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Author
Publisher
International Society for Technology in Education
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This practical guide outlines a vision for online and distance STEM learning at the elementary level, with creative activities based on eight STEM themes. Online and distance learning may sound fairly straightforward. Instead of learning in a classroom setting, students learn at home with the assistance of online resources. But classroom learning does not always translate easily to online settings, particularly at the elementary level where children...
4) Engineering in elementary STEM education: curriculum design, instruction, learning, and assessment
Author
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Bolstered by new standards and new initiatives to promote STEM education, engineering is making its way into the school curriculum. This comprehensive introduction will help elementary educators integrate engineering into their classroom, school, or district in age-appropriate, inclusive, and engaging ways. Building on the work of a Museum of Science team that has spent 15 years developing elementary engineering curricula, this book outlines how engineering...
Author
Publisher
Wadsworth Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A trusted guide and companion for current and future art educators, CHILDREN AND THEIR ART presents a professional approach to teaching art consistent with national standards for student learning. This Ninth Edition is targeted at middle level and elementary schools. The authors are experienced as art teachers in the public schools and have a broad knowledge about school art programs. The Ninth Edition provides updated developments in theory, research...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Teaching Resource
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Many favorite folk and fairy tales offer a perfect segue for introducing young children to early STEM concepts. Children explore ways to help the Gingerbread Man cross the river, design sturdy homes for the Three Little Pigs, build a wolf-proof fence for Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother, and more. Each folk and fairy tale comes with three STEM activities and companion recording sheets. A joyful way to spark a love of science in little learners!...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This book is designed to support K-5 classroom teachers as they integrate music throughout the elementary curriculum. It contains detailed, practical ideas and examples, including full lesson plans and over 100 teaching ideas and strategies for integrating music with visual art, language arts, social studies, science, and mathematics. Following an overview of the interdisciplinary approach, the remaining chapters explore connections between music...
Author
Publisher
Summit Books
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
"It is no secret that American education is in crisis. Our children lag behind students in other countries--and they are losing ground. In The Learning Gap, Harold W. Stevenson and James W. Stigler put this crisis in perspective by comparing teachers, parents, children, schools, and educational practices in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and China." "Based on five major studies, funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science...
15) The writing strategies book: your everything guide to developing skilled writers with 300 strategies
Author
Publisher
Heinemann
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The Reading Strategies Book made the New York Times Best Seller List by making it simpler to match students' needs to high-quality instruction. Now, in The Writing Strategies Book, Jen Serravallo does the same, collecting 300 of the most effective strategies to share with writers, and grouping them beneath 10 crucial goals. "You can think of the goals as the what, "writes Jen, "and the strategies as the how." From composing with pictures all the way...
Author
Publisher
Math Solutions, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Not only does this powerful resource answer these questions, it also provides more than 300 examples of open-ended tasks, in question format, to support you in creating dynamic learning environments and helping students make sense of math. Designed as a supplement to your mathematics curriculum, the tasks can be seamlessly embedded within lessons and units of study, used for warm-up routines and review, and incorporated into assessments. The second...
Author
Publisher
Redleaf Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This guide to building children's math and inquiry skills outlines a "mathematizing" approach in which children develop their understanding of math concepts in real-life, everyday contexts. Includes practical lessons, case studies, and a glossary.
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