Includes bibliographical references (p. 160), glossary and index.
Contents:
Bringing diversity into a less diverse environment -- Bringing calculus to life: hands-on learning in a new sequence of courses -- Meeting the individual needs of each student at an alternative high school -- Using assessment and student interest data to inform differential instruction in an inclusive classroom -- Motivating students to learn in a peer-supported school environment -- Authentic audience and affective learning in a gifted and talented middle school program -- "Discovery math": from professional development to classroom practice -- Student understanding as a basis for motivation and participation in a severe emotional disturbance/severe behavioral handicap high school classroom -- Meeting student learning requirements by means of an improved writing-access-curriculum program -- Student portfolios and authentic assessment in a diverse multi-age preschool classroom -- Skill building in elementary math: between remediation and academic promotion -- Prevention programs as means to teach social skills in elementary school -- Educating the community about a needed levy increase: the teacher as a political activist -- The mandated curriculum meeting the needs of teachers and their favored practices -- Balancing data-driven decision making and shifting paradigms in a new elementary math curriculum -- Professional development that works, please! -- Using curriculum relevance to motivate students -- The integration of autistic classes into the physical education curriculum -- Developing a literacy program for children with learning disabilities -- My students can't write, and I'm forced to use a curriculum that doesn't help them learn how -- Meeting the needs of diverse learners and the mandates of accountability without compromising.
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