Practice
Recommended Resource: Self-Regulation and School Readiness
Recommended Resource: Self-Regulation and School Readiness – Clancy Blair Blair highlights the importance of self-regulation skills to preparing children for successful adjustment at school. The article explores the knowns and unknowns of self-regulation in young children, as well as implications for caregivers. http://ecap.crc.illinois.edu/eecearchive/digests/2003/blair03.html
Resource: Rubistar – Rubric Making Website
Rubistar – Rubric Making Website This practical tool is useful for teachers to create rubrics for assessment. It provides several templates from which to work or a new rubric can be started from scratch. Reference: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
Resource: Leading and Managing: A Differentiated Classroom – Carol A. Tomlinson & Marcia B. Imbeau
Leading and Managing: A Differentiated Classroom – Carol A. Tomlinson & Marcia B. Imbeau In this work Tomlinson positions differentiated instruction as embedded within classrooms, schools and communities. Written by an experience classroom teacher this book offers many practical strategies for designing environments, tasks and formative modes of assessment that promote differentiated instruction across diverse […]
Resource: Curricular Materials – American Psychological Association
Curricular Materials – American Psychological Association This website includes practical information that shows teachers how to apply research-based techniques for effective teaching. Modules include developing responsible and autonomous learners, classroom management, research in brain function and learning, among others. Reference: http://www.apa.org/education/k12/curricular-materials.aspx
Resource: Learning in Safe Schools – Brownlie & King
Learning in Safe Schools: Creating Classrooms Where All Students Belong – Faye Brownlie & Judith King This work focuses on “teacher friendly strategies and approaches” that support all students to reach their potential within inclusive environments. This book provides information about how to differentiate instruction, assess learning, create open-ended literacy tasks, and cooperative learning activities. […]
Resource: Promoting Strategic Learning by Eighth-Grade Students Struggling in Mathematics – Butler, Buckingham, & Novak Lauscher
Promoting Strategic Learning by Eighth-Grade Students Struggling in Mathematics: A Report of Three Case Studies – Deborah L. Butler, Beverly Buckingham, & Helen J. Novak Lauscher This article describes Strategic Content Learning, an approach to supporting self-regulated learning. In this article, three students in a learning assistance classroom learned how to learn more independently. Research […]
Resource: Centre for Youth and Society – The University of Victoria
Centre for Youth and Society – The University of Victoria This website highlights the work of the University of Victoria’s Centre for Youth and Society (CFYS). The CFYS aims to promote research and action that contribute to the well-being of youth through leading edge, collaborative research. The website contains descriptions of research projects and protocols […]
Resource: Coaching Students with Executive Skills Deficits – Dawson & Guare
Coaching Students with Executive Skills Deficits – Peg Dawson & Richard Guare Peg Dawson and Richard Guare present practitioner-friendly and evidence-based materials for promoting executive skills in school settings. This particular manual provides guidelines for helping students whose academic performance is hindered by executive skills deficits. Reproducible materials included. Available to purchase through bookstores like […]
Resource: Center on the Developing Child – Harvard University
Center on the Developing Child – Harvard University A website aiming to promote positive life outcomes for children by generating, translating, and applying knowledge of child development. The website provides access to videos, reports, and latest news in topics related to child development. Reference: http://developingchild.harvard.edu/
Resource: The Differentiated Classroom – Tomlinson
The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners – Carol A. Tomlinson Carol Ann Tomlinson provides teachers with a wide-range of practical strategies and approaches for creating inclusive classroom contexts responsive to individual student needs. Her work provides scaffolded, practical suggestions for teachers to implement differentiated instructional practices within their classrooms. Available to […]