probably the most valuable part of this book is the appendices at the back of the book. Over 20 forms were included for different aspects of developing the program, such as parent permission forms, peer helper application forms, agendas for training sessions, and many more. These forms are guides, some of which can be copied off as is, others need to be personalized or adjusted depending on the organization of your program.

I found this book to be extremely helpful in setting up my own peer mentoring program and would recommend it to anyone who is interested on doing something like it.

An excellent book, unique in its own diversity. The "Book Description" and "Inside Flap" above give a good description of how this book is about the science of the research and organizing of the Berkeley High School Diversity Project, I just wanted to add a little about how the telling of the book itself expresses an understanding of diversity.

To me, the book is about the importance of education for everyone in our diverse society and how one project, one school, one community looked into achieving this education. My view is that the way Unfinished Business accomplishes this is by presenting highly researched data through both the analysis of the researchers and the writings of the people who are the data -- the students, the parents, the teachers, the school staff. Additionally, the book's content encompasses research, school and community use and understanding of research, and personal reflection. I was continually surprised at where the "plot" of the book went -- at the discoveries, the observations, and conclusions I did not expect to read. This is an important book about the process of education and civil rights.

this is an excellent book! It makes seemingly hard textures, forms and shapes, simple. It shows the colors and mediums you use. It makes it all so simple! I highly recomend this book for the watercolor landscape artist!

For the past 20 years, Chester Finn has been a behind the scenes and in some cases, in front of the crowd leader for most of the great education reforms that have occurred in the past 20 years. Having had the great fortune to be one of Finn's students at Vanderbilt many years ago, I have had a chance to read the plethora of great books and articles that Finn has published. This is another in that series. Don't just buy this book and The Educated Child (which apparently is a huge bestseller) go back and buy all his books. Finn is a great academic who is blessed with an ability to communicate to the common person.

Finn may talk about the education that children receive but he is the best educator a parent can ever find. We are expecting our first grandchild in a few weeks and I want my daughter to read every book that Professor Finn ha written. It will ensure the success of my grandchild's future.

Don McNay...