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Written in an accessible and practical style, this book explains the importance of physical activity for promoting young children's cognitive learning, well being and physical development and sets out tips and examples for incorporating physical activity into a curriculum. It is ideal for teachers and practitioners working with children aged 3 - 7.

Offers suggestions and strategies for generating high levels of student attention and engagement in the classroom environment. If students are not engaged, there is little, if any, chance that they will learn what is being addressed in class. A basic premise of The Highly Engaged Classroom is that student engagement happens as a result of a teacher s careful planning and execution of specific strategies. In other words, student engagement is not serendipitous....

This volume guides teachers to lead students to actively process content within small group settings.

"Coaching classroom instruction demonstrates the importance of coaching--an essential component of effective teaching. Robert J. Marzano and Julia A. Simms, along with their colleagues, guide coaches in giving targeted feedback to teachers and identify specific steps that teachers can take to improve their knowledge and skill. This book includes 280 research-based classroom strategies, organized under forty-one elements of effective teaching, to help...

Environmental activities to do with Pre K-8th grade students.

Documents a reunion of Iowa teacher Jane Elliott and her third-grade class of 1970, subjects that year of an ABC News television documentary entitled "The eye of the storm". Shows how her experimental curriculum on the evils of discrimination had a lasting effect on the lives of the students. Includes scenes of her lesson being used in a prison setting.