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Mainstreaming/Inclusion

     Friends of Inclusion Resource Page
     SERI - Special Education Resources on the Internet
     Inclusion: School as a Caring Community

Learning Disabilities

Online: Interactive Guide to Learning Disabilities for Parents, Teachers, and Children

Behavioral Disorders/Emotional Disorders

     ADHD Information Library
     Teaching Tips: ADHD
     Teacher Adaptations for Children with Attention Problems
     Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders
     Center for the Study of Autism
     Teaching Tips for Children and Adults with Autism: Temple Grandin

Visual/Hearing Impaired

     Blindness Resource Center
     Teacher Topics: Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities
     Council on Education of Deaf: Deaf Education Website
     Deaf-Blind Perspectives

Gifted and Talented

     National Excellence: A Case for Developing America's Talent
     The TAG Family Network
     The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
     Education Program for Gifted Youth

Classroom Management

Preventive Classroom Management/Rules and Procedures
The Metamorphosis of Classroom Management
Classroom Management
Classroom Discipline Techniques
Classroom Management
Organization and Management of the Classroom
Managing Inappropriate Behavior
Positive Discipline
Aggression and Cooperation: Helping Young Children Develop Constructive Strategies
Managing Inappropriate Behavior in the Classroom
Reward Systems
Student Motivation to Learn
Bucks for Books
Assertive Discipline
Conventional Systems of Classroom Discipline
Assertive Discipline in Schools
Discipline with Dignity
Teacher's Workshop - Discipline with Dignity
Discipline with Dignity
Discipline Profiles
Student Self-Management
Student-led Conferences
Working Toward Student Self-Direction and Personal Efficacy as Educational Goals

Teaching Approaches: Presentation

Diagnosing Prior Knowledge
Inquiring Minds: The Long Haul
Increasing Comprehension by Activating Prior Knowledge
Schema Activation, Construction, and Application
Checking for Understanding
Tips for Teachers: Checking for Understanding
Checking for Understanding
Advance Organizers
Advance Organizers
Subsumption Theory
Learning Styles
Multiple Intelligences Home Page
Learning Styles
American Indian/Alaskan Native Learning Styles: Research and Practice
Hispanic-American Students and Learning Style
Learning Styles Counseling
Teaching Styles
Constructivist Teaching and Learning Styles
Master Teachers

Instructor-Centered

Selecting a Delivery Strategy
4kids Staff Vision

Content-Centered

Curriculum Reform Movement
Content-Centered Language Learning

Student-Centered

     Providing Hands-On, Minds-On, and Authentic Learning Experiences in Science
     Learning Areas or Centers
     Shifting Instructional Paradigms: Student-Centered Teaching and Learning

Teacher-Student-Content Centered

From Theory to Practice: Classroom Application of Outcome-Based Education
The Thinking Curriculum
Lesson Examples
ERIC Virtual Lesson Plans

Teaching of Concepts

Concepts of Higher-Level Thinking
The Critical Thinking Community
Think Quest
Use of Mental Images/Effective Concept Teaching
Graphic Organizers
Lesson Examples
Concept Attainment Model: A Viable Component for Elementary Science Curriculum
Social Studies Grade One
Lesson Plan Format

Directive Instruction

Behavior Modeling and Demonstration
The Behavioral Approach
Social Learning Theory
Procedures for Effective Direct Instruction
Learning Assistance Centre for Direct Instruction
Using Direct Instruction to Integrate Reading and Writing
Lesson Examples
Lesson Plan Formats: Direct Instruction
More About Madeline Hunter Lesson Plan

Cooperative Learning

Cooperative Learning Approaches
Notes on Cooperative Learning
Cooperative Learning
Procedures for Effective Cooperative Learning
Getting Students Ready for Cooperative Learning
Cooperative Learning
Accommodating diversity and disability with cooperative learning
Active and Cooperative Learning
Lesson Examples
Cooperative Learning in the Secondary School
An Example In-class Exercise: "Value Conflicts"

Problem-Based Learning and Instruction

Inquiry-Based Learning
Problem-based Learning
Web-based Inquiry Resources
Challenging, Authentic, Interdisciplinary Tasks
Principles of Problem-Based Learning
Problem-Based Learning and the Lively Classroom
What is Problem-Based Learning?
Procedures for Effective Problem-Based Instruction
Goals and Objectives of PBL
Learner-Centered Classrooms, Problem-Based Learning, and the Construction of
Understanding and Meaning by Students
Problems: A Key Factor in PBL
Eight Tasks of Problem-Based Learning
Lesson Examples
Smallville Prairie Development Project
Supplying Our Water Needs
Problem-Based Learning: Nigeria
Sprinkler Systems

