| Cooperative Learning and Strategies for Inclusion: Celebrating Diversity in the Classroom, Second Edition /P> Edition Contributor(s): Putnam, Joanne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1557663467 ISBN-13: 9781557663467 Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1998 Annotation: This book supplies educators, classroom support personnel, and administrators with numerous tools for creating positive, inclusive classroom environments for students from preschool through high school. Reviewing the basics of cooperative learning, the authors explain how to adapt curricula and incorporate computer technology into the classroom. Readers will learn how to implement techniques such as multilevel instruction and the book's Learning Strategies approach (methods students can use to plan, begin, and complete learning tasks). The authors also offer practical examples of various conceptual and structural strategies that improve the learning, social skills, and self-esteem of children with a range of abilities and cultural backgrounds. New to this edition: information on conflict resolution, tips for teaching culturally diverse students, additional case studies, results of outcomes research on existing inclusion programs, and a chapter devoted to multiple intelligences. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Curricula - Education | Special Education - General - Education | Classroom Management |
| Dewey: 371.904 |
| LCCN: 97-45507 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.95" W x 8.95" (0.83 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book supplies educators, classroom support personnel, and administrators with numerous tools for creating positive, inclusive classroom environments for students from preschool through high school. Reviewing the basics of cooperative learning, the authors explain how to adapt curricula and implement such techniques as multilevel instruction, the Learning Strategies approach, and the use of computer technology. They also offer practical examples of various conceptual and structural strategies that improve the learning, social skills, and self-esteem of children with a range of abilities and cultural backgrounds. New to this edition: information on conflict resolution, tips for teaching culturally diverse students, additional case studies, results of outcomes research on existing inclusion programs, and a chapter devoted to multiple intelligences. |