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Title Teaching advanced skills to at-risk students : views from research and practice / Barbara Means, Carol Chelemer, and Michael S. Knapp, editors
Edition First edition
Published San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1991

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Description xxvii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Jossey-Bass education series
Jossey-Bass education series.
Contents Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction: Rethinking Teaching for Disadvantaged Students(Barbara Means, Michael S. Knapp) -- 2. Thinking in Arithmetic Class(Lauren B. Resnick, Victoria L. Bill, Sharon B. Lesgold, Mary N. Leer Commentary by Nancy J. Vye, Diana Miller Sharp, Kathy McCabe, John D. Bransford) -- 3. Using Children's Mathematical Knowledge(Penelope L. Peterson, Elizabeth Fennema, Thomas Carpenter Commentary by Judith J. Richards) -- 4. Dialogues Promoting Reading Comprehension(Annemarie Sullivan Palincscar, Laura J. Klenk Commentary by Yolanda N. Padron) -- 5. Teaching Writing to Students at Risk for Academic Failure(Mary Bryson, Marlene Scardamalia Commentary by Harvey A. Daniels) -- 6. What Schools Can Do to Improve Literacy Instruction(Robert Calfee Commentary by Ehys S. Quellmalz) -- 7. A Cognitive Apprenticeship for Disadvantaged Students(Allan Collins, Jan Hawkins, Sharon M. Carver Commentary by Herb Rosenfeld) -- 8. Conclusion: Implementing New Models for Teaching Advanced Skills(Michael S. Knapp, Barbara Means, Carol Chelemer)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Children with social disabilities -- Education -- United States.
Compensatory education -- United States.
Author Chelemer, Carol, 1948-
Knapp, Michael S. (Michael Sturgis), 1946-
Means, Barbara, 1949-
LC no. 91021683
ISBN 1555423930