Benner, Susan

Promising practices for elementary teachers : make no excuses! / Susan Benner. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, 2010. - xi, 166 p.: ill. 26 cm.

Includes bibliographic references and index

Who belongs in school? -- Prevention as intervention : building a sense of community -- Motivation as intervention -- Parent involvement is worth the effort -- Understanding challenging behavior in the classroom -- Universal design for learning -- Dialogue and instructional conversation as an instructional strategy -- Peer-assisted learning models of instruction -- Differentiating instruction.

This book offers educators tools to break the cycle of failure for students who are unsuccessful in school, including alternative instructional strategies, practices for vulnerable children, and more.


English

978-1-4129-7808-8


Classroom management
Effective teaching
Elementary school teaching

372.1102 B43p