Presents an introduction to the Engaging ALL Students, or EAS model for designing lessons to meet the instructional needs of a diverse student population, and includes fifty instructional strategies.
elevating the essentials to radically improve student learning
Schmoker, Michael J
2011
The introduction states: "[T]he only reason our schools haven't made astonishing progress in the last 30 years of "reform" is quite simple: very few schools ever implemented 'what is essential'--the most powerful, simple actions and structures that would dramatically increase the proportion of students prepared for college or careers. What is 'essential' for schools? Three simple things: reasonably coherent curriculum (what we teach); sound lessons (how we teach); and far more purposeful reading and writing in every discipline, or authentic literacy (integral to both what and how we teach).
helping students aim for understanding in today's lesson
Moss, Connie M
2012
"Drawing from the authors' extensive research and professional learning partnerships with classrooms, schools, and school districts, this book discusses learning targets and reasons why they should be pursued in the classroom"--Provided by publisher.
