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  • Getting to the Common Core

    Using Research-based Strategies that Empower Students to Own Their Own Achievement

    by Sharon L. Spencer, Sandra A. Vavra ...
    Series series Literacy, Language and Learning
    The Common Core Standards have recently been adopted in most states across the nation and teachers are in the process of getting to the core of these standards. Teaching to standards is not a new concept; teachers have adapted to new standards every few years for quite some time. And teachers are adaptable, as can be seen in this book. We are writing this book to demonstrate how teachers use ... Read more

    $60.69 USD

  • The Perfect Norm

    How to Teach Differentially, Assess Effectively, and Manage a Classroom Ethically in Ways That Are "Brain-Friendly" and Culturally Responsive

    by Sharon L. Spencer, Sandra A. Vavra, Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt ...
    Series series Literacy, Language and Learning
    Our goal in writing this book was to validate teachers for strong efforts in their life’s work. We often observe teachers’ frustrations with what they perceive to be a multitude of different “hot topics” in education that they must attend to now, but which they expect to come and go, like the last “hot topics.” So, we wanted to help readers see similarities between many of these “hot topics” ... Read more

    $44.29 USD

  • Clash!

    Superheroic Yet Sensible Strategies for Teaching the New Literacies Despite the Status Quo

    Edited by Sandra A. Vavra, Sharon L. Spencer ...
    This book offers ideas that secondary teachers, university content faculty, and teacher educators can use to challenge traditional literacy practices and demonstrate creative, innovative ways of incorporating new literacies into the classroom, all within a strong theoretical framework. Teachers are trying to catch up to the new challenges of the twenty-first century. It is a superheroic feat that ... Read more

    $50.09 USD

  • Closing the Gap

    English Educators Address the Tensions Between Teacher Preparation and Teaching Writing in Secondary Schools

    by Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt ...
    Series series Literacy, Language and Learning
    Without contraries there is no progression. ---William BlakeThis is a book about reality and hope. Its chapters reframe the concept of gap, acknowledging distances (for example, acknowledging old insights and theory while also honoring teacher discovery). However, it refuses to bow under the weight of these challenges. Its contributors focus, instead on how to overcome acknowledged inadequacies in ... Read more

    $44.29 USD

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    How the Online Environment Shapes Writing Practices

    Edited by Phoebe Jackson, Christopher Weaver ...
    For scholars interested in the intersection of writing and online instruction, Writing in Online Courses: How the Online Environment Shapes Writing and Practice examines both the theoretical and practical implications of writing in online courses. The essays in this collection reflect upon what the authors have learned about the synergistic way that writing helps to shape online instruction and ... Read more

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  • Teaching Graphic Design

    Course Offerings and Class Projects from the Leading Graduate and Undergraduate Programs

    by Steven Heller ...
    This priceless teaching tool features more than 70 proven-effective programs from the country’s leading graphic design schools. Spanning from traditional, bricks and mortar” approaches to the ever-widening digital frontier of graphic design, these syllabi include detailed introductions, weekly breakdowns, project suggestions, and selected readings, as well as offer valued background material on ... Read more

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  • The Digital Divide

    Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking

    by Mark Bauerlein ...
    This definitive work on the perils and promise of the social- media revolution collects writings by today's best thinkers and cultural commentators, with an all-new introduction by Bauerlein.Twitter, Facebook, e-publishing, blogs, distance-learning and other social media raise some of the most divisive cultural questions of our time. Some see the technological breakthroughs we live with as hopeful ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • What the Best College Teachers Do

    by Ken Bain ...
    What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the conclusion of a fifteen-year study of nearly one hundred college teachers in a wide variety of fields and universities, offers valuable answers for all educators.The short answer is—it’s not what teachers do, it’s what they understand. Lesson plans and lecture notes matter less than the ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Introduction to Graphic Design Methodologies and Processes

    Understanding Theory and Application

    by John Bowers ...
    A concise, visually based introduction to graphic design methodologiesGraphic design has emerged as a discipline complete with a body of scholarly literature devoted to its underlying theory. Introduction to Graphic Design Methodologies and Processes contributes to this expanding discourse by illustrating the value of qualitative and quantitative methodologies in guiding conceptual development in ... Read more

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  • The Teaching Gap

    Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom

    by James W. Stigler, James Hiebert ...
    Comparing math teaching practices in Japan and Germany with those in the United States, two leading researchers offer a surprising new view of teaching and a bold action plan for improving education inside the American classroom.For years our schools and children have lagged behind international standards in reading, arithmetic, and most other areas of academic achievement. It is no secret that ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Essential Writing Skills for College and Beyond

    by C.M. Gill ...
    Now with new material on inclusive language, peer review, sample essay prompts, and more, this indispensable guide helps you hone your writing skills for success in college and in life.Every student knows that writing a successful college paper is no small undertaking. To make the grade, you need to express your ideas clearly and concisely. So how do you do it? Essential Writing Skills for College ... Read more

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  • Naming What We Know, Classroom Edition

    Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies

    Edited by Linda Adler-Kassner, Elizabeth Wardle ...
    Naming What We Know, Classroom Edition examines the core principles of knowledge in the discipline of writing studies, using the lens of “threshold concepts”—concepts that are critical for epistemological participation in a discipline. This edition focuses on the working definitions of thirty-seven threshold concepts that run throughout the research, teaching, assessment, and public work in ... Read more

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