Language Arts

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  • Contemporary Books for Teens
  • The Literary Magazine in the Language Arts Curriculum
  • Folklife Research: A Real-life Method of Teaching Research and Writing Skills in the Content Areas
  • Scaffolding: Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension Skills
  • Strategy: Teaching Vocabulary Rating
  • Teaching Holocaust Literature
  • Teaching the Art of Poetry
  • Strategies for Vocabulary Development
  • Critical Thinking: A Source for Enjoyment and Learning
  • Teaching Students To Write Expository Text for the Content Areas
  • Language Arts Instruction and English Language Learners
  • Structures for Active Participation and Learning During Language Arts Instruction
  • Effective Language Arts Lessons for Diverse Student Populations

Professional Development

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  • Increasing Student Self-Efficacy with Choice
  • Supporting and Motivating Adolescent Thinking and Learning
  • Mentor and Coach Data Gathering
  • Turning A Four-Point Rubric Score into A Letter Grade: How Can This Be Done?
  • Why Use Virtual Field Trips?
  • Teaching the Social Skills

Social Studies

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  • Encouraging Class Discussion
  • Why the Blank Stare? Strategies for Visual Learners
  • A Guide to Using Oral History
  • Cuba: The "Forbidden" Land
  • Attention Deficit Disorder and School Children: Strategies for a Successful School Year
  • Constructivism: A Model of Learning for Preparing Problem Solvers
  • The ABCs of a Good Test: Advice for New Teachers
  • Online Education: Something for Everyone
  • Economic Literacy: An Economical Way to Enhance the Social Studies Curriculum
  • Using Student-Related Issues to Study the Supreme Court
  • Maps, Models, and More
  • Teaching About Terrorism: A Case Study for Teaching Current Events in the Classroom
  • Advanced Research on the Internet
  • Lessons of the Holocaust and Prejudice Reduction
  • Responding to the Needs of Diverse Learners
  • Efficient and Effective Use of the Textbook
  • Role-Playing in the Classroom
  • Alternative Assessment
  • Reading in the Content Area
  • Teaching About Religion in World History
  • Using the Internet in the Classroom
  • Teaching with Primary Sources
  • Using Art in Teaching World History