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Betty Jean Eklund Shoemaker

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    Introduction
    "He's Teaching With a Full Deck
  1. An Introduction to Teaching With a Full Deck
    "An Ace in the Hole"
    Betty's Story
    What is This Book About?
    Why This Book Now?
    So Off We Go!
  2. The Prepare Suit
    "Lay One's Cards on the Table"
    What's All This Talk About Suits?
    From Students to Teachers?
    There Are Always Nonconformists
    Let's Take a Theory Stop
    Some Prepare Tools
    The Open Mind and Adaptations
    Mental Floppy Disks
    Preview
    The Unit Organizer
    K-W-L and K-W-L Adaptations
    Personal Agendas and Work Plans
    Focus Questions to Elicit Content Knowledge
    Question Answer Relationship Strategy (QAR)
    Enough Already!
  3. Getting Started: The First Dare Suit
    "Deal Me In"
    Larry's Story
    The First Dare
    My Reading-My Thinking chart
    Double-Column Entry
    Through Thick and Thin
    SnapShots
    The ChecBric
    Storyboards
    Stick to It
    The Open Mind
    Click and Clunk
    Pocket Organizer
    Folded Bookmark
    Graphic Organizers (GOs)
    Get the Gist
    Theory Stop: The Importance of Constructing Meaning "From the Get Go"
    Conclusion
  4. The Repair Suit
    "Playing It Close to the chest, Hold One's Cards Close to the Vest"
    Betty's Story
    The Challenge of Addressing Misconceptions in the Classroom
    Theory Stop: Different Types of Knowledge
    Teaching and Repairing Procedural Knowledge
    Teaching and Repairing Declarative Knowledge
    Now Back to the Repair Tools
    When Inconsiderate Text Is the Issue
    When SocioCultural and/or Personal Beliefs Are Deeply Held
    When Naiveté Is the Issue
    When Inadequate Vocabulary Is the Issue
    Moving From the Minutiae to the Big Picture
    When the Locus of Attention Is Elsewhere
    When Faulty Teaching Is the Issue
    So, Where Are We Now?
  5. Share: Suit Show What You Are Learning
    "To Cash in One's Chips"
    Larry's Story
    Theory Stop: From the Saber-Toothed Curriculum to the Share Combo Special
    Writing to Share: "Info Out"
    More Formal Writing
    Technical Writing
    Fact to Fiction
    More Elaborate Writing: The Big Kahunas
    "Info Out" With Visuals
    "Info Out" by Speaking
    Sharing as Assessment
    Conclusion
  6. What Works "Hold All the Aces"
    Betty's Story
    Students Hold All the Aces on the Effectiveness of Your Instruction
    A "Prepare" Theory Stop: Planning for Instruction
    In Summary: Be a Data Nut
  7. Teacher-to-Teacher
    "She's Teaching With a Full Deck"
    Appendix
    About the Authors
    Index



New 2004 Just Published!
Innovative Instruction:
A Menu of Teaching Tools for Effective Student Learning
Betty Jean Eklund Shoemaker, Curriculum and Staff Development Coordinator, Eugene Public School District t 4J, OR, and Larry Lewin, Educational Consultant

Here are numerous classroom-based teaching methods you can use to help your students acquire deeper, more meaningful core content knowledge &madash; as well as skills of reading, writing, and calculating. The authors offer a wealth of effective instructional methods in one place that offer educators a way to "teach with a full deck." The teaching tools in this book have been proven to be effective in helping students apply key processes more effectively and enable them to acquire and share content knowledge across subject areas. Using these practical tools, you'll be equipped to better accommodate the needs of your wide range of learners.

2004 Available January Paperbound 192pp. ISBN: 1-929024-73-8 Order #3031 $18.95

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