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It's All in the Cards.
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Burke, 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
Making Notes, Making Meaning.
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Burke, Jim – Voices from the Middle, 2002
Introduces notetaking tools used successfully with English-as-a-second-language students and low-achieving high school freshmen. Provides an overview of each tool and explains how students use them to take notes when reading textbooks and articles. Notes these tools and academic habits have helped students succeed in their mainstream academic…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), High Schools, Instructional Improvement, Low Achievement