Close the Achievement Gap: Simple Strategies That Work (In A Nutshell Series)
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ISBN: 0974741655 / Publisher: Corwin, January 2005
Presents teaching and learning strategies to help underachieving students succeed.
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Discover basic strategies that promote student achievement in low-performing classrooms!This invaluable research-based guidebook illustrates how quality teaching can overcome the impact of low socioeconomic conditions and improve student performance dramatically. The authors present instructional techniques that require students to speak with skill, write with clarity and purpose, read with a critical eye, and listen with active engagement. Using six practical strategies, educators can overcome the odds and guide learners to success by:Setting high expectations for all studentsMaking differentiation part of everything they doChallenging students to think criticallyInsisting on results-oriented goals
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