Teaching and learning in the middle grades
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Teaching and learning in the middle grades
Allyn and Bacon, c1999
2nd ed
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The second edition of Teaching and Learning in the Middle Grades reflects the changes that have occurred in middle-grades education in the past several years. A strong research base helps teachers link their knowledge of young adolescents with their understanding of curriculum and sound instructional practices. Descriptions of middle-grades classrooms and examples of dialogue between teachers and young adolescents are actual samples collected by the authors during their visits to middle-grades schools. This text reflects what is and what can be done by teachers in today's middle-grades classrooms.
Table of Contents
Each chapter concludes with a "Summary" and "References." I.YOUNG ADOLESCENTS.
1.Introduction: Young Adolescents and Schools.
Historical Development of Middle-Grades Schools.
Middle-Grades Schools Today.
Recommendations for Middle-Grades Schools of the Twenty-First Century.
2.Young Adolescent Development.
Case Studies.
Self-Concept.
Physical Development.
Cognitive Development.
Personal, Social, and Moral Development.
3.Providing for Individual Differences.
Exceptional Students.
Multicultural Influences on Adolescent Learning.
Motivation and Student Learning.
II.MIDDLE GRADES CONTENT.
4.The Middle-Grades Curriculum.
The Nation's Goals.
An Approach to Integrated Curriculum.
An Integrated Curriculum at Work.
Potential Impact of Standards on Integrated Curriculum.
III.INSTRUCTION AND LEARNING.
5.Teachers as Decision Makers.
Teachers' Thought Processes and Actions.
Interactive Thoughts and Decisions.
The "Big Picture" Perspective.
Teachers' Implicit Theories and Beliefs about Textbook Use.
An Eighth Grade Teacher's Decision to Use Critical Literacy.
6.Instructional Planning: Yearly, Unit, Weekly, and Daily Planning.
What Is Teacher Planning?
What Factors Affect Teachers' Plans?
How Do Teachers Plan?
Team Planning in the Middle Grades.
Types of Planning in the Middle Grades.
7.Instructional Planning: Lesson Planning.
Characteristics of a Lesson.
Components of an Effective Lesson.
Lesson Planning.
Planning Exercise.
8.Classroom Assessment.
Definitions.
Purpose of Assessment.
Classroom Assessment Techniques.
Team and Classroom Assessment Systems.
Standardized Tests.
9.Using Technology to Improve Instruction.
Status of Technology on U.S. Schools.
Students' Reported Use of Computers.
Computer-Based Instruction.
Technology and Special-Needs Students.
Other Forms of Instructional Media.
10.Teacher-Centered and Teacher-Assisted Strategies.
Nature of the Teaching-Learning Process.
Nature of the Content.
Strategies.
11.Peer-Assisted and Student-Centered Strategies.
Roles of Peers in Student Learning.
Peer-Assisted Strategies.
Student-Centered Strategies.
Teaching Peer-Assisted and Student-Centered Strategies.
12.Classroom Questions.
Types of Questions.
Functions of Questions.
To Question or Not to Question.
Alternatives to Questioning.
Effective Questioning Strategies.
13.Student-Centered Learning Environment.
Historical Overview of Classroom Interaction.
Students' Perceptions of Text-Based Discussions.
Interpersonal Needs and Cognitive Growth
The Discussion Web.
14.Classroom Management.
Definitions.
Effective Middle-Grades Classroom Managers.
Before School Starts.
Beginning of School.
During the Year.
The Role of the Team.
Afterward.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
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