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March 2008

March 2008 | Volume 65 | Number 6

Reaching the Reluctant Learner




Feature Articles


Perspectives / Educating Jonathan

Marge Scherer

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Engaging Students Around the Globe

Reva Klein

Around the world, young people express the same desires, grievances, and reasons to attend—or stay away from—school.

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Testing the Joy Out of Learning

Sharon L. Nichols and David C. Berliner

As time spent on testing grows, negative consequences multiply.

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Of Whales and Wonder

Kieran Egan and Gillian Judson

How to bring out the imaginative and emotional features of the curriculum.

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Cultivating Optimism in the Classroom

Richard Sagor

Ways to inspire in students competence, perseverance, and faith in the future.

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When Students Seem Stalled

Betty K. Garner

The student whose disinterest in school is puzzling may need help developing specific cognitive skills.

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Turning On the Lights

Marc Prensky

Why schools need to embrace students' technology-infused lives.

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The Wounded Student

Kirsten Olson

Help for the underestimated—and undermined—student.

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Beneath the Apathy

Gail Thompson

Students who seem apathetic about schoolwork may be masking anger and disappointment.

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Sustaining the Fire

Barbara Bartholomew

One must both inspire students and prepare them for success.

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Sustaining the Fire: How Do You Motivate the Reluctant Learner?

Barbara Bartholomew

Barbara Bartholomew asks noted educators this question.

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Reluctant Teachers, Reluctant Learners

Julie Landsman, Tiffany Moore and Robert Simmons

Behind those students who don't want to learn may be teachers who didn't want to teach them.

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What's Relevant for YouTubers?

Johanna Mustacchi

Seventh graders thought they knew all about mass media but were amazed that school could teach them even more.

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You Should Read This Book!

Jennifer Hartley

Goals, choice, and focus made her students enthusiastic about reading.

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Life Ain't No Crystal Stair

Susan Danoff

Authentic writing about real subjects led students to find their own voices.

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Special Topic / Scripted Curriculum: Scourge or Salvation?

Denise Gelberg

Effective lesson plans can be found in many places.

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Departments


What Research Says About... / Grade Retention

Jane L. David

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Ask About Accountability / Trolling for Tests

W. James Popham

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The Principal Connection / Curing the Healthy

Thomas R. Hoerr

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Leading to Change / Waiting for NCLB

Douglas B. Reeves

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Educational Leadership Themes for 2008–2009

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Special Report / Engaged and On Track

Amy M. Azzam

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ASCD Community in Action

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Best of the Blog

Laura Varlas

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At Your Service

Kathie Marshall

Empowering students through service learning.

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Orchestrating School Culture

Linda Inlay

A principal describes how her high school transformed itself.

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The Book Trailer: Engaging Teens Through Technologies

Sara Kajder

Students find a new composing space and a real audience.

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EL Study Guide

Teresa Preston

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