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Direct linkLent, ReLeah Cossett; Baca, Jimmy Santiago – Heinemann, 2010
Fusing Jimmy Santiago Baca's talents as a writer of memoir with ReLeah Cossett Lent's expertise in building and empowering classroom communities, this book offers a completely new approach to reaching at-risk adolescents. Centered around conflicts and life-altering choices, Baca's gripping personal narratives--delivered through short stories and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Students, Transformative Learning, Literary Genres
Download full textYoung, Richard, Ed. – 1992
Five original research papers by faculty of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale are presented. The titles and authors are as follows: "Measuring the Instructional Sensitivity of ESL (English as a Second Language) Reading Comprehension Items" (Sheila R. Brutten, John T. Mouw, and Kyle…
Descriptors: Children, Creoles, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Super Searchers Go to School: Sharing Online Strategies with K-12 Students, Teachers, and Librarians
Valenza, Joyce Kasman – Information Today, Inc., 2005
Twelve prominent K-12 educators and educator librarians share their techniques and tips for helping students become effective, life-long information users. Through a series of skillful interviews, Joyce Kasman Valenza--techlife@school columnist for the "Philadelphia Inquirer" and herself a tech-savvy high school librarian--gets the experts to…
Descriptors: Online Searching, Search Strategies, Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. – 1988
Presented is a compilation of materials concerning the Augusta College Humanities Program in Augusta, Georgia, beginning with a brief description of the program and its background. In 1984, the college began a 2.5-year project to revitalize and strengthen its required sophomore level three course humanities sequence (Greece and Rome, the Middle…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Course Descriptions, Experiential Learning
Lehr, Susan, Ed. – 1995
Presenting the voices, perspectives, and experiences of authors from all over the world, this book presents a collage of ideas and images about well-written children's books. It contains 19 essays that discuss censorship, violence, raw images in picture books, depictions of the black family, the myth of emancipated women, political correctness in…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Black Family, Censorship, Childrens Literature
