Five Standards for Effective Teaching How to Succeed with All Learners, Grades K-8

by Stoll Dalton, Stephanie

• ISBN13: 9780787980931
• ISBN10: 0787980935
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-02
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

An acclaimed, research-based framework for promoting excellence Based on a proven instructional model distilled over years of research, this book focuses on five essential pedagogy standards for guiding teaching practice in classrooms with diverse students, including English learners. Providing key indicators for each standard along with the theoretical rationale and "best practice" strategies, the book offers teachers invaluable guidance for enhancing language, literacy, thinking, and content learning across the curricula. It also provides advice on creating classroom groupings for differentiating lessons and activities and includes extensive examples of practices from real-life classrooms. Stephanie Stoll Dalton, Ed.D., has taught diverse students from first to twelfth grade, community college, and as a teacher educator. She has consulted widely on teacher quality. She is currently with the U.S. Department of Education

Author Biography

Stephanie Stoll Dalton, Ed.D., has taught diverse students from first to twelfth grade, community college, and as a teacher educator. She has consulted widely on teacher quality. She is currently with the U.S. Department of Education.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
The Author	p. xv
Understanding the Standards
Effective Teaching and Pedagogy	p. 2
Evidence: Scientific Support for Five Standards	p. 22
Implementing the Standards
Teacher and Students Producing Together (Standard I)	p. 50
Developing Language and Literacy (Standard II)	p. 96
Connecting Learning to Students' Worlds (Standard III)	p. 132
Challenging Students' Thinking (Standard IV)	p. 158
Using Instructional Conversation (Standard V)	p. 188
The Five Standards Integrated: How to Teach Effectively	p. 220
Appendixes
Five Standards of Pedagogy with Classroom Indicators	p. 247
Timing Instructional Frames	p. 250
Guidelines for Organizing Classroom Activity Settings	p. 252
Classroom Graphic	p. 254
Directed Thinking Activity Cycles	p. 255
Web sites	p. 258
Stock Market Math Activity	p. 261
Stock Market Instructional Frame	p. 263
Footprint Puzzle	p. 264
Activity Settings Worksheet	p. 265
Scheduling and Routing Form	p. 267
Instructional Frame: Student Contract and Choice Model	p. 271
References	p. 273
Name Index	p. 278
Subject Index	p. 281
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