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  Teaching Methods Resources | The Role of Planning in Teaching | Curriculum Theory | Technology in Education | Learning Environments and Motivation | Extending Learning Time | Methods for Multicultural ClassroomsClassroom Management | Teaching Approaches: PresentationDirective Instruction | Cooperative Learning | Problem-Based Learning and Instruction | Creativity and Intelligence | Classroom Discussion | Assessment and Evaluation | Learning Strategies | The School as Workplace | The First Year of Teaching | Subject Area Web Resources Arts | English/Language Arts | Foreign Languages | History/Social Studies | Mathematics | Science | Physical Education | Vocational Education  


 

Teaching Methods Resources

Scientific Basis for the Art of Teaching

Teaching in Historical Perspective
The History of Education Site
Blackwell History of Education Research Museum
Cogito: The Cognitive Paradigm
Center for Dewey Studies
Effective Teaching
Principles for Effective Teaching
Effective Teaching Home Page
NCREL: Pathways to School Improvement
Education Hot Links
Academic Learning Time
Educational Psychology Interactive: Academic Learning Time
A Systems Model of the Teaching/Learning Process
Learning and Teaching Strategy
Learning to Teach
National Center for Research on Teacher Learning
Overcoming the Education-Training Divide: The Case of Professional Development
Learning to Teach
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Constructivist Perspective
The Institute for Constructivist Theories of Learning
Constructivist Teaching and Learning Models
WWW Constructivist Project Design Guide

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  The Role of Planning in Teaching

Instructional Objectives
Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
Arts Education Evaluation
Effective teaching strategies and the design of instruction
Critical Thinking
Behavioral Objectives
Writing Behavioral Objectives
Individual Education Planning:  Behavioral Objectives
Selecting Curriculum Content
Arts Education: A Curriculum Guide for Grade Eight
Reading Curriculum Guide Contents
A Curriculum Guide for the Elementary Level
An Overview of How to Design Instruction
Lesson Plans
Busy Teachers' WebSite: K-12
Crossroads: A K-16 American History Curriculum
ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education - Lesson Plans
Education World - Lesson Planning & Lesson Plans
Educational WWW Resources for K-12 Students and Teachers (by Subject)
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education Lesson Plans
K-12 Lesson Plan Resources
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Scientific Research Lesson Plans
Language Arts Lesson Plans
National Geographic Society's Geography Lesson Plans
Net Lessons: Web-based Projects for Your Classroom
Ron MacKinnon's Educational Bookmarks - Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans 
The Teachers.Net Lesson Exchange
Unit Plans
A Model Unit for Teaching Visual Arts
Wellness and Teacher Education Centre: Instructional Units
Unit Plans with Technology
Learning Unit Plans 

Curriculum Theory   

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Historical Perspectives
New Times Demand New Ways of Learning
Current Perspectives
The Thinking Curriculum
Learner-Centered Classrooms, Problem-Based Learning
Educating Teachers for Diversity
Why Should Assessment Be Based on a Vision of Learning? 

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  Technology in Education

Utilizing Educational Technologies
WWW 4 Teachers
The Schoolhouse Networking & Other Connectivity Information Center
Incorporating Technology into Curriculum
Explorer TM
Ruralnet Online Course Unit 3: Infusion of Internet/WWW into Lesson Plans
Technology Tools for Educators
Education World
Curriculum and Technology Links
Technology Planning
Developing a School Technology Plan
Learning Through Technology: A Planning and Implementation Guide
Northwest Educational Technology Consortium
Online Collaborative Projects
Earth System Science
Global Online Adventure Learning Sites
Creating Learning Communities: Practical Universal Networking for Learning in Schools and Homes
Implementation of Global Internet Project
Online Learning Activities
The Internet in the Classroom - NASA
Global Schoolnet Foundation - Linking Kids Around the World
Exploratorium - ExploraNet
Online Class: Internet Education Projects
Technology Lesson Plans
Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
Internet Learning Resources
The World Wide Web
WWW4teachers
A Teacher's Guide to Understanding the Internet 

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   Learning Environments and Motivation

Establishing a Positive Classroom Climate
Student Motivation to Learn
Classroom Discipline
Positive Classroom Environment
Effects of Classroom Environment on Motivation
Caring and Support
Leadership for School Culture
Praise in the Classrooms (ERIC Digest)
Effects of Teacher Behavior and Expectations on Students
Classroom Interactions and Achievement
Raising Expectations to Improve Student Learning (NCREL Monograph)
Understanding the Keys to Motivation to Learn
Teacher Talk- Teacher Expectations and Student Achievement
Learner-Centered Classrooms, Problem-Based Learning
Parent Involvement and Student Learning
Creating Learning Communities: Practical Universal Networking for Learning in Schools and Homes
Parent Information Network
Parental Involvement is as Easy as Pie
 

