Teaching Methods & Practices

• About the Book
• About Annotation
• Managing Learner Behavior
  • Classroom Norms & Procedures
  • Teacher Voice
  • Classroom Layout & Teacher Radar
  • Individual Student Corrections
  • Using Questions to Engage & Assess
  • Cooperative Learning
• Planning Instruction & Assessment
  • Identifying Learning Outcomes
  • Planning Assessments
  • Developing Rubrics & Scoring Guides
  • Responding to Student Needs
  • Planning Instruction & Learning Experiences
  • Scoring & Grading Practices
• Appendix

This book is intended to serve as a resource for novice teachers as they master the art of effective classroom management, assessment, and lesson planning. At the undergraduate level, this book is designed to accompany the instruction in the EDUC 4353: Secondary Teaching Methods & Practices course before the full-internship experience. At the graduate level, this book is designed to support the instruction in the EDUC 5283: Teaching Methods course with a special focus on supporting Alternatively Certified Educators. Each chapter presents a component of the teaching and learning process critical for teacher development and describes how that component is relevant to the classroom.