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Phi Delta Kappan

Volume 87 Number 5, January 2006

Features

 

Swimming lessons 

Arthur Goldman

344 

Why we can't talk to one another about science education reform 

Mark Windschitl

348 

Departments

 

Washington commentary: whither assessment? 

Anne C Lewis

339 

Stateline: crank up the math and science engines, here comes economic development 

Kathy Christie

341 

Technology: the Earth on the web 

Royal Van Horn

408 

In Canada: an idea whose time keeps coming 

Heather-Jane Robertson

410 

Research: struggling in kindergarten 

Gerald W Bracey

412 

Maths education: teaching for understanding

 

Math wars 2: it's the teaching, stupid! 

John Marshall

356 

Urban success: a multidimensional mathematics approach with equitable outcomes 

Jo Boaler

364 

The critical need for skilled maths teachers 

Susan Goya

370 

What is fifth grade?  

Thomas C O'Brien, Christine Wallach

373 

The development and publication of Elementary mathematics textbooks: let the buyer beware! 

Barabara J Reys, Robert E Reys

377 

Teaching native children

 

What we don't know can hurt them: white teachers, Indian children 

Bobby Ann Starnes

384 

Point of view

 

Setting standards: an exercise in futility? 

Charles H Hargis

393 

At odds: standards for social studies

 

NCATE has a lot to say to future social studies teachers: a response to Sam Wineberg 

Susan Adler, Alberta Dougan, Jesus Garcia

396 

A sobering big idea 

Sam Wineburg

401 

Sensible accountability

 

Fulfilling the promise of the standards movement 

Laura Lefkowits, Kirsten Miller

403 

KLA

Subject Headings

Curriculum planning
Teaching and learning
Mathematics
Mathematics teaching

Educational Researcher

Volume 35 Number 1, January 2006

Theme issue: moving beyond Gratz and Grutter - the next generation of research

 

Informing the debate on race-conscious education policy 

Michele S Moses, Patricia Marin

3 

Features

 

Toward a deeper understanding of the diversity rationale

Michele S Moses, Mitchell J Chang

6 

College access, K–12 concentrated disadvantage, and the next 25 years of educational research 

John T Yun, Jose F Moreno

12 

Getting to the what, how and why of diversity on campus

Patricia Gurin, Biren (Ratnesh) A Nagda

20 

Erratum 

25 

Research news and comment

 

Civil rights, education research, and  the courts

Angela N Ancheta

26 

Books Reviews

 

Still desegregated, still unequal: lessons from up North 

James D Anderson

30 

KLA

Subject Headings

Education research

Modern English Teacher

Volume 15 Number 1, January 2006

Keynote

 

Developing the reading brain: promoting reading 

Ivana Cavallera, Ana Leiguarda

5 

About language

 

"Hey buddy, got a dime?": Have, have got and take

John Desmond

15 

Mystery and command of the English language: making headway 

John Morley

17 

The idiot's guide to big grammar items: modals and nouns 

Nick Shepherd

22 

Practical ideas

 

Once upon a story: storytelling in the EFL classroom

Michael Berman

26 

Integrating nonverbal communication into language classroom activities: adding an extra dimension to language learning 

Simon Mumford, Steve Darn

32 

What makes reading in a second language difficult: the classroom 

Paul Harvey

37 

Listening skills: what are they and how do you teach them? 

Paul Bress

42 

The importance of informal learning in EFL: learning outside the classroom 

Susan McLean Orlando

45 

It made me think

 

CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning 

Simon Andrews

49 

How to write really rotten materials: the best way to get it wrong 

Neil McBeath

53 

Technology matters

 

Interactive stories on an iPod: developing interactive, text-based stories 

Michael Vallance

59 

Using the web to save time: producing worksheets at the click of a button 

Russell Stannard

63 

First steps with the interactive whiteboard in ESOL: a daunting learning curve 

Linda Polkowski

67 

Reviews 74 
Regulars 90 

Key Learning Areas

English

Subject Headings

International students
English language teaching
English as an additional language

set: Research Information for Teachers

Volume 3,  2005

Teaching and learning

 

Male teachers in primary schools 

Penni Cushman

2 

Text-bullying: is it relational or verbal aggression? 

Juliana Raskauskas, Janis Carroll-Lind, Alison Kearney

7 

Beginning teaching: stress, satisfaction and resilience 

Lexie Grudnoff, Bryan Tuck

11 

Experiential learning in the context of educating for a sustainable future: is it an appropriate pedagogoy for shifting teachers' thinking and engaging learners? 

Barry Law

15 

What do Year 8 students know about New Zealand society? Findings from an NEMP probe study 

Eleanor Hawe, Isabel Browne

21 

Multiple intelligences: fashionable or foundational? 

Mennie Scapens, Deborah Fraser

26

Making school-driven innovations happen 

Sally Boyd

31 

He whakaaro ano

Thinking about the key competencies in the light of the intention to foster lifelong learning 

Rosemary Hopkins

36 

Students as independent learners

 

Inquiry-based curriculum integration in the secondary school 

Jedd Bartlett

39 

Information literacy and evidence-based practice 

Adaire Hannah

44 

Building students' research expertise: history as a case-study 

Rosemary Hipkins

50 

Helping students to use metacognition 

Linsey Conner

54 

Assessment news

 

A hitchhiker's guide to reliability 

Charles Darr

59 

KLA

Subject Headings

Secondary education
Primary education
Mäori
Mäori Education
Curriculum planning
Teaching and learning
New Zealand

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