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         Extending Learning Time

Extending Learning Time for Disadvantaged Students - Vol. 1
Extending Learning Time for Disadvantaged Students - Vol. 2
Homework Resources
Ask Dr. Math
BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
CNN News
Helping Your Child Series
Internet Public Library - Our World
Knowledge Adventure Encyclopedia
My Virtual Encyclopedia
National Geographic Map Machine
Research Room (Writing A Research Paper)
Study Web
The Virtual Newspaper
The Virtual Reference Desk
A Web of On-Line Dictionaries
Yahooligans -- Yahoo's Search Engine for Children
Kids Web: A World Wide Web Digital Library for Schoolkids
Student Study Skills
Studying, Learning and Control: Making School A Success
How To Be A Successful Student
Critical Thinking Strategies
Mind Tools - Information Skills - Mind Maps

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Methods for Multicultural Classrooms

Language Diversity (ESL, LEP, Bilingual Education)
Language Use
Accommodating Language Diversity in Schools
Social Class Diversity
Social Class and Emergent Literary Experience
Social Class Home Page 

Multicultural Curriculum Development

Crossing Borders: Multicultural Literature
Welcome to the Children's Multicultural Literature Resource
Multicultural Curriculum Resources
South Asian Children's Books
Gender Differences
Ensuring Equity and Excellence in Mathematics
National Association of Women in Education
Equity Online
The AWSEM Project
Surprising But True
Addressing Student Exceptionalities
A Teacher's Guide to Exceptional Children

Mainstreaming/Inclusion
     Inclusion: School as a Caring Community

Learning Disabilities
     Online: Interactive Guide to Learning Disabilities for Parents, Teachers, and Children

Behavioral Disorders/Emotional Disorders
     ADHD Information Library
     Teaching Tips: ADHD
     Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders
     Center for the Study of Autism
     Teaching Tips for Children and Adults with Autism: Temple Grandin

Visual/Hearing Impaired
     Blindness Resource Center
     Teacher Topics: Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities
     Council on Education of Deaf: Deaf Education Website
     Deaf-Blind Perspectives

Gifted and Talented
     National Excellence: A Case for Developing America's Talent
     The TAG Family Network
     The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
     Education Program for Gifted Youth

Classroom Management

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Preventive Classroom Management/Rules and Procedures
The Metamorphosis of Classroom Management
Classroom Management
Classroom Discipline Techniques
Classroom Management
Organization and Management of the Classroom
Managing Inappropriate Behavior
Positive Discipline
Aggression and Cooperation: Helping Young Children Develop Constructive Strategies
Managing Inappropriate Behavior in the Classroom
Reward Systems
Student Motivation to Learn
Bucks for Books
Assertive Discipline
Conventional Systems of Classroom Discipline
Assertive Discipline in Schools
Discipline with Dignity
Teacher's Workshop - Discipline with Dignity
Discipline with Dignity
Discipline Profiles
Student Self-Management
Student-led Conferences
Working Toward Student Self-Direction and Personal Efficacy as Educational Goals 

Teaching Approaches: Presentation        

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Diagnosing Prior Knowledge
Inquiring Minds: The Long Haul
Increasing Comprehension by Activating Prior Knowledge
Schema Activation, Construction, and Application
Checking for Understanding
Tips for Teachers: Checking for Understanding
Checking for Understanding
Advance Organizers
Advance Organizers
Subsumption Theory
Learning Styles
Learning Styles
American Indian/Alaskan Native Learning Styles: Research and Practice
Hispanic-American Students and Learning Style
Learning Styles Counseling
Teaching Styles
Constructivist Teaching and Learning Styles
Master Teachers

Instructor-Centered
4kids Staff Vision

Content-Centered
Curriculum Reform Movement
Student-Centered
Providing Hands-On, Minds-On, and Authentic Learning Experiences in Science
Learning Areas or Centers
Teacher-Student-Content Centered
From Theory to Practice: Classroom Application of Outcome-Based Education
The Thinking Curriculum
Lesson Examples
ERIC Virtual Lesson Plans

 

Directive Instruction

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Behavior Modeling and Demonstration
The Behavioral Approach
Procedures for Effective Direct Instruction
Learning Assistance Centre for Direct Instruction
 

