Helping Students Who Struggle with Math and Science: A Collaborative Approach for Elementary and Middle Schools

by Dennis Adams, Mary Hamm

Overview

This book provides teachers with research-based and standards-driven techniques that are especially useful for reaching all students in the classroom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781578867578
Publisher:	R&L Education
Publication date:	02/28/2008
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	6.31(w) x 9.42(h) x 0.89(d)

About the Author

Dennis Adams is a Canadian educational consultant who has taught classes at McGill University in Montreal. He is the author of more than twelve books and a hundred journal articles on various educational topics. Mary Hamm is a professor at San Francisco State University. Her specialties are science and mathematics. She has worked on both science and math standards project and has published more than ten books and eighty journal articles on these topics.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Helping Struggling Students Learn Math and Science Chapter 2 Student Inquiry in Math and Science Chapter 3 Collaborative Learning: The Advantage of Small Learning Groups Chapter 4 Differentiated Instruction: Multiple Paths to Learning and Assessment Chapter 5 Reaching Reluctant Math Learners: Mathematical Reasoning and Collaborative Problem Solving Chapter 6 Science for All Students: Collaborative Inquiry, Active Involvement, and Struggling Students Chapter 7 Technology and Reluctant Learners: The Motivating and Collaborative Possibilities of Powerful Tools Chapter 8 A Project-Based Approach: Projects, Thematic Units, Collaboration, and Struggling Students