Author: Rick Wormeli
Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve
Keywords: student, learning, improve, techniques, subject, summarization
Number of Pages: 226
Published: 2004-12-30
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1416600191
ISBN-13: 9781416600190

Educators agree that the ability to summarize--to identify salient information and structure it for meaning, long-term retention, and successful application--is an essential academic skill. Research affirms summarization s reputation as a highly effective way to boost comprehension and achievement. We know summarization works. But isn’t it, well, just a little dull? It doesn’t have to be. Rick Wormeli, a teacher certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, makes the case that summarization is not only one of the most effective ways to improve student learn

Author: Rick Wormeli
Publisher: Stenhouse Publisher
Keywords: teaching, subject, tools, power, analogies, metaphors
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2009-10-05
List price: $23.00
ISBN-10: 1571107584
ISBN-13: 9781571107589

Book DescriptionMetaphors and analogies are more than figurative language suitable only for English classes and standardized test questions. They are “power tools” that can electrify learning in every subject and at all grade levels. Metaphors show students how to make connections between the concrete and the abstract, prior knowledge and unfamiliar concepts, and language and image. To exploit these powers, however, teachers must learn how to use metaphors and analogies strategically and for specific purposes, helping students discover, create, and deconstruct effective compariso

Author: Rick Wormeli
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Keywords: differentiation
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2007-10-21
List price: $23.00
ISBN-10: 1571107088
ISBN-13: 9781571107084

In this refreshing addition to differentiated learning literature, Rick Wormeli takes readers step-by-step from the blank page to a fully crafted differentiation lesson. Along the way he shows middle and high school teachers and behind-the-scenes planning that goes into effective lesson design for diverse classrooms. Rick demonstrates how to weave common and novel differentiation strategies into all subjects and offers clear advice about what to do when things don’t go as expected. Based on nearly thirty years of experience as a teacher and instructional coach, Rick’s thoughtful an

Author: Rick Wormeli
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Keywords: equal, isn, fair
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2006-01-01
List price: $23.00
ISBN-10: 1571104240
ISBN-13: 9781571104243

Differentiated instruction is a nice idea, but what happens when it comes to assessing and grading students? What’s both fair and leads to real student learning?Fair Isn’t Always Equal answers that question and much more. Rick Wormeli offers the latest research and common sense thinking that teachers and administrators seek when it comes to assessment and grading in differentiated classes. Filled with real examples and “gray” areas that middle and high school educators will easily recognize, Rick tackles important and sometimes controversial assessment and grading issues const

Author: Rick Wormeli
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Keywords: middle, teacher, level, becoming, meet, accomplished
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2001-09-05
List price: $23.00
ISBN-10: 1571103287
ISBN-13: 9781571103284

Rick Wormeli is the teacher you would like to have on your team or in the room next door.from the Foreword by Ed BrazeeDrawing on the wisdom of educators, researchers, and twenty years of personal experience in the middle school classroom, Rick Wormeli lays out a clear vision of what responsive middle-level teaching can be in Meet Me in the Middle: Becoming an Accomplished Middle-Level Teacher.Both a "how-to" book and a thoughtful narrative on important topics, Meet Me in the Middle gives you successful strategies for addressing key middle-level teaching challenges, including:differentiating i

Authors:Dr. Rick Brinkman, Dr. Rick Kirschner, Rick Brinkm
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: bringing, everyone, lessons, people, difficult, dealing
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2003-02-20
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 0071416412
ISBN-13: 9780071416412

THE MCGRAW-HILL PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SERIES These quick reads, based on McGraw-Hill bestsellers, are designed to meet the needs of busy people. Titles in the series focus on each book’s main themes and action ideas, reduced to a manageable page count for on-the-go readers. Specific strategies for understanding the 10 types of problem people and influencing them to adopt positive behaviors.

Authors:Dr. Rick Brinkman, Dr. Rick Kirschner, Dr. Rick Kirs
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: people, worst, bring, stand, dealing
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2002-02-27
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0071379444
ISBN-13: 9780071379441

The international bestseller--­­more than 500,000 copies sold!With their 1994 international bestseller, Dealing with People You Can’t Stand, Drs. Rick Brinkman and Rick Kirschner armed a civility-starved world with no-nonsense strategies for dealing with difficult people with tact and skill. Since then, cell phones, the Internet, voice mail, and other technological wonders designed to bring people closer together have only made it that much harder to avoid "people you can’t stand;" even worse, they’ve also created exciting new ways for annoying people to realize their talen