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September 2006 | Volume 64 | Number 1

Teaching to Student Strengths


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Perspectives / Discovering Strengths

Marge Scherer

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Celebrate Strengths, Nurture Affinities: A Conversation with Mel Levine

Marge Scherer

The cofounder of All Kinds of Minds explains why it is important to demystify students about their abilities.

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Teaching Beyond the Book

Carol Ann Tomlinson and Jane Jarvis

Expert practitioners shed light on how to teach to the curriculum while connecting content to students.

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Orchestrating Multiple Intelligences

Seana Moran, Mindy Kornhaber and Howard Gardner

The greatest potential of the MI approach grows from realizing that each individual has a profile of intelligences.

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Recognizing Neglected Strengths

Robert J. Sternberg

Research studies show that students performed better when they were taught in ways compatible with their strengths.

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The Power of Positive Identity

Emma Violand-Sánchez and Julia Hainer-Violand

Addressing the needs of Latino students means capitalizing on the assets they bring to the classroom and the community.

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Challenging Deficit Thinking

Lois Weiner

Assumptions about why students perform poorly often inhibit educators from acting positively.

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Relationships Matter

Deborah Stipek

Schoolwide strategies that build powerful student/teacher relationships lead to higher achievement.

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The Way We Learn

Renate Nummela Caine and Geoffrey Caine

Classroom instruction should reflect the biological imperative to learn from experience.

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With Boys in Mind / Teaching to the Minds of Boys

Kelley King and Michael Gurian

A growing gender gap convinced a school to gear instructional techniques to better capture the interest of boys.

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With Boys in Mind / Media and Literacy: What's Good?

Thomas Newkirk

To keep boys on the literacy train, we need to tap cultural and popular resources.

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With Boys in Mind / My Literary Lunches with Boys

Jennifer Allen

When a group of boys asked the literacy specialist to read their stories, a typical writing workshop it was not.

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With Boys in Mind / Bridges to Literacy for Boys

William G. Brozo

The author shares strategies for heightening boys' engagement in reading.

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The Socially Intelligent Leader

Daniel Goleman

New findings in neuroscience reveal how people mirror one another's emotional states.

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Leading in the Worst of Times

Cynthia B. Elliott and Denny Taylor

After Hurricane Katrina destroyed 14 schools in St. Bernard parish, determined educators continue the difficult work of rebuilding.

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All About Accountability / Content Standards: The Unindicted Co-conspirator

W. James Popham

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Leading to Change / Pull the Weeds Before You Plant the Flowers

Douglas Reeves

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The Principal Connection / Unleashing the Energy

Joanne Rooney

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Special Report / Do We Really Have a “Boy Crisis”?

Deborah Perkins-Gough

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