Differentiating instruction for at-risk students : what to do and how to do it / Rita Dunn and Andrea Honigsfeld.

Author/creator Dunn, Rita
Other author Honigsfeld, Andrea, 1965-
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, ©2009.
Descriptionxv, 185 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Effective teaching--United States.
Teacher-student relationships--United States.
Special education--United States.
Children with disabilities--Education. --United States.
Children with social disabilities--Education. --United States.
Learning disabled children--Education. --United States.

Contents Who are students at risk of academic failure and how should we teach them? -- What is learning style? -- Teaching global students globally -- Redesigning classrooms for increased comfort and concentration -- Teaching tactual students tactually -- Teaching kinesthetic students kinesthetically -- Teaching peer-motivated students with small-group techniques -- Teaching at-risk students with contract activity packages -- Teaching visual/tactual students who need structure with programmed learning sequences -- Teaching unmotivated at-risk students with multisensory instructional packages -- Experimenting with learning-style instructional strategies in practitioner-oriented steps -- Research on the Dunn and Dunn Learning-Styles Model : how do we know it works? -- How schools, parents, and courts can respond to federal law and improve classroom teaching for at-risk students / by Robin A. Boyle.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 165-180).
LCCN 2008035429
ISBN9781578869824 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN157886982X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781578869831 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1578869838 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781578869848 (electronic)
ISBN1578869846 (electronic)

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Joyner General Stacks LB1025.3 .D86 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold