| To Use a Textbook or Not to Use a Textbook: Is That
the Question? |
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| There is no doubt that textbooks are necessary. Yet a
good teacher can teach with nothing more than a stick to write
in the dirt. The question for teachers isn't whether you
should use textbooks or not, but HOW you should use textbooks.
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| Swimming Lessons: How a Dedicated Teacher Changed
Life for ELLs in a Rural Nebraska Town |
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| In rural Nebraska, ELLs were left to "sink or swim"
until Janet Burger worked with officials to devise a program
for students. Now Burger helps ELLs transition from
failure to success.
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| What Teachers Need to Know, and Be Able to Do, About
Norm-Referenced Tests |
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| How can teachers make decisions based on the results of
norm-referenced tests administered to ELLs? The first step is
to understand what the tests are and what they measure. Next,
teachers need to weigh teaching to the test versus teaching
ELLs the strategies they need to succeed on the tests.
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