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Book

Teach like a champion : 49 techniques that put students on the path to college

Call Number

  • 371.3 L558 (CEN)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2010.

Physical Description

xix, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 videodisc (sd. ; 4 3/4 in.).

Notes

Includes index.

DVD contains examples of some of the tecniques described in the book.

Contents

  • Setting high academic expectations
  • Planning that ensures academic achievement
  • Structuring and delivering your lessons
  • Engaging students in your lessons
  • Creating a strong classroom culture
  • Setting and maintaining high behavioral expectations
  • Building character and trust
  • Improving your pacing: additional techniques for crating a positive rhythm in the classroom
  • Challenging students to think critically: additional techniques for questioning and responding to students
  • How all teachers can (and must) be reading teachers
  • The fundamentals: teaching decoding, vocabulary, development, and fluency
  • Comprehension: teaching students to understand what they read.

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