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Cooperative Learning

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Cooperative Learning Approaches
Cooperative Learning
Procedures for Effective Cooperative Learning
Cooperative Learning
Accommodating diversity and disability with cooperative learning
Active and Cooperative Learning
Lesson Examples
An Example In-class Exercise: "Value Conflicts" 

 

Problem-Based Learning and Instruction

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Inquiry-Based Learning
Problem-based Learning
Web-based Inquiry Resources
Challenging, Authentic, Interdisciplinary Tasks
Principles of Problem-Based Learning
Problem-Based Learning and the Lively Classroom
What is Problem-Based Learning?
Procedures for Effective Problem-Based Instruction
Learner-Centered Classrooms, Problem-Based Learning, and the Construction of
        Understanding and Meaning by Students
Problems: A Key Factor in PBL
Lesson Examples
Smallville Prairie Development Project
Supplying Our Water Needs
 

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Creativity and Intelligence

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Teaching to Foster Creativity
Encouraging Creativity in Early childhood Classrooms
Creativity in Young Children
 

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Classroom Discussion

Effective Teacher Questioning and Use of Wait-Time
Instructional Conversations and Their Classroom Application" (ERIC Digest)
Effective Teaching Strategies
Using "Think-Time" and "Wait-Time" Skillfully in the Classroom ERIC Digest)
Conducting Effective Classroom Discussions
Assessment in a Constructivist Classroom
Lesson Examples
Effective Teaching Strategies
Reach Consensus
Scientific Investigation of Natural Phenomena 

Assessment and Evaluation      

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ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
A Long Overview on Alternative Assessment
Teacher Grading
Evaluating: Grading and Scoring

Rubrics
Empowering Students through Negotiable Contracting
Holistic Scoring
Holistic Scoring
Holistic Scoring Rubric
Standardized Testing
The Educational Assessment Reassessed: The Usefulness of Standardized and Alternative Measures of Student Achievement
Why Should Assessment Be Based on a Vision of Learning
Test Construction and Use
Constructing Classroom Achievement Tests (ERIC Digest)
From Multiple Choice to Multiple Choices
Performance Assessment
What Does Research Say About Assessment
Authentic Assessment
The Portfolio and Its Use: Developmentally Appropriate Assessment of Young Children
What Does Research Say About Assessment?
A Long Overview on Alternative Assessment:
 

Learning Strategies

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Overview of Effective Learning and Study Strategies
How to Be a Successful Student
Improving Learning Achievement
Developing Learning Skills in Early Childhood
Theoretical Support: Accessing Prior Knowledge
Performance & Portfolio Assessment for Language Minority Students
Critical Issue: Building on Prior Knowledge
Types of Learning Strategies
Eloquent Evident: Arts at the Core of Learning
Learning Skills Program-Organizing and Integrating Information
How to Be a Successful Student
Elaboration Strategies
Mindmapping

Organization Strategies
Organizational Strategies

Metacognitive Strategies
The Metacognitive Process
Metacognition
Promoting Effective Study Strategies
The Ideal Learning Environment
Reasons for Studying 

The School as a Workplace   

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School-to-Work Model of Learning
Education and Work
National Center for Research in Vocational Education
Center on Education and Work (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
How to Structure a Work-based Learning Experience for Your Student
Cornell Youth and Work Program
California's School-to-Career Net
Schools as Organizations
Bringing Schools and Communities Together in Preparation of the 21st Century
School-Based Management: Strategies for Success
Effective Schools Research
Riley Recognizes Effective Schools That Beat the Odds
Attributes of Effective Schools
Coalition of Essential Schools
 

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        The First Year of Teaching

The Beginning Teacher Experience
Letters to Beginning Teachers
Beginning Teacher Support Initiatives
Critical Issue: Providing Professional Development Activities
Online Resources Providing Support to New Teachers
Classroom Management
Real Kids, Real Adventures Teacher's Lounge 

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Subject Area Resources


Arts Visual Arts
Webmuseum Paris
Landscape Painting
Smithsonian Photographic Services
Edo no Iki Gallery
WWW Virtual Library of Museums
National Gallery of Art

Performing Arts
Classical Composer Biographies
Classical Net Home Page
Garden State Pops Youth Orchestra Instruments

