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Teaching Foundational Skills to Help Students Become Effective Writers
Writing > Foundational Skills > Overview & Tools
This recommended practice focuses on providing instruction on foundational writing skills, such as handwriting, spelling, sentence construction, typing, and word processing. This presentation...
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Overview
Teaching Students to Use the Writing Process for a Variety of Purposes
Writing > Writing Process > Overview & Tools
The focus of this recommended practice is that strong writing involves following a process in which writers (1) plan, (2) draft, (3) share, (4) evaluate, (5) revise, (6) edit, and (7) publish a...
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Overview
Implementing Dialogic Reading
Preschool Language & Literacy > Interactive & Dialogic Reading > Learn What Works
Dr. Lonigan discusses dialogic reading, its importance to children's learning, key features, questioning techniques, lesson planning, and teacher support. Dr. Lonigan is Associate Director of the...
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Expert Interview
Providing Phonological Awareness Instruction
Preschool Language & Literacy > Phonological Awareness > Learn What Works
Dr. Landry describes the developmental continuum of phonological awareness and why it is important to address skills at the highest level of the continuum, including linking letters and...
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Expert Interview
Encouraging Girls in Math and Science (Part 1)
Girls in Math & Science > Overview & Tools
This interview features Dr. Diane Halpern, chair of the expert panel that produced the Practice Guide. In Part 1 of the interview, Dr. Halpern describes the research evidence and reasoning for the...
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Expert Interview
Encouraging Girls in Math and Science (Part 2)
Girls in Math & Science > Overview & Tools
This interview features Dr. Diane Halpern, chair of the expert panel that produced the Practice Guide. In Part 2 of the interview, Dr. Halpern discusses implementation ideas and roles that school...
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Expert Interview
The Importance of Female Role Models
Girls in Math & Science > Female Role Models > See How It Works
A teacher and member of the Encouraging Girls in Math and Science expert panel shares experiences in teaching about female role models in math and science. She describes the role of teachers and...
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Expert Interview
Stereotype Threat (Part 1)
Girls in Math & Science > Female Role Models > Learn What Works
Listen to Dr. Joshua Aronson describe what stereotype threat is and how it can impact academic achievement. Related Files: Stereotype Threat (Part 2) (Audio)
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Expert Interview
The Growth Mindset (Part 1)
Girls in Math & Science > Ability is Expandable > Learn What Works
Dr. Carol Dweck describes the “growth” versus “fixed” mindset and implications for girls learning math and science. Related Files: The Growth Mindset (Part 2) (Video)
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Expert Interview
Stereotype Threat (Part 2)
Girls in Math & Science > Female Role Models > Learn What Works
In this interview, Dr. Joshua Aronson describes how to reduce stereotype threat by introducing students to role models and emphasizing gender similarities, rather than gender differences. Related...
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Expert Interview
Instructional Methods That Spark Curiosity (Part 1)
Girls in Math & Science > Sparking Curiosity > Learn What Works
Dr. Jon Star discusses interest as a development process. Instructional activities that may spark children's curiosity can be the basis for a sustained individual interest later in...
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Expert Interview
The Nature of Prescriptive Feedback (Part 1)
Girls in Math & Science > Prescriptive Feedback > Learn What Works
In this video Dr. Carol Dweck describes the research on the effects of prescriptive, informational feedback and provides some examples of such feedback. Related Files: The Nature of...
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Expert Interview
