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| Voices from the Middle | 3 |
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| Burke, Jim | 3 |
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Peer reviewedBurke, Jim – Voices from the Middle, 2002
Describes how the author learned by watching low-achieving students play intricate card games such as "Magic" that they can learn, can remember, and certainly can master information. Realizes that these cards were advanced learning tools, multifaceted texts using color, symbols, images, texts, and metaphor to help create a world of…
Descriptors: Games, Learning Strategies, Low Achievement, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBurke, Jim – Voices from the Middle, 2001
Discusses "textual intelligence": knowledge of how texts of all kinds work. Describes how the author uses grammar in his classroom to help students understand how to read and write better and how to think with greater clarity. Describes activities used before and after students read or write. Argues that grammar is a process that helps students…
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Grammar, Language Arts
Peer reviewedBurke, Jim – Voices from the Middle, 2000
Suggests that teaching students to evaluate what they read on the Internet is critical: they need skills to determine validity, aesthetic or literary quality, accuracy, and authenticity. Offers web site evaluation questions for adult readers, and a web site evaluation form for students. (SR)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Evaluation Criteria, Internet
