Bring learning alive! : methods to transform middle and high school social studies instruction / project editor, Ava Hayes ; contributing writer, Sherry Owens ; illustrator, D.J. Simpson.
The Elements of the TCI Approach. Theory- and research-based active instruction -- Standards-based content -- Preview assignment -- Multiple intelligence teaching strategies: Visual discovery ; Social studies skill builder ; Experiential exercise ; Writing for understanding ; Response group ; Problem solving groupwork -- Considerate text -- Graphically organized reading notes -- Processing assignment -- Assessments to inform instruction -- Creating a cooperative, tolerant classroom -- Using the interactive student notebook -- Making the TCI Approach Your Own. How to adapt lessons to meet your students' needs -- How to hone your use of multiple intelligence -- Teaching strategies -- How to develop curriculum using the TCI approach.
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