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THE PRACTICE: Active Teaching Methods - Instruction is designed to promote student engagement by requiring that students play an active role in crafting curriculum and developing learning activities.
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The Education Alliance at Brown University
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Typical CFL Classroom
http://www.temple.edu/LSS/cfl_clas.htm
A Community for Learning classroom is described in this information provided by LSS, The Laboratory for Student Success of The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory at Temple University Center for Research in Human Development and Education. Regular classroom teachers, special education teachers, aides, and volunteers work together to help children with their learning. See the resource for details of one hour in a Community for Learning Day.
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Directions in Language and Education
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/directions/
From the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education comes this description of a peer coaching professional development model for mainstream teachers of linguistically and culturally diverse students.
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Enhancing Student Thinking through Collaborative Learning
http://www.ericdigests.org/1999-2/learning.htm
This digest discusses the goals that group learning must fulfill and the different phases of small group discussions that include teacher and students' responsibilities.
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Incorporating Student Voice into Teaching Practice
http://www.soundout.org/features/incorporating.html
In some classrooms, student voices are barely heard; the teacher monopolizes classroom talk, and knowledge is treated as residing entirely with the teacher. This digest explores different ways in which student voices can be heard in a classroom.
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Instructional Conversations
http://www.ericdigests.org/1992-2/instructional.htm
The article presents a model of instructional conversation that is based on student-teacher discussion. Research argues that class-wide discussions, as opposed to a teacher's "recitation script," promote critical thinking and engage students in productive discourse.
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