Books in the ASCD Arias series

As digital natives, our students are certainly at home online, but how much do they know about using the Internet as a research tool? Do they know how to ask the right questions, find the best and most credible resources, evaluate the "e;facts"e; they come across, and avoid plagiarism and copyright violations when they incorporate others' work into their own? For too many, the answer is noNand research projects intended to engage students in independent learning wind up wasting time or creating incomplete or faulty understandings.In this step-by-step guide, classroom veteran Erik Palmer explains how to teach students at all grade levels to conduct deeper, smarter, and more responsible research in an online environment. You'll find practical lesson ideas for every stage of the research process and dozens of tips and strategies that will build your students' Internet literacy, establish valuable academic habits, and foster skills for lifelong learning.Note: This product listing is for the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the book.

Explores principles that debunk some common misconceptions about how to work with students with disabilities. Vicki Caruana offers insights, tips, and strategies that will help teachers fine-tune their practice to better meet each child's unique needs.

If you've fallen for the perception that technology is too expensive, unnecessary for real learning, or a distraction in the classroom, then you need this book. You use technology in your job. Why not help your students use it in theirs? Matt Renwick debunks five common myths about technology.

Drawing on the authors' experiences supporting the transformations of schools repeatedly labeled as underachieving, this book offers concrete ways to identify student strengths and then build on them in your classroom or school throughout the year.

Shows K-12 school leaders how to support STEM programs that excite students and teachers - even if the leader is not an expert in science, technology, engineering, or maths. THe authors explore ideas for fostering equitable access to rich and rigorous learning experiences, acting as instructional leaders, and building community engagement.

The traditional five-step writing process never explicitly teaches students to be fluent in their writing - to be able to write quickly on any topic. Extreme Writing targets precisely that with focused, daily writing sessions that provide students with consistent, long-term engagement.

Packed with strategies, tips, and activities you can quickly put into practice, this book shows how to build productive teams and intentionally create an environment of professional engagement in your school.

Explains the many benefits of intentionally designing opportunities for students to 'fail forward' in the classroom. Andrew Miller provides strategies for ensuring that students experience small, constructive failures as a means to greater achievement, and offers suggestions for ensuring that constructive failure doesn't detrimentally assessments.

Knowing how to respond to frustration and failure is essential whether a student struggles or excels. Thomas Hoerr shows what teaching for grit looks like and provides a sample lesson plan and self-assessments, along with a six-step process applicable across grade levels and content areas to help students build the skills they need to succeed.

How do you ensure that your co-teaching strategies make the most of the time that you and your co-teaching partner have in the classroom? Gloria Lodato Wilson presents time-saving routines for general and special education teachers that will increase the active roles of each co-teacher and intensify instruction for students.

Curriculum design experts Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins have reviewed thousands of curriculum documents and unit plans across a range of subjects and grades. In this book, they identify and describe the 25 most common problems in unit design and recommend how to fix them - and avoid them when planning new units.

In this game-changing book, author and instructional coach Michael Fisher shows teachers how they can free themselves from rigid and ineffective busywork by replacing lesson plans with learning journeys that are guided by the students' abilities, interests, and skill levels rather than by pre-selected checklists of day-to-day benchmarks.

Packed with ideas for teachers of K-8 students, this book touches on a variety of topics that are especially relevant to the first week of school. The author provides critical information that includes arranging and navigating the classroom, setting basic expectations, communicating routines, and understanding your students' needs.

Whether they're the result of a mandate from on high, a crisis that needs addressing, or simply a desire for improvement, change initiatives are a constant in most every school. In this book, Jeffrey Benson provides educators with a proven, practical, and broadly applicable system for implementing new practices methodically and effectively.

Combining the goals of the Common Core with the principles of differentiation, differentiated instruction experts Carol Ann Tomlinson and Marcia Imbeau present an eight-step process to help teachers make rich, intellectually rigorous curriculum accessible to a very broad range of students.

Offers concise, practical advice on how to set up a hybrid mobile technology program or shift an existing 1:1 plan or Bring Your Own Device program to the more flexible, cost-effective, equitable, and learning-focused hybrid approach.

Explains how to use reflection to help students decipher their own learning needs and engage in deep, thought-provoking discourse about progress. Filled with practical tips, innovative ideas, and sample reflections, this book shows you how to incorporate self-assessment in ways that encourage students to grow into mindful, receptive learners.

How can school leaders use technology to be more effective? In this book, award-winning blogger and educational technology expert Steven Anderson explains how and why leaders should use technology and outlines what should be in every leader's digital toolkit.

Explores what types of assignments are worth engaging online, how teachers and students can leverage global interactions to improve their work, and how teachers can assess digital projects and other work. Along the way, Fisher offers practical advice on rigor and relevance, digital citizenship, formative assessment, and digital portfolios.

Based on research from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the experiences of nearly 3,000 teachers across the United States, Vicki Phillips and Lynn Olson reveal multiple ways to identify effective teaching and provide teachers with actionable, reliable information they can trust to continuously improve their performance.

Equips general classroom teachers with the information and strategies they need to spot, advocate for, engage, and challenge exceptional learners in their classrooms.

Self-regulated learning can be taught - in every content area and at every grade level, from preK to high school. In this resource, Carrie Germeroth and Crystal Day-Hess present instructional strategies and ideas you can implement in your classroom to put all your students on the path to positive, empowered learning and greater academic success.