Creativity and Intelligence

Teaching to Foster Creativity
Encouraging Creativity in Early childhood Classrooms
Creative Teaching Tips From Around the World
Creativity in Young Children
Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Multiple Ways of Knowing
List of Ideas for Multiple Intelligences
Multiple Intelligences Theory and the Arts

Classroom Discussion

Effective Teacher Questioning and Use of Wait-Time
Instructional Conversations and Their Classroom Application" (ERIC Digest)
Effective Teaching Strategies
Using "Think-Time" and "Wait-Time" Skillfully in the Classroom ERIC Digest)
Conducting Effective Classroom Discussions
Reciprocal Teaching
Assessment in a Constructivist Classroom
Lesson Examples
Effective Teaching Strategies
Reach Consensus
Scientific Investigation of Natural Phenomena

Assessment and Evaluation

ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
A Long Overview on Alternative Assessment
Evaluation
Critical Issue: Rethinking Assessment and Its Role in Supporting Education Reform
Teacher Grading
Evaluating: Grading and Scoring

Rubrics

     Empowering Students through Negotiable Contracting
     Assessment Rubrics
     Sample Assessment Rubrics

Holistic Scoring

     Holistic Scoring
     Holistic Scoring Rubric
     On Holistic Scoring and the Nature of Reading
Standardized Testing
The Educational Assessment Reassessed: The Usefulness of Standardized and Alternative Measures of Student Achievement
Why Should Assessment Be Based on a Vision of Learning
Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced Tests
Norming and Norm Referenced Test Scores
Test Construction and Use
Constructing Classroom Achievement Tests (ERIC Digest)
Basic Item Analysis for Multiple Choice Tests (ERIC Digest)
A Study of Two Guidelines for Writing Multiple Choice Items
Writing Multiple Choice Test Items (ERIC/AE Digest)
Open-Ended Questions in Reading
From Multiple Choice to Multiple Choices
Performance Assessment
Some Performance Assessment Techniques
Creating Meaningful Performance Assessments (ERIC DigestE531)
What Does Research Say About Assessment
Authentic Assessment
The Portfolio and Its Use: Developmentally Appropriate Assessment of Young Children
What Does Research Say About Assessment?
A Long Overview on Alternative Assessment:
Student Portfolios
The Portfolio and Its Use: Developmentally Appropriate Assessment of Young Children
Performance & Portfolio Assessment for Language Minority Students
Assessment
Culminating Exhibtions
Performances and Exhibitions: The Demonstration of Mastery
An Exhibition of Skills: A Cooperative Venture
Anatomy of an Exhibit
Three Pictures of an Exhibit

Learning Strategies

Overview of Effective Learning and Study Strategies
How to Be a Successful Student
Improving Learning Achievement
Developing Learning Skills in Early Childhood
Theoretical Support: Accessing Prior Knowledge
Performance & Portfolio Assessment for Language Minority Students
Evaluation
Critical Issue: Rethinking Assessment and Its Role in Supporting Education Reform
Critical Issue: Building on Prior Knowledge
Types of Learning Strategies
Eloquent Evident: Arts at the Core of Learning
Learning Skills Program-Organizing and Integrating Information
Critical Issue: Providing Hands-On, Minds-On, and Authentic Learning Experiences in Mathematics
How to Be a Successful Student
Engaged Learning

Rehearsal Strategies

Role Playing

Elaboration Strategies

Trainer Notes: Cognitive Mapping Techniques
Mindmapping

Organization Strategies

Developing Learning Strategies
Organizational Strategies

Metacognitive Strategies

    Metacognition
    The Metacognitive Process
    Metacognition
Promoting Effective Study Strategies
The Ideal Learning Environment
A Few Examples of Active Learning Techniques
Reasons for Studying

The School as Workplace

School-to-Work Model of Learning
National School-to-Work Learning and Information Center
Education and Work
School-to-Work Transition
School-to-Work
Study of School-to-Work Initiatives
National Center for Research in Vocational Education
Center on Education and Work (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
School-to-Careers
School-to-Work Initiatives Around the Nation
How to Structure a Work-based Learning Experience for Your Student
Work-Based Learning Resource Center
Council of Great City Schools: School-to-Work
Cornell Youth and Work Program
California's School-to-Career Net
New York State School-to-Work Online
The Secretary of Labor's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (1991 SCANS Report Introduction)
Summary of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994
Schools as Organizations
Bringing Schools and Communities Together in Preparation of the 21st Century
School-Based Management: Strategies for Success
Toward a Sociology of Educational Technology
Effective Schools Research
Coalition of Essential Schools Publications
Critique: Bringing Context into Effect Schools Research: Urban Suburban Differences
School Effectiveness Research in Rural Schools
Riley Recognizes Effective Schools That Beat the Odds
Attributes of Effective Schools
Coalition of Essential Schools
School Attributes That Foster Success Among All Learners
How to Add the Human Dimension for More Effective Schools

