communication in education

Examines the value of classroom dialogue in teaching young students and provides strategies, also discussing assessment of student language growth.

Offers educators advice on how to deal with volatile or confrontational parents, with information on parental aggression and confrontation and an overview of various approaches in academic settings.

Demonstrates how to use feedback as a learning strategy in the classroom, and provides examples of how to incorporate feedback into daily lessons to motivate students, set goals, and track progress.

Offers guidance to educators on conferring with readers and provides instructions and prompts for teachers to set up and conduct conferences with first- through eight-grade students in order to create more independent readers.

Describes communication strategies parents and teachers can use to motivate children to become self-directed, self-disciplined learners.