http://netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/instruction?feed=rss jgordon's bookmarks tagged "instruction" on Netvouz http://www.project2061.org/publications/bsl/online/bolintro.htm A long-term American Association for the Advancement of Science initiative to advance literacy in Science, Mathematics, and Technology. A comprehensive project to develop essential curriculum for K-12, including some Social Studies themes. Enduring understandings are identified for the essential content. Curriculum Development > Examples of Understandings/Big Ideas: Many with Curr. Dev. Examples jgordon Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:58:24 GMT http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.b71d101a2f7c208cdeb3ffdb62108a0c/template.book?bookMgmtId=8a5e64d976bb5010VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD This manual by Robert J. Marzano and Debra J. Pickering provides explicit guidance for teachers in the implementation of the research presented in Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement: Research on What Works in Schools Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Literacy > Vocabulary jgordon Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:34:54 GMT http://shop.ascd.org/productdisplay.cfm?categoryid=books&productid=101010 Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement ROBERT J. MARZANO, DEBRA J. PICKERING, JANE E. POLLOCK This is an exemplary resource for strategies based on research-based educational practices. jgordon Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:59:23 GMT http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/template.book/menuitem.6b8e5ca7dd1e8e8cdeb3ffdb62108a0c/?bookMgmtId=c0927c2a7689d010VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD The research-based strategies from Classroom Instruction That Works are applied to teaching English language learners to help educators raise the achievement levels of these students. Hill and Flynn examine nine types of instructional strategies that maximize learning that can be applied to ELL students in every grade level Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > English Language Learners jgordon Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:12:00 GMT http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/academics.cfm?subpage=1567 This site provides templates for curriculum mapping using backward lesson design (Understanding by Design) with themes and essential questions. It is not ESL specific but is a most valuable resource to help ESL teachers include these components in their curriculum development for ELLs. Curriculum Development jgordon Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:12:11 GMT http://www.allynbaconmerrill.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0135001471 To ensure every English learner learns and understands content area curriculum, the renowned author team of Carol Rothenberg and Douglas Fisher presents teachers and staff development trainers with Differentiating Literacy for English Learners: A DVD and Instructional Booklet. Their new DVD features eleven examples of exemplary content area instruction to help teachers implement effective lesson plans that include both content area objectives and language development–essential to learning content area coursework. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > English Language Learners jgordon Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:20:24 GMT http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.62bf453ae2bc40a98d7ea23161a001ca/ Education topics are short multimedia lessons on topics that interest all levels of educators. Each lesson includes a definition, short articles on the topic, audio and video files of experts and practitioners, and a listing of resources that you can use to continue your professional development. Tutorials jgordon Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:30:47 GMT http://www.maec.org/instprac.html Summarizes common attributes of effective school and classroom practices identified in the National Research Council report titled Educating Language Minority Children, edited by Kenji Hakuta and Diane August. Administrators > English Language Learners jgordon Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:14:43 GMT http://equity.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=SevenPrinciples The Wexford Excellence Through Equity Principles for Instructional Design To create an environment in which all students thrive and achieve excellence in their learning and caring for each other, Wexford has identified seven principles for instructional design. Listed below are descriptions of each principle. Administrators > Indicators of Effective Learning & Teacher Assessment jgordon Thu, 08 Dec 2005 02:53:01 GMT http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/index.html Five categories of instructional strategies and explanation of these five categories can be found within this site: Direct Instruction, Interactive Instruction, Indirect Instruction, Experiential Learning and Independent Study Teacher Resources > Lesson Planning jgordon Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:13:28 GMT