Category Archives: Curriculum & Instruction

Drama and Curriculum: A Giant at the Door (Landscapes: the Arts, Aesthetics, and Education)

Written by drama practitioners/theorists, this book critically investigates the long, complex and ambivalent shared history of drama (and theatre) and education, formal and informal. The broad sweep takes in key historical and contemporary figures and their influences on drama education … Continue reading

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Solving Word Problems for Life, Grades 6-8 (Teacher Ideas Press Books)

Solving Word Problems for Life, Grades 6-8 offers students who struggle with math a daily opportunity to improve their skills. The book offers 180 math word problems. The first 30 focus on 6th-grade math standards, the second 30 on 7th-grade … Continue reading

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Comprehension Across the Curriculum: Perspectives and Practices K-12 (Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy)

Successful students use comprehension skills and strategies throughout the school day. In this timely book, leading scholars present innovative ways to support reading comprehension across content areas and the full K–12 grade range. Chapters provide specific, practical guidance for selecting … Continue reading

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Mathematics Teachers at Work: Connecting Curriculum Materials and Classroom Instruction (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series)

This book compiles and synthesizes existing research on teachers’ use of mathematics curriculum materials and the impact of curriculum materials on teaching and teachers, with a particular emphasis on – but not restricted to – those materials developed in the … Continue reading

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Model Programs for Adolescent Sexual Health: Evidence-Based HIV, STI, and Pregnancy Prevention Interventions

Model Programs for Adolescent Sexual Health is a directory of the most promising and proven effective sexual education and prevention programs in the United States. The programs included in this volume were selected for their demonstrated positive impact on STI, … Continue reading

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10 Best College Majors For Your Personality

By choosing a major that fits their personality, college students may improve their career certainty, graduation rates, and even school involvement and satisfaction, according to research. With this book, students discover their personality type and the 10 best majors that … Continue reading

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Learning to Teach Art and Design in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience (Learning to Teach Subjects in the Secondary School Series)

Learning to Teach Art and Design in the Secondary School advocates art, craft and design as useful, critical, transforming, and therefore fundamental to a plural society. It offers a conceptual and practical framework for understanding the diverse nature of art … Continue reading

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Bringing the High Scope Approach to your Early Years Practice (Bringing … to your Early Years Practice)

Have you ever wondered what High/Scope is, where it came from, and how it can be used with young children in your setting? This book will answer all your questions and more. It includes: – details about the High/Scope Wheel … Continue reading

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Teaching Young Children a Second Language

This volume addresses a gamut of questions of interest to teachers of young second language learners. Why do immigrant children leave their home countries, and what are their journeys to the United States like? How do young children adjust to … Continue reading

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Learning to Teach Science in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience (Learning to Teach Subjects in the Secondary School Series)

The second edition of this popular student textbook presents an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the process and practice of teaching and learning science. It takes into account changes in science education and teacher education since the first edition was … Continue reading

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