Title:
A practical guide to elementary instruction : from plan to delivery
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Publication Information:
Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 1997
ISBN:
9780205141883
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Summary
Summary
Comprehensive yet stocked with useful, hands-on suggestions for implementing instructional strategies, planning curriculum, and managing the classroom, this new methods book is an excellent resource readers can keep on hand in the elementary classroom. This book was designed to help readers ensure a positive, smoothly functioning classroom environment by providing discussions, examples, and recommendations focused on the exact nature of the daily tasks they will face. A true help to the teacher, the text offers suggestions for personalizing and adapting the strategies and recommendations found throughout the chapters. For professionals working in the field of elementary education.
Table of Contents
| Section I The Foundation |
| Introduction |
| 1 Teaching |
| What Makes a Good Teacher |
| Responsibilities of a Teacher |
| 2 Learning |
| Definition of Learning |
| The Learning Process |
| Assessing Learning |
| Learning Styles |
| Section II Delivering Instruction |
| Introduction |
| 3 Teacher-Directed Method of Teaching |
| Use of Advance Organizers |
| Use of Lecture, Demonstration, and Questioning |
| Accommodating Different Learning Styles Through the Use of Related Resources |
| Relating the Lesson to Students' Lives |
| Limitation and Repetition of New Material |
| Dynamic, Enthusiastic Delivery of the Teacher Presentation |
| 4 Student-Directed Method of Instruction |
| Individual Classwork |
| Individual Study |
| Criteria for Effectiveness |
| 5 Interactive Method of Instruction |
| Cooperative Learning |
| Cooperative Learning Structures |
| Making the Interactive Method Work |
| Guide to Planning and Carrying Out Cooperative Learning |
| 6 Study Skills |
| Teaching Responsibility for Learning |
| Teaching, Modeling, and Reinforcing the Various Study Strategies and Techniques |
| How to Teach Study Skills |
| Memorization Techniques |
| Study and Comprehensive Strategies |
| Time Management and Organization Skills |
| Information Location Skills |
| 7 Questioning |
| Purposes of Questioning |
| The Nature of Questions |
| Approaches to Questioning |
| Effective Practices Relating to Questioning |
| 8 Technology for Delivering Instruction |
| Types of Technology |
| Three Productive Uses of Technology in the Classroom |
| Setting Up Your Classroom to Facilitate the Use of Technology |
| Section III Strategic Classroom Planning |
| Introduction |
| 9 Macro-Step: Long-Term Planning |
| Orientation to Long-Term Planning |
| Major Elements of Long-Term Planning |
| Productively Utilizing Your Curriculum Outline |
| 10 Micro-Steps: Short-Term Planning |
| Block-Type Planning Approaches |
| PAR |
| Approach to Planning Thematic |
| Approach to Planning Inquiry |
| Approach to Planning Generic |
| Approach to Weekly Planning |
| Daily Planning Approaches |
| The Clinical Model The Generic Model |
| Section IV Classroom Management |
| Introduction |
| 11 The Seven Essential Aspects of An Effective Classroom Management System |
| Rules |
| Rewards |
| Consequences |
| Routines and Procedures |
| Room Arrangement |
| Communicating the Plan |
| Attitude |
| 12 Sample Classroom Management Systems |
| Basic Personalized Model |
| Detailed Sample Student Model: Five Classroom Management Models |
| 13 Diversity and Classroom Management |
| The Teacher's Personal Challenge with Regard to Diversity |
| Ethnic and Racial Minorities |
| Children with Severe Behavior Problems |
| ADHD Children |
| Mentally Handicapped Children |
| Section V Evaluation |
| Introduction |
| 14 Areas to Evaluate |
| Cognitive Functioning |
| Affective Functioning |
| Cognitive Functioning |
| 15 Ways to Evaluate |
| Performance Tasks |
| Portfolio Assessment |
| Observation of Classroom |
| 16 Maintaining and Using Evaluation Information |
| Setting Up Your Classroom Grading System |
| Setting Up Your Grade Book |
