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"This book discusses the importance of teaching fundamental economic concepts as part of the middle school social science curriculum in India. It examines the status of economics in Indian schools, the issues faced in teaching it at the middle school level, and emphasizes the need for increasing the economic literacy of students. It offers valuable recommendations to curriculum planners and educators to help them bolster economics education in Indian schools. The author presents an extensive curriculum framework with the intention of developing intellectual and social skills in students. The book also features classroom tested lessons, content guidelines, and a comprehensive teaching plan for grades six, seven, and eight. A crucial contribution to the study of school education in India, this book will be of interest to teachers, students, and researchers of education, economics education, and economics. It will also be useful for policy planners, professional economists, administrators, school boards, and research institutions"--

Economics --- Study and teaching (Middle school)

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For many science teachers the integration of technology and engineering into the science curriculum will mean a new way of teaching, new concepts and skills for their students to learn, and new assessments that will measure their students' progress and their own capabilities as teachers. The source of this concern is a publication by the National Research Council of a new blueprint for science education standards, appropriately titled A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Core Ideas and Crosscutting Concepts (NRC 2012). The Framework is currently severing as the blueprint for Next Generation Science Standards, aimed at replacing the current patchwork of state science standards with a common core, as has already been done in mathematics and English language arts. Since these documents raise engineering design to the same level as science inquiry there is no question that science teachers will be required to teach technology and engineering alongside science. This book is intended to help middle school teachers by assembling, under a single cover, a comprehensive commentary on the readymade curriculum materials that are currently on the market for integrating Technology and Engineering into Science classes, and that are appropriate for different levels of the 6-8 spectrum. All of the curricula summarized in this book have been under development for several years, tested by teachers and their students from a wide range of communities, and revised based on feedback. In many cases they are also supported by research studies of effectiveness. Each chapter looks closely at a specific curriculum and describes one set of instructional materials from this curriculum. Chapter authors illustrate, as vividly as possible, what the curriculum looks like in the classroom, what learning goals it is intended to accomplish, and how it will help Middle school teachers address the Next Generation Science Standards. Also included is a helpful table, which lists each of the curriculum materials included in the book and grade level for which it is intended. Readers who are already familiar with the Framework and Next Generation Science Standards, and are mostly concerned with choosing curricula for a given grade or grade span can use the table to find the chapters that are most relevant to their needs. Readers who would like to know how technology and engineering are being integrated in the new standards, and why it will make a difference this time around-will find answers to these questions in the remainder of this introduction.

Engineering --- Science --- Study and teaching (Middle school)

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Make formative assessment work for you-and your math students! Finally, formative assessment that adds up! Bringing Math Students Into the Formative Assessment Equation is the ultimate resource for helping teachers implement formative assessment in the middle school mathematics classroom. And it's much more than that. With this research-based, teacher-tested guide, you won't just learn effective teaching strategies-you'll turn your students into self-regulated learners. They'll monitor and assess their own progress-and communicate to you about it! Features include: *A clear and manageable six-aspect instructional model *Detailed strategies for helping students own their successes *Real-life examples from middle school mathematics teachers *Useful resources and a companion website to help you implement formative assessment in your classroom Formative assessment isn't just for teachers anymore. With the help of ...

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Philosophy Park Teacher Resource Book provides teachers with a practical guide for using the book in the classroom, as well as carefully constructed topic questions, activities and exercises with which to extend student thinking and discussion. With its focus on critical and creative thinking, the Teacher Resource Book will be particularly welcomed by teachers who are beginning to grapple with the renewed emphasis being placed on critical and creative thinking.

Philosophers --- Philosophy --- Study and teaching (Middle school)