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What resources would you suggest for professional book studies on reading instruction?

Reading By Example

Reading Essentials (Routman, Heinemann, 2003). What Really Matters for Struggling Readers (Allington, Pearson, 2011). Readicide (Gallagher, Stenhouse, 2009). Reading in the Wild (Donalyn Miller, Jossey-Bass, 2014). Reading with Meaning (Debbie Miller, Heinemann, 2012). What are the Rest of my Kids Doing? Moses, Heinemann, 2017).

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What Video Games Like Doom Teach Us About Learning, According to GBL Guru James Paul Gee

Edsurge

The Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University has been playing video games for four hours every day since 2003, solving puzzles and battling bosses in games such as Doom, Darksiders 2 and Uncharted 4. Gee: The first game I played was Adventures of the New Time Machine , in 2003.

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What Kids Need for Optimal Health and School Engagement

MindShift

Communication is often the ultimate key to the success and sustainability of a particular reform, and, as you have heard us say a number of times in this book, bringing the school community together to dialogue and solve problems, even though it will be difficult at times, is the best way to accomplish what you set out to do.

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9 Key Classroom Management Skills Backed up with Research

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

And if you’re keen on exploring further, I have another post filled with carefully selected classroom management books. These books provide deeper dives into various strategies, philosophies, and real-world applications, reinforcing the research-based approaches I’m sharing here. link] Curran, M. link] Emmer, E.

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

BIO : Religious thinker Karen Armstrong has written more than 20 books on faith and the major religions, studying what Islam, Judaism and Christianity have in common, and how our faiths shaped world history and drive current events. And it is a rewarding journey, don’t feel burdened by it: compassion can be a lot of fun. Father Goose).Sea

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The winners of this year’s Pulitzer Prizes include Harvard University’s Matthew Desmond for his book Evicted and the Salt Lake Tribune’s staff for its reporting on sexual assault at BYU. ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. Upgrades and Downgrades. Very thorough research, gj.

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Are History Textbooks Worth Using Anymore? Maybe Not, Some Teachers Say

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In her 2003 book “ The Language Police ,” education historian Diane Ravitch contends that “every textbook has a point of view, despite a facade of neutrality.” Yet despite these limitations, textbooks are still the most popular way to teach and learn history.

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