The First Year of Teaching

The Beginning Teacher Experience
Helpful Hints for Beginning Teachers
Letters to Beginning Teachers
Beginning Teacher Support Initiatives
A Program forRetaining Entry Year Teachers
Critical Issue: Providing Professional Development Activities
BTSA Beginning Teacher Support & Assessment
Helping New Science Teachers With Phone Assistance for Teachers of Science (PATS)
About the Praxis Series
Online Resources Providing Support to New Teachers
You Don't Have to be 2nd Bananas
Classroom Management
Real Kids, Real Adventures Teacher's Lounge

Subject Area Resources

Arts

Visual Arts

     Webmuseum Paris
     Landscape Painting
     Smithsonian Photographic Services
     Edo no Iki Gallery
     WWW Virtual Library of Museums
     National Gallery of Art

Performing Arts

     Classical Composer Biographies
     Classical Net Home Page
     Garden State Pops Youth Orchestra Instruments
     FAQ Dance
     Directory of Theater Resources
     The Shenandoah Shakespeare Express

English/Language Arts

Reading

     Read*Write*Now: Table of Contents
     Content Reading Skills
     I Hate to Read
     Gifted Readers and Reading Instruction
     The Word Detective
     Focusing on Words
     American Literary Classics
     American Literary Tradition
     Children's Literature Web Guide
     Children's Authors and Illustrators and Their Books
     Children's Storybooks Online
     Classics for Young People
     Columbia University Project Bartleby -- Literary Classics
     The CyberLibrary of Children's Stories
     Escape Your Disaster: Adventure Island
     Fake Out! The Definition Guessing Game
     The Global Campfire
     Helping Your Child Series: Helping Your Child Learn to Read
     Kids Web Literature
     Library of Congress, Chiildren's Literature Center
     Midlink Magazine
     The Mother Goose Pages
     The On-line Books Page
     On-line Children's Stories
     Reader's Theater Editions
     Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
     Storytelling, Drama, Creative Dramatics and Readers Theater for Children and Young Adults
     Tales to Tell
     Theodore Tugboat
     Vocabulary University
     Vocabulary Stretchers
     Wacky Web Tales
     Welcome to Bear Country: Kody's Beary Scary Story
     Whimsical Bedtime Stories for Children of All Ages
     Wordies on the Web

Phonics

Phonics is Phonics is Phonics
Cybernews Education Section

Writing

     Teaching of Writing Skills
     Writing Lessons
     An Elementary Grammar
     Exploring English
     Purdue Online Writing Lab
     Activities for Teaching Writing

Literature

     An Introduction to the Study of Literature
     Children's Literature Web Guide
     Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
     Young Adult Literature Library
     The Shakespeare Mystery
     The Shakespeare Classroom
     Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
     Poetry and Literature Lesson Plans
     Interpreting Ideas in American Literature
     Columbia University Project Bartleby

Literacy

     National Institute for Literacy
     Accelerating Literacy
     Language and Literacy Program

Balanced Literacy Program

     Content Literacy Information Consortium
     Staff Development - Balanced Literacy
     Literacy Bookshelf

Critical Thinking

     Critical Thinking Skills
     Secondary School Educators Resource Library
     Classroom Material - Center for Critical Thinking

Foreign Languages
Teaching With The Web

Chinese

     Internet Based Chinese Teaching and Learning
     On-Line Chinese Tools
     Resources for Teaching and Learning of Chinese
     Chinese Character Genealogy

French

     French Resources on the Web
     University of Ottawa-Resources for Teachers and Students of French as a Second Language
     Creative French Teaching Methods
     La Fete Colombienne Des Enfants
     French Educational Site of ETIENNE

German

German Corner
German Language Links

Latin

Latin Culture
Salvi

Spanish

Latino Resources on the Net
Spanish Language Resources for Children

History/Social Studies
McGraw-Hill Teaching Resources: Social Studies
Archaeology Resources for Education
Habitat

Ancient Civilizations

     Ancient Greek Artifacts
     Exploring Ancient World Cultures
     NOVA Online Pyramids - The Inside Story
     The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
     Museum of Antiquities

Economics

     Interactive Stock Market Unit
     Economics and Geography Lessons - Elementary
     Currency Exchange and the Gang of Fifteen
     Lemonade Stand
     Rich and Poor, the Growing Gap

Geography

     Geography Education - National Geographic Lesson Plans
     GeoNet Game
     Geography World
     An Amazon Adventure

U.S. History

     The History Net
     The American Civil War Homepage
     Colonial Williamsburg Home Page
     Crossroads - American History Lesson Plans
     National Council for History Education
     Regia Anglorum - Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Norman and British Living
     Ravensgard Medieval Homepage
     Medieval Sourcebook
    Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project (Stanford University)
     Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Biographical Sketch
     Life Magazine's Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
    "I Have a Dream"-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
    "Letter from Birmingham Jail" -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
     Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr.
     Robert Kennedy's Speech on King's Death
     Martin Luther King Exhibit -- National Civil Rights Museum
     Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King
     Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
     National Civil Rights Museum
     Black History Month Website
     The African American Mosaic
     African American Contributions to Science, Technology and Medicine
     African American Historical Figures
     Archive of Articles by and about African Americans (Atlantic Monthly)
     Directory of African American Sites
     Universal Black Pages

Mathematics
Ask Dr. Math
The Math Forum
Helping Your Child Learn Math
State of the Art: Transforming Ideas for Teaching and Learning Mathematics
Critical Issue: Implementing Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Standards in Mathematics
Teachers Helping Teachers - Math Lesson Plans
Ask ERIC Math Lesson Plans
Math Lessons & Courses
Bram Math Homework Help
Math Archives
Math Magic

Arithmetic

     Monster Math
     Math Forum - Arithmetic Resources
     Elementary Level Math Resources

Algebra

Math Forum - K-12 Algebra Resources

Geometry

The Geometry Problem of the Week
Math Forum - K-12 Geometry Resources

Calculus

Alvirne High School's Advanced Placement Calculus Problem of the Week
Math Forum - Calculus

Fractals

A Fractals Lesson

Manipulatives

Math Manipulatives

Trigonometry

Trigonometric Identities

Dealing with "Math Anxiety"

How to Prevent Poor Math Achievement
Overcoming Math Anxiety

Science
The History of the Light Microscope
The Exploratorium Science Snackbook

Biology

     Envirolink
     Cells Alive!
     Biology and Life Sciences
     BioChemNet
     The WWW Cell Biology Course
     MathMol / An Introduction to Molecular Modeling

Chemistry

     Chemistry
     Internet Chemistry Resources: TEACHING RESOURCES
     BioChemNet
     The WWW Virtual Library of Chemistry
     The Periodic Table of Elements
     Atom World: Molecular Model Construction Kits

Life Science

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Science

Science Resources: Physical Science

Virtual Laboratory

Physics

     Physics
     The WWW Virtual Library: Physics
     The Physics Factory

Physical Education
Chapter V: Physical Education
Ask Noah about Childhood Fitness
P.E. Central

Health

    Health Lesson Plans
    Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention
    Shape Up America
    The Real Scoop on Tobacco

Nutrition

    Kids Food Cyber Club
    Dole 5 A Day Home Page
    Food Zone

Vocational Education

National Center for Research in Vocational Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education
Office of Adult and Vocational Education
Modern Principles of Vocational Education

Business

     National Business Education Resources
     Business Education Resource Consortium for California
     School-to-Work Internet Gateway

Home Economics

     Education Index - Home Economics Resources
     Developing Educational Standards - Home Economics
     Home Economics Links
     Virtual Nutrition Center
Community Service
Education Week Articles on Service Learning
Service Learning Home Page
Computer Instruction
An Educator's Guide to the Internet for the Classroom
Classroom Connect
WWW 4 Teachers
K-12: Computer Technology

Global Education

A Global Educator's Guide to the Internet
Peace Corps Global Education Resources
The American Forum of Global Education Links to Resources

Middle School Education

Turning Points: Preparing American Youth for the 21st Century
This We Believe: Developmentally Responsive Middle Level Schools
Middle Web: Exploring Middle School Reform
The Middle School Information Center
A Teachers' Guide: Working with Young Adolescents
Center for Adolescent Studies
Harvard Education Letter: Middle Grades Reform
Phi Delta Kappan: Middle Grades
Through the Looking Glass: The Future of Middle School Reform
Great Transitions: Preparing Adolescents for a New Century
Key Characteristics of Middle Level Schools
Middle Schools with Exemplary Practices for LEP Students
Muddle in the Middle
A Crack in the Middle
Listservs for Middle School Educators
National Association of Secondary School Principals
California Department of Education: Middle Grades Division
National Middle School Association
Middle Level Student Activities Association
Middle School Partnership
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