Findings from this study revealed that teachers in the majority of schools were using evidence based practices such as peer collaboration, prewriting/planning/drafting, using rubrics, and writing to learn. They focused on comparison/contrast and writing based on research tasks. Teachers shared a ...
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate writing instruction practice in the context of the implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) which imposed considerable changes in how the goals of writing instruction are defined in many U.S. classrooms. Using regression analyses,...
About the book For students to become college-ready writers, they must be exposed to writing throughout the school day, not just in English class. This practical book shows teachers in all subject areas how to meet the Common Core State Standards and make writing come alive in the classroom...
Adam owns a Master's degree in Professional and Digital Media Writing. During his time as a graduate assistant, he developed lesson plans for upper-level English courses. New York is among the 46 states that have adopted the Common Core Standards. These standards apply to students in prekinder...
Eric has tutored in English, writing, history, and other subjects. Ohio's learning standards are modeled after the Common Core Standards that are being used by most of the other 50 states. Below is an overview of some these standards and how they enhance the educational process. ...
Tools and Insights for Meeting and Exceeding the Common Core StandardsLiteracy and the Common Core offers K-12 teachers clear guidance on how to design units, lessons, and objectives to meet the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts; it's filled with practical strategies that teach...
Educators spent the morning learning about the creation of the rubrics, becoming familiar with the EQuIP quality review process, and applying the first dimension of … Continue reading → Posted in Common Core State Standards | Tagged Ain't I a Woman, CCSS, Common Core, EQuIP, materials, ...
Parents in Farmville, North Carolina want to know why their children were given a Common Core vocabulary assignment in an English class that promoted the Prophet Muhammad and the Islamic faith. FOLKS, it was under the aforementioned deceptive rubrics which students in Douglas County, Colorado (other...
(Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.) For longer writing assignments, work with students to define the task, purpose, and audience before they begin writing. Use evaluation sheets and/or rubrics to keep students on track and to assess their final ...
In this section, we discuss the aims and procedures for various core strategies (Table 1). Cognitive approaches tend to dominate the psychological approaches toward mitigating the effects of performance anxiety. Each domain, for example, promotes the value of cognitive reframing, and each provides ...