Effective School Interventions: Strategies for Enhancing Academic Achievement & Social Competence, Second Edition

by Natalie Rathvon (2008, Guilford Press, 46.00/hardback)
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This highly practical resource and text presents 70 interventions that have been demonstrated to improve the classroom learning environment, academic achievement, and student behavior and social competence. Each intervention is presented in a brief, standardized format with step-by-step procedures that can easily be implemented by Pre-K–12 teachers and other school-based professionals. The volume includes best-practice guidelines for designing, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based school interventions, as well as strategies for combining multiple interventions to create a comprehensive program at the individual, class, or schoolwide level. Grades PreK-12. [7” x 10”...460 pages]

Fostering Independent Learning: Practical Strategies to Promote Student Success

by Virginia Harvey & Louise Chickie-Wolfe (2007, Guilford, 32.00)
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Here are the tools to put students in charge of their own learning. Going Beyond traditional "study skills" guides that focus on the mechanics of homework completion and test taking, the authors address the underlying psychological factors that influence academic success and lifelong learning. Includes dozens of reproducible handouts and forms, with lay-flat binding to facilitate photocopying. [8.5” x 11”...256 pages]

Study Strategies for Early School Success: Seven Steps to Improve Your Learning

by M Ed Sirotowitz (2004, Specialty Press, 18.00)
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This collection of more than 70 study strategies teaches children in grades three through six efficient and effective learning techniques. Experienced educators share their tips to better organize school work, understand and use different learning styles, improve reading ability, and prepare for local presentations and tests. Line drawings, charts, and diagrams enliven each of the strategies, and activity sheets round out the learning process. [8.5” x 11”...146 pages]

Blueprint for Student Success: A Guide to Research-Based Teaching Practices K-12

by Susan Jones (2003, Corwin Press, 27.95)
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Expert teacher and trainer Susan J. Jones presents a no-nonsense, reality-based approach to classroom instruction that will help learners at all levels achieve life long success. Her expert knowledge covers a generous collection of teaching strategies, activities, and applications that add up to a blueprint for sound instructional delivery and student success. [7” x 10"...153 pages]

The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child

by Ron Clark (2003, Hyperion, 11.95)
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By helping students turn themselves into scholars, 2001 Disney Teacher of the Year Clark found that his "Essential 55" lessons can apply to anyone who considers life to be a learning experience. There is also a workbook available. [5" x 8"...224 pages]

The Essential 55 Workbook: Everything You Need to Help Your Child Succeed in School

by Ron Clark (2004, Hyperion, 12.95)
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This workbook will help parents and their children apply Ron Clark's rules to improve study and work habits. This is a "parent-directed" approach so that the parents and child can participate in and enjoy the activities together. The workbook includes: Everything you need to help your child succeed in school, Activities to help fire up a child's enthusiasm for the classroom, Fun role-playing exercises, and Quizzes to discover a child's strengths. [7" x 9"...230 pages]

Zapp! In Education

by William Byham (1992, Ballantine, 11.00)
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Workable, hands-on advice for how educators can get their students (and themselves) excited about education again. Byham shows how to get students to take responsibility for their own progress by involving them in decision-making; encouraging them to think for themselves; and fostering trust, creativity, and hunger for new challenges. Innovative, accessible, and fun to read, this book was written as a compelling fable. [5.5” x 8”...244 pages]

A Mind at a Time

by Mel Levine (2002, Simon & Schuster, 14.00)
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A professor of pediatrics reveals the many modes of learning and arms parents and teachers with the knowledge they need to help children prosper in a school environment. Dr. Levine shows parents how to encourage a child’s strengths and explains that each child learns in different ways. [6” x 9”...352 pages]

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