English/Language Arts Reading
Read*Write*Now: Table of Contents
Content Reading Skills
I Hate to Read
Focusing on Words
American Literary Classics
Children's Literature Web Guide
Children's Authors and Illustrators and Their Books
Children's Storybooks Online
Classics for Young People
Columbia University Project Bartleby -- Literary Classics
The Global Campfire
Helping Your Child Series: Helping Your Child Learn to Read
Library of Congress, Chiildren's Literature Center
Midlink Magazine
On-line Children's Stories
Reader's Theater Editions
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Vocabulary University
Wacky Web Tales
Whimsical Bedtime Stories for Children of All Ages
Wordies on the Web

Phonics
Phonics is Phonics is Phonics
Cybernews Education Section

Writing
Teaching of Writing Skills
An Elementary Grammar
 Purdue Online Writing Lab
Literature
Children's Literature Web Guide
 Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Young Adult Literature Library
The Shakespeare Mystery
The Shakespeare Classroom
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Interpreting Ideas in American Literature
Columbia University Project Bartleby

Literacy
National Institute for Literacy
Accelerating Literacy
Language and Literacy Program

Balanced Literacy Program
Content Literacy Information Consortium
Staff Development - Balanced Literacy
Literacy Bookshelf

Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking Skills
 Secondary School Educators Resource Library
Classroom Material - Center for Critical Thinking

Foreign Languages
Teaching With The Web

Chinese
 Internet Based Chinese Teaching and Learning
On-Line Chinese Tools
Chinese Character Genealogy

French
University of Ottawa-Resources for Teachers and Students of French as a Second Language
La Fete Colombienne Des Enfants
 

German
German Corner
German Language Links

Latin
Latin Culture
Salvi


History/Social Studies
McGraw-Hill Teaching Resources: Social Studies
Habitat

Ancient Civilizations
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
NOVA Online Pyramids - The Inside Story
Museum of Antiquities

Economics
Interactive Stock Market Unit
Economics and Geography Lessons - Elementary
Currency Exchange and the Gang of Fifteen
 

Geography
Geography Education - National Geographic Lesson Plans
GeoNet Game
Geography World
 

U.S. History
The History Net
The American Civil War Homepage
Colonial Williamsburg Home Page
Crossroads - American History Lesson Plans
National Council for History Education
Medieval Sourcebook
Life Magazine's Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Robert Kennedy's Speech on King's Death
Martin Luther King Exhibit -- National Civil Rights Museum
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
National Civil Rights Museum
Black History Month Website
The African American Mosaic
African American Contributions to Science, Technology and Medicine
African American Historical Figures
Archive of Articles by and about African Americans (Atlantic Monthly)
Universal Black Pages

Mathematics
Ask Dr. Math
The Math Forum
Critical Issue: Implementing Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Standards in Mathematics
Teachers Helping Teachers - Math Lesson Plans
Bram Math Homework Help
Math Archives
Math Magic

Arithmetic
Monster Math
Math Forum - Arithmetic Resources
 

Algebra
Math Forum - K-12 Algebra Resources

Geometry
The Geometry Problem of the Week
Math Forum - K-12 Geometry Resources

Calculus
Alvirne High School's Advanced Placement Calculus Problem of the Week
Math Forum - Calculus

Fractals
 A Fractals Lesson

Manipulatives
Math Manipulatives

Trigonometry
Trigonometric Identities


Science
The Exploratorium Science Snackbook

Biology
Envirolink
Cells Alive!
Biology and Life Sciences
BioChemNet
MathMol / An Introduction to Molecular Modeling

Chemistry
Chemistry
BioChemNet
The WWW Virtual Library of Chemistry
Atom World: Molecular Model Construction Kits

Life Science
Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Science

Science Resources: Physical Science Virtual Laboratory


Physical Education
P.E. Central

Health
Shape Up America
The Real Scoop on Tobacco

Nutrition
Dole 5 A Day Home Page
Food Zone

Vocational Education

National Center for Research in Vocational Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education
Office of Adult and Vocational Education
 

Business
Business Education Resource Consortium for California
School-to-Work Internet Gateway

Home Economics
Education Index - Home Economics Resources
Virtual Nutrition Center
Community Service
Service Learning Home Page
Computer Instruction
Classroom Connect
WWW 4 Teachers
K-12: Computer Technology 

Middle School Education

Turning Points: Preparing American Youth for the 21st Century
This We Believe: Developmentally Responsive Middle Level Schools
A Teachers' Guide: Working with Young Adolescents
Center for Adolescent Studies
Phi Delta Kappan: Middle Grades
Middle Schools with Exemplary Practices for LEP Students
Muddle in the Middle
A Crack in the Middle
National Association of Secondary School Principals
National Middle School Association


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