For the Record
by Joyce Lynn Garrett
What Does Research Say about Effective Practices for English Learners?
Introduction and Part I: Oral Language Proficiency 10
by Rhoda Coleman and Claude Goldenberg
Establishing oral communication and developing levels of oral language proficiency are critical to ELL students’ learning and achievement.
Laureates Speak 17
by Alan H. Schoenfeld
In this special section of the Record, Kappa Delta Pi Laureates explore “Research in the Real World”—the topic of their panel at KDP’s upcoming Convocation.
Are Teachers Responsible for Low Achievement by Poor Students? 18
by David C. Berliner
“The problems of achievement among America’s poor are much more likely to be located outside the school than in it.”
What Can Teachers Learn from Research 22
by Nel Noddings
“My advice is to read widely and explore across ideological lines.”
Why Do We Teach 26
by Alan Schoenfeld
“My teaching is really about helping those I work with to become open-minded and inquisitive thinkers.”
Teaching in and for Democracy 30
by William Ayers
“We want our students to be able to think for themselves in a democracy, to make judgments based on evidence and argument, to develop minds of their own.”
Can Teachers Learn in an Online Environment? 34
by Renee M. Clary and James H. Wandersee
Through anonymous surveys, teachers enrolled in online science courses reflected on the activities and methods they encountered.
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