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The chapter is a fabulously detailed and thoughtful discussion of six methods to create a student-centered classroom:

integrative units,
small-group activities,
representing-to-learn,
classroom workshop,
authentic experiences and
reflective assessment.

Each approach is thoroughly discussed, and there are suggested further readings for each.  Unlike many of the other authors, Zemelman does acknowledge that we still need whole-class instruction at [...]

An Annotation by Laurie Walsh
The author has compiled and named a myriad of techniques used by K-12 teachers and college professors.  One recurring theme throughout the book is the importance of pacing.
According to this author, the teacher must keep the classroom pace highly involved and fast-paced because of the shrinking attention span of students.  The [...]

An Annotation by Laurie Walsh
Divided into seven main chapters:

student motivation,
enhancing motivation and commitment to quality,
making teaching easier,
building knowledge and understanding,
collaborative groups,
self-reflection and assessment prompts, and
exciting projects, products, and performance ideas,

this book is extremely practical.
The authors base their beliefs on two principles for educators:

operate from understanding and
manage context – not students.

They believe that students must feel [...]

Glasser, W.  (1997).  “Choice theory” and student success.  Phi Delta     Kappan:  16-21.
An Annotation by Jeffery Ayer
Glasser makes a case for choice theory to combat the common reinforcement of a stimulus/response (SR) psychology in today’s classrooms.  He asserts that “SR is completely wrongheaded and totally destructive to the warm, supportive human relationships students need to [...]

Fontaine, D. ( 2008, May/June). Welcome to the age of the wikitext! MultiMedia & internet @ schools. Vol. 15, Iss. 3.
An Annotation by Jeffery Ayer
Funds are difficult to acquire in districts these days, with budget cutting, economic downturn, and political strife all part of the equation. In this article, Fontaine [...]

Buehl, D.  (1995).  Classroom strategies for interactive learning.  Schofield, Wisconsin:
Wisconsin State Reading Association.
An Annotation by Laurie Walsh
This book is loaded with practicality!  The author explains reading as a constructive process.  Meaning is determined by the reader’s experiences, the text itself, the learning context, and the strategies applied by the reader to obtain meaning.  The first [...]

Brown, M. (2001). Literature circles build excitement for books!  Retrieved June 30, 2008 from http://www.education-world.com/a curr/curr259.shtml.
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Brown reviews the beliefs of Harvey Daniels, author of Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in the Student-Centered Classroom, Katherine L. Schlick Noe, Ph.D., an associate professor at the School of Education at Seattle University, and Pam [...]

Bonwell, C.C. & Eison, J.A.   (1991)  Active learning: creating excitement in the classroom.  ERIC Digest.  Retrieved June 16, 2008 from ProQuest database.
An Annotation By Laurie Walsh
The article states that traditional lecture methods – profs talk, students listen – dominate college and university classrooms.  (The same can be said, we know, for high school classrooms.)  The [...]

Ball, W. H. & Brewer, P. F. (1996). Socratic seminars. In Teaching in the block: strategies for engaging active learners (pp. 29-65).
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This is a practical and theoretical look at using Socratic Seminars in the classroom.  It provides information on room set-up, writing pre-seminar and seminar questions, general guidelines for Socratic questioning, [...]

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Heacox, D. (2002). What is Differentiation?  In Differentiation Instruction in the Regular Classroom: How to Reach and Teach All Learners, Grades 3-12. (pgs. 5-20). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Heacox begins this chapter with a definition of what differentiation is, commenting on the idea that it is, among other things, rigorous, relevant, flexible and varied, [...]