February 2010
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February 2010 | Volume 67 | Number 5
Meeting Students Where They Are
Feature Articles
Perspectives / What Your Master Teacher Knows
Marge Scherer
Listen online.
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Start Where Your Students Are
Robyn R. Jackson
Lesson 1 for classroom teachers: Acknowledge your students' "currencies."
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One Kid at a Time
Carol Ann Tomlinson
Individual students can guide us on our journey to great teaching.
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Snapshots of Student Misunderstandings
Marilyn Burns
How interviews with students can reveal their strong or shaky grasp of math.
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Special Topic / The Latino Education Crisis
Patricia Gándara
A look at which programs and policies work best for our fastest-growing population.
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Grading Exceptional Learners
Lee Ann Jung and Thomas R. Guskey
To encourage students with special learning needs, grades need to be both accurate and fair.
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The Bridge to Character
William Damon
Meeting students where they are may mean guiding them to be better people.
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When Students Don't Play the Game
Jessica Towbin
What to do when the class acts out its anger and disengagement toward school.
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Dropouts: Finding the Needles in the Haystack
Eric Sparks, Janet L. Johnson and Patrick Akos
Collecting data can help schools identify the students most in need of intervention.
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"The Strive of It"
Kathleen Cushman
How to encourage teens to practice, practice, practice.
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Stepping into Students' Worlds
Amy Baeder
Glimpses of students' lives unfold when teachers make visits to their homes.
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"Keep a Question in Your Kup"
Miriam Hirsch
How to give students permission to ponder.
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Teaching Children with Challenging Behavior
Caltha Crowe
Knowing what triggers the outbursts of young children can help shape an effective response.
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What Helps Us Learn?
High school students tell us what they mean when they say "meet us where we are." Listen online.
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The Teacher Who Made Me Speak
Carl Glickman
The author remembers the teacher who refused to let him off the hook.
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Departments
The Art and Science of Teaching / Using Games to Enhance Student Achievement
Robert J. Marzano
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Digitally Speaking / Why Teachers Should Try Twitter
William M. Ferriter
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What Research Says About . . . / Differentiated Learning
Tracy A. Huebner
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The Principal Connection / Meeting Teachers Where They Are
Joanne Rooney
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Announcing EL's Themes for 2010–2011
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ASCD Community in Action
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Online Only
When Are You Coming to My House?
Dana Aguilera
A student's request opens the door to a whole new program.
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Helping Dropouts Drop Back In
Sandra Ransel
Why an alternative school needs leeway to provide schooling in nontraditional ways.
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Effective Classroom Discussions
Selma Wassermann
When teachers listen carefully, they make it safe for all to offer ideas.
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From Apathy to Mastery
Adrienne M. Floro
Offered an opportunity to study anything they wish, 5th graders revel in learning.
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EL Study Guide
Naomi Thiers
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