Effective Teaching Strategies that Accommodate Diverse Learners

ISBN: 0137084706

Author: Coyne, Michael

Condition: New

Right now, holding in your hands, you have a copy of the best summary on the market today of the characteristics of students with diverse learning and curricular needs, and a critical examination of pressing, current issues in education. If youre currently an educator, studying to be a teacher, or just interested in how students with a wide-array of needs succeed at being students, well then youve found the right book by the right author team!Effective Teaching Strategies that Accommodate Diverse Learners, Fourth Edition, the teaching, instruction, and curricula required to meet the needs of diverse learners, who by virtue of their experiential, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, challenge traditional curriculum and instructional programs.The majority of the text is dedicated to effective strategies and recommendations for teaching reading, comprehension, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies to ensure that diverse learners succeed in the classroom.This edition features new updates that enhance the value of this book and its meaning to you as an educator in todays classroom environment. The authors have been careful to include: the most current research inroads and the implications for diverse learners; new results from assessment of student achievement and progress; the most current trends and changing demographics; and updated policy and practice and how these affect implementation of curriculum and instruction for diverse learners in todays schools.

• NEW! Important new research is referenced throughout the text with implications for diverse learners. | NEW! Results from recent national and international assessments of student achievement and progress are discussed as they pertain to diverse learners. | NEW! Current social, cultural, and economic trends that reflect the changing demographics of diverse learners are covered at length in this edition. | NEW! Recent changes in policy and practice are discussed as well as the implication of these changes on the design, development, adoption, and implementation of curriculum and instruction. | Each content chapter is organized around Six Principles of Effective Instruction, universal principles which provide a consistent framework for meeting the needs of diverse learners in today’s classroom environments. | Application and Reflection sections in every chapter provide case studies, application activities, and questions for discussion and reflection providing the opportunity for readers to apply the six principles of effective instruction to real-life situations, and to further facilitate the translation of research-to-practice. | Recommendations are given for determining the critical curricular and instructional priorities for teaching students with diverse learning needs who are typically behind their school-age peers in academic performance and mastering the coverage of key content. | Provides concrete examples of how key concepts in reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies are taught, integrated and supported. Examples are specified across grade levels, from the elementary grades through high school. | Guidelines for developing, selecting, and modifying curricula to meet the needs of diverse learners are found throughout each chapter. | NEW! Important new research is referenced throughout the text with implications for diverse learners. | NEW! Results from recent national and international assessments of student achievement and progress are discussed as they pertain to diverse learners. | NEW! Current social, cultural, and economic trends that reflect the changing demographics of diverse learners are covered at length in this edition. | NEW! Recent changes in policy and practice are discussed as well as the implication of these changes on the design, development, adoption, and implementation of curriculum and instruction.