Motivating Struggling Learners
Motivating Struggling Learners

Author: Barbara R. Blackburn

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-06-19

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1317647181

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Every day, teachers face the challenge of motivating struggling learners. In this must-have book, Barbara R. Blackburn, author of the bestseller Rigor Is Not a Four-Letter Word, shares how you can finally solve this problem and make your classroom a rigorous place where all students want to succeed. You’ll learn practical strategies for... understanding extrinsic and intrinsic motivation; building a trusting relationship with students; using praise and positive feedback effectively; empowering students and helping them own their learning; moving students toward a growth mindset; communicating high expectations for students; engaging all students in your lessons; scaffolding so all students will want to improve; helping students be resilient and not fear failure; and celebrating diverse groups of students. Each chapter is filled with a variety of examples and tools that you can use immediately. Bonus: Many of the tools are also available as free eResources on our website, www.routledge.com/9781138792432, so you can easily download and print them for classroom use.

Engaging the Disengaged
Engaging the Disengaged

Author: Lois Brown Easton

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 141294998X

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Offers high school educators strategies and ideas for connecting with students who may be at risk for failing or dropping out, including tips for improving the school climate in ways that foster student support and create a supportive schoolwide climate.

Succeeding With Struggling Students
Succeeding With Struggling Students

Author: Marti Richardson

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2006-10-17

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1483362310

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This innovative resource presents program planning tools that can be customized for local school and district needs in planning effective interventions to benefit struggling students.

Succeeding With Struggling Students
Succeeding With Struggling Students

Author: Marti Richardson

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2006-10-17

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1483360121

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"A superb resource, Succeeding With Struggling Students brings innovative ideas and a sense of urgency. Richardson shows what is possible when educators fully commit to high levels of learning for all students and take bold, innovative actions to make success a reality." —Dennis Sparks, Executive Director, National Staff Development Council The ideal framework to promote successful achievement for underachieving students! Schools today are working harder than ever to help ensure that all children can learn and achieve high standards. Marti Richardson, a recognized leader in professional and curriculum development, delivers an innovative, classroom-tested program with planning tools to customize it for any school or district′s data-based needs. Designed around a "Learn-It-Teach-It" cycle, the program combines research-based interventions and immediate classroom practice for teachers. Strategies for "preview" instead of "review" instruction move struggling students beyond cycles of repetition, and scaffold learning to help them learn alongside their peers. With an easy-to-understand framework, the program′s flexibility makes it adaptable not only for reading but also for other content area instruction. This highly motivational guide provides: Essential questions and templates for administrators Scaffolding for a successful school or district blueprint Tools and strategies for planning and implementation Research-based interventions Links for professional development With a unique approach that can be adopted or adapted, Succeeding With Struggling Students helps underachievers hold on to the previous school year′s learning as well as gain ground to put them ahead and prepare them for new learning. This book gives educators the tools needed to implement the process from print to plan!

Helping Struggling Learners Succeed in School
Helping Struggling Learners Succeed in School

Author: Harriet D. Porton

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780132902472

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Filled with strategies for reaching at-risk students, Helping Struggling Learners Succeed in School provides teachers with a process and plan to move students from risk to resilience. Taking a step-by-step approach, it follows the teaching-learning process and covers the core concepts of planning, management, instruction and assessment. The narrative style and authentic anecdotes capture common classroom situations, while the strategies show how to help transform struggling learners into successful students. A classroom-ready appendix includes all templates contained in the book and can be adapted to specific classroom needs.

Struggling Readers Can Succeed
Struggling Readers Can Succeed

Author: Nina L. Nilsson

Publisher: Information Age Publishing

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781623961817

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In spite of No Child Left Behind and the support provided by Response To Intervention, significant numbers of students continue to struggle with literacy. This text addresses learning-related needs of individual students in addition to interventions for the challenges they face. Struggling readers represent many different ethnicities, socio-economic levels, languages, and dialects in any combination and possess an even wider variety of social, cultural, motivational, literacy, and real world experiences. Through the presentation of case studies, this book considers these factors and their influence on literacy development and suggests ways to adapt research-based instructional strategies and approaches, as well as classroom practices to address them. It also includes related recommended resources. The text appeals to the concerns of classroom teachers, reading specialists, and faculty in teacher education programs, as well as anyone looking for practical, research-based ways to further the literacy development of individuals who struggle to read.

Essential Skills for Struggling Learners
Essential Skills for Struggling Learners

Author: Erik von Hahn

Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company

Published: 2019

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781681253503

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This innovative planning guide provides a thorough understanding of the skills that contribute to learning-and a systematic way to help K-12 students with a wide range of learning difficulties.

50 Tips to Help Students Succeed
50 Tips to Help Students Succeed

Author: Marydee Sklar

Publisher:

Published: 2014-01-31

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9780982605974

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At last! Practical advice to help your child'ssuccess at school and at home. In this simple, easy-to-understand guide, Marydee Sklar explains how brain development is to blame for children's poor time-management, planning, and organization behaviors. You'll find solutions to day-to-day challenges so you can: - Overcome resistance to starting homework and projects - Let go of micromanaging your child's use of time - Ensure assignments are transported safely to and from school - Manage time spent on smartphones and video games - Forget nagging about chores and homework Written with compassion, Marydee's tips will enable the whole family to calm down and get work done. As an educator, Marydee Sklar has helped families struggling with time management for almost twenty years. She is the author of the Seeing My Time books."