academic achievement

"A ... step-by-step visual guide ... on how to support your child's classwork, homework, and revision, with effective study methods that suit a range of learning styles for the third grade level and beyond. From exploring your child's preferred learning approach to using mind maps, flow charts, and mnemonic devices to handling test preparation and exam-day anxiety, this guide can help you place your child on the road to success. ... a section covering math, science, history, geography, and other core areas provides subject-specific tips"--OCLC.

Offers an assortment of instructional strategies that are designed to help educators address the needs of students from diverse cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Why are the smart, perceptive boys struggling at school? Filled with reassurance and support, this book has heart-warming true stories, take-action checklists and over 200 helpful tips.

"... explores professional learning communities from a teacher's perspective. Focused chapters survey effective and collaborative team actions, instructional practices that enhance teacher efficiency, and the role teacher judgment and classroom context play in determining instructional outcomes."--From Amazon.

Contains practical strategies for raising achievement in the academic success of economically disadvantaged students.

Draws on the latest research as well as classroom-tested strategies to explain how the cognitive, sensory, physical, social, and emotional differences in between boys and girls influences how boys learn and offers teachers advice on the best ways to teach male students.