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How to Use Action Research in the Self-Renewing School

By: Emily F. Calhoun

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How to Use Action Research in the Self-Renewing School

By: Emily F. Calhoun

Learning to inquire together, to generate knowledge and action simultaneously-that's action research. This book provides practical guidance for conducting schoolwide action research to improve student learning. Emily Calhoun, a co-author of the ASCD book, The Self-Renewing School provides detailed instructions for conducting schoolwide action research. School staff should begin with a broad assessment of the health of the school or with the perception of a problem in one area, such as students' achievement in mathematics. Staff should obtain input from parents, community members, and students as the school begins the 5-step cycle of action research: *First, seek agreement with others in your school community on what to study. *Second, collect and share information about students' knowledge, skills, and attitudes. *Third, search your own experiences and examine educational research for strategies and programs that will improve your students' math understanding. *Fourth, collaborate to improve curriculum and instruction in math. *Fifth, collect data on results, study effects, and begin the cycle all over again. Calhoun provides background information on the origins of action research, examples of data-collection forms and results of data analysis, and answers to commonly asked questions. Note: This product listing is for the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the book.

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ASCD

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1416610723

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Teaching Beginning Reading and Writing with the Picture Word Inductive Model

By: Emily F. Calhoun

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Teaching Beginning Reading and Writing with the Picture Word Inductive Model

By: Emily F. Calhoun

In this practical guide to teaching beginning language learners of all ages, Calhoun encourages us to begin where the learners begin--with their developed listening and speaking vocabularies and other accumulated knowledge about the world. Engage students in shaking words out of a picture--words from their speaking vocabularies--to begin the process of building their reading and writing skills. Use the picture word inductive model (PWIM) to teach several skills simultaneously, beginning with the mechanics of forming letters to hearing and identifying the phonetic components of language, to classifying words and sentences, through forming paragraphs and stories based on observation. Built into the PWIM is the structure required to assess the needs and understandings of your students immediately, adjust the lesson in response, and to use explicit instruction and inductive activities. Individual, small-group, and large-group activities are inherent to the model and flow naturally as the teacher arranges instruction according to the 10 steps of the PWIM. Students and teachers move through the model and work on developing skills and abilities in reading, writing, listening, and comprehension as tools for thinking, learning, and sharing ideas. Note: This product listing is for the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the book.

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ASCD

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1416604278

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EBOOK: NEW STRUCTURE OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

By: Bruce Joyce,Emily Calhoun,David Hopkins

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EBOOK: NEW STRUCTURE OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

By: Bruce Joyce,Emily Calhoun,David Hopkins

Self renewing schools where students and staff are involved in ongoing inquiry has long since been an ideal in education. However, this goal has not proved readily achievable. The authors of this book regard this as a challenge which can be confronted positively, believing that enough knowledge exists to develop a fresh structure of school improvement - and one which is likely to succeed. The book draws upon the considerable body of research on successful and unsuccessful school improvement programs to generate a practical strategy for school improvement that can be used by schools, school districts and local education authorities, and policymakers with a high probability of success. The heart of the strategy is an inquiry process centered on the continuous study of student learning and the creation and study of initiatives to enhance student achievement in academic, personal and social domains. The school as a workplace is altered dramatically with the inclusion of study time for teachers, continuous staff development and the organization of a governance structure which includes school staff, parents, community agencies, business partners and local district or education authority personnel. This timely and important book is vital reading for anyone with an interest in improving schools and the quality of education today.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335231977

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How to Use Action Research in the Self-Renewing School

How to Use Action Research in the Self-Renewing School

Teaching Beginning Reading and Writing with the Picture Word Inductive Model

Teaching Beginning Reading and Writing with the Picture Word Inductive Model

EBOOK: NEW STRUCTURE OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

EBOOK: NEW STRUCTURE OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

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