When it comes to school initiatives, more isn't always better. Today's educators are buried under old practices, new ideas, and recommended initiatives. Before you're tempted to add just one more idea to the pile, take a step back--and an objective look--so that you and your teachers can decide which practices to keep, which to modify, and ......
Every child has a right to make sense of math, and to use math to make sense of their worlds. Despite their gifts, students with disabilities are often viewed from a deficit standpoint in mathematics classrooms. These students are often conceptualized as needing to be fixed or remediated. Rethinking Disability and Mathematics argues that mathematics should be a transformative space for these students, a place where they can discover their power and potential and be appreciated for their many strengths. Author Rachel Lambert introduces Universal Design for Learning for Math (UDL Math), a way to design math classrooms that empowers disabled and neurodiverse students to engage in mathematics in ways that lead to meaningful and joyful math learning. The book showcases how UDL Math can open up mathematics classrooms so that they provide access to meaningful understanding and an identity as a math learner to a wider range of students. Weaved throughout the book are the voices of neurodiverse learners telling their own stories of math learning. Through stories of real teachers recognizing the barriers in their own math classrooms and redesigning to increase access, the book: Reframes students with disabilities from a deficit to an asset perspective, paving the way for trusting their mathematical thinking Offers equitable math instruction for all learners, including those with disabilities, neurodiverse students, and/or multilingual learners Applies UDL to the math classroom, providing practical tips and techniques to support students' cognitive, affective, and strategic development Immerses readers in math classrooms where all students are engaged in meaningful mathematics, from special education day classes to inclusive general education classrooms, from grades K-8. Integrates research on mathematical learning including critical math content such as developing number sense and place value, fluency with math facts and operations, and understanding fractions and algebraic thinking. Explores critical issues such as writing IEP goals in math This book is designed for all math educators, both those trained as general education teachers and those trained as special education teachers. The UDL Math approach is adapted to work for all learners because everyone varies in how they perceive the world and in how they approach mathematical problem solving. When we rethink mathematics to include multiple ways of being a math learner, we make math accessible and engaging for a wider group of learners.
The Essential Traits of Those Who Engage, Inspire, and Transform
Now more than ever, schools need to be places where openness and can-do are baked into every hallway hello and every meeting. This vision-setting starts at the top, and with a combination of strategic thinking and inspiring relationship-building. With Leader Credibility, learn how to attain or amplify the qualities that all school leaders keep in ......
A Playbook for Developing Skilled Readers Through Word Recognition and Language Comprehension
Like an animated encyclopedia, Teaching Reading delivers the latest evidence-based practices in 13-interative modules that will transform your instruction and reenergize your career.
Positive, Proactive, Prosocial Interventions and Prevention Strategies
The Big Book of Behavior Management helps teachers prevent as many misbehaviors as possible and provides them with research-based strategies to help them respond effectively when misbehavior does happen.
Learning That Transfers empowers teachers and curriculum designers alike to harness the critical concepts of traditional disciplines while building students' capacity to navigate, interpret, and transfer their learning to solve novel and complex modern problems. Using a backwards design approach, this hands-on guide walks teachers step-by-step ......
Teaching Students to Identify and Interrogate Information Pollution
Fake news, false and distorted news material; is nothing new. It's been a part of media history long before the advent of social media. But with the speed and reach that powerful digital technology and social media provide, information pollution has spread like wildfire in our rapidly changing world. Now more than ever, students need to develop ......
In the sixth edition of this international bestseller, David Sousa once again translates the latest neuroscience and education research into concrete actions and strategies for the classroom.
Four Necessary Components for High-Impact Student Learning
How to Activate and Accelerate Student Learning Have you ever given instructions to your students, only to receive blank stares or confusion? Clarity is an essential part of teaching and learning, and every interaction we have with students is the foundation for moving learning forward-we must make every interaction count. Backed by the latest ......
