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Informationen zum Autor DENNIS ADAMS is a professor in the Department of Childhood Studies and Reading at West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania. MARY HAMM is a professor of Education at San Francisco State University. Klappentext New Designs for Teaching and Learning offers a practical survey of the most important trAnds in education--including critical thinking, cooperative learning, and portfolio assessment--and shows how they can be translated into classroom practice. The book will help educators design classroom programs that foster teamwork and thinking while getting children actively involved in their own learning. Zusammenfassung Offers a practical survey of the most important trAnds in education----including critical thinking! cooperative learning! and portfolio assessment----and shows how they can be translated into classroom practice. . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Revitalizing Teaching Part One: New Instructional Developments 2. Critical Thinking 3. Cooperative Learning 4. Electronic Learning 5. Assessment Alternatives Part Two: Content in the Classroom 6. Integrated Language Arts 7. Mathematical Power 8. Scientific Literacy 9. The Arts 10. Social Responsibility 11. Conclusion: A Bottom-Up Approach to Reform
