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The streamlined eighth edition of the bestselling text Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning and Behavior Problems provides more hands on application and classroom strategies than any other methods text on the market.
A practical guide for graduate and undergraduate students, this book uses current research on the best practices for providing instructional and support services to students with learning and behavior problems in a variety of settings. The eighth edition contains more applied teaching strategies than ever before, a thorougly revised chapter on teaching and assessing math, and an increased integration and emphasis on the topics of co-teaching and working with paraprofessionals, response to intervention and assessment, and technology.
Review
The authors have done a great job in helping the college student see how what they are reading in the text often plays out in the classroom.
Cathy Warmack, Murray State University
I really like this text. I have used several others and this one covers all important topics and is extremely readable.
Dona Bauman, University of Scranton
Application for teachers is excellent. Provids step-by-step procedures for teachers to use.The sections Apply the concept are very good!
Cindi Nixon, Francis Marion University
All of the concept application examples, tech tips, classroom applications, and instructiona activities are absolutely excellent. The thing teachers always ask is, "How do I...?" This text gives them the answers. Naomi Quintana, Point Loma Nazarene University
Synopsis
The streamlined eighth edition of the bestselling text Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning and Behavior Problems provides more hands on application and classroom strategies than any other methods text on the market.
A practical guide for graduate and undergraduate students, this book uses current research on the best practices for providing instructional and support services to students with learning and behavior problems in a variety of settings. The eighth edition contains more applied teaching strategies than ever before, a thoroughly revised chapter on teaching and assessing math, and an increased integration and emphasis on the topics of co-teaching and working with paraprofessionals, response to intervention and assessment, and technology.
New to this edition:
- Chapter 3, Response to Intervention, is completely reconsidered, restructured, and revised.
- Chapter 11, Assessing and Teaching Mathematics, is completely reconsidered and revised with a dual focus on concrete classroom application and the needs of secondary students.
- All new Tech Tips in every chapter highlight software and other technologies that assist with instruction and student learning.
- Evidence Based Practice called out throughout chapters with classroom applications.
- Many new Apply the Concept features throughout chapters provide guidelines and suggestions to better prepare you to organize classroom instruction.
- Web Resources margin notes at points of interest throughout chapters encourage further exploration of chapter topics.
About the Author
Sharon Vaughn (Ph. D., University of Arizona) holds the H.E. Hartfelder/Southland Corporation Regents Chair in Human Development and is a recipient of the AERA Special Education SIG distinguished researcher award. She was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Learning Disabilities and the coeditor of Learning Disabilities Research and Practice. Dr. Vaughn is the author of numerous books and research articles that address the reading and social outcomes of students with learning difficulties including Teaching Students Who Are Exceptional, Diverse, and At Risk in the General Education Classroom, with Jeanne Schumm and Candace Bos. Currently she is principal or co-principal investigator on several Institute for Education Science, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, and Office of Special Education Programs research grants investigating effective interventions for students with learning disabilities and behavior problems as well as students who are English language learners.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Understanding and Planning Instruction for Students with Learning and Behavior Problems
1. Planning and Teaching for Understanding
2. Approaches to Learning and Teaching
3. Response to Intervention
4. Promoting Social Acceptance and Managing Behavior
5. Communicating, Collaborating, and CoTeaching
Part 2: Instructing Students with Learning and Behavior Problems
6. Assessing and Teaching Oral Language
7. Assessing and Teachign Reading: Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Word Recognition
8. Assessing and Teaching Reading: Fluency and Comprehension
9. Assessing and Teaching Writing and Spelling
10. Assessing and Teaching Content Area Learning and Vocabulary Instruciton
11. Aassessing and Teaching Mathematics