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Making Learning Whole: How Seven Principles of Teaching Can Transform Education

David Perkins - 2010 - Education - Limited preview
New in Paperback! Make learning more meaningful by teaching the "whole game" David Perkins, a noted authority on teaching and learning and co-director of Harvard's Project Zero, introduces a practical and research-based framework for teaching. He ...

Non-Fiction Text Structures for Better Comprehension and Response

Gail Saunders-Smith - 2009 - Education - Limited preview
"Non-fiction text structures organize information into comprehensible patterns. Knowing how to recognize and use these structures to navigate non-fiction text greatly improves students' understanding of what they read. Gail Saunders-Smith ...

Listen Hear!: 25 Effective Listening Comprehension Strategies

Michael F. Opitz, Matthew D. Zbaracki - 2004 - Education - Snippet view
Have you ever asked your students "Are you listening?" and felt uneasy that their response didn't distinguish listening from hearing? We expect children to spend fifty percent or more of their school day engaged in listening-comprehension ...

Mosaic of Thought: The Power of Comprehension Strategy Instruction

Ellin Oliver Keene, Susan Zimmermann - 2007 - Education - Snippet view
Explains how teachers can enhance their students comprehension skills; providing classroom strategies, examples, vignettes, tools for creating reader workshops, advice on think-alouds and conferring, and tips on long-term planning.

Comprehension Connections: Bridges to Strategic Reading

Tanny McGregor - 2007 - Education - No preview available
A guide to helping children fully understand texts that explains how teachers can make the comprehension process achievable, accessible, and incremental by creating links between the concrete and the abstract through writing, discussion, song ...

Exploring Informational Texts: From Theory to Practice

Linda Hoyt, Margaret E. Mooney, Brenda Parkes - 2003 - Exposition (Rhetoric) - Snippet view
This guide for teachers describes strategies for helping children in grades K-8 to become comfortable with and get the most out of nonfiction texts. Written by teachers and teacher educators, 25 contributions discuss such topics as the use of ...

Make it Real: Strategies for Success with Informational Texts

Linda Hoyt - 2002 - Education - Snippet view
Linda Hoyt provides a practical, classroom-friendly guide to unlocking the treasures of informational text.

Revisit, Reflect, Retell: Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension

Linda Hoyt - 1999 - Children - Snippet view
This highly practical collection of more than 130 strategies and 90 reproducibles is the perfect resource for any teacher attempting to evoke high-quality responses to literature.

Write to Comprehend: Using Writing as a Tool to Build Reading Comprehension

Vicky Lynott, Anthony D. Fredericks - 2007 - English language - No preview available
This straightforward guide contains 51 classroom-tested ideas for using reading and writing to help students become better thinkers. The activities are applicable for use with not only language arts but also science, social studies, and math ...