Expanded from the highly popular "Rules that Expire" series of NCTM articles, this essential guide leads educators through the collaborative process of establishing a consistent learner-centered and equitable approach to mathematics instruction through team building.

By providing ideas for practical and engaging activities to absorb pupils, this book shows how to make science come alive in the classroom.

This updated edition includes a generous selection of user-friendly strategies that help teachers assess struggling learners, students with special needs, children who are performing at grade level, and advanced learners. Included are practical tools that improve student performance and help them take responsibility for their own learning.

A guide for educators on how to integrate the new national anchor guidelines on academic language into everyday curriculum and assessment, for grades 3-5.

This title -- one of a seven book series -- will offer guidance to educators in how to target academic language in planning for student learning as states undergo the implementation of the Common Core and corresponding English language proficiency standards in preparation for the upcoming consortia-led assessments.

Straightforward how-to's from practicing classroom teachers, print and web-based resources, and assessment tips help educators cultivate lasting student engagement and transform educational outcomes with this must-have resource!

Combining a detailed focus on the core skills and principles underpinning good history teaching, this book will help develop a strong understanding of key historical concepts and the dynamics of the primary history national curriculum.

This book explores the rich and varied world of children's literature and how it can be used in teaching to promote reading for pleasure and create lifelong readers.

This book addresses the needs of prospective and current supervisors of doctoral students.

Using observations of children in play and cutting-edge research, this book will empower students and build their confidence so that they are able to challenge perceptions and think creatively about how they can use technology.