Description
For courses in Mid/Moderate Disabilities Methods (Special Education); Methods for Students with Learning and Behavior Problems (Special Education)
This package includes the Enhanced Pearson eText and the loose-leaf version
This bestselling text focuses on presenting the ideal content for preparing teachers to meet the needs of elementary and secondary students with learning and behavior problems in a variety of settings. Streamlined in the previous edition to provide more hands on applications and classroom strategies than any other methods text on the market, this new Ninth Edition presents fresh ideas and information on best practices through the use of embedded video clips, web links, and step-by-step instructional strategies.
Featured in this edition are a new emphasis on and integration of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) throughout; updated coverage of RtI; a new emphasis on higher level thinking, including reading comprehension and complex texts as well as problem solving, fractions, and algebra; increased focus on classroom management and positive behavior support; and updated and enhanced key research, practice opportunities, and strategies throughout.
Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with embedded videos, interactive links to helpful web sites, and interactive chapter assessment quizzes. The Enhanced Pearson eText is also available without a print version of the textbook.
Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks to register for your digital examination copy.
Features
Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:
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Video marginal notes with reflective questions indicate where videos, which show classroom footage and experts in the field, elucidate concepts and strategies that are discussed in the text. There are approximately 50 of these clips interspersed throughout the text. (See pages 103, 253, and 323 for examples.)
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In-text Links to YouTube videos within this eText illustrate strategies being discussed within the text. (See pages 124, 223, and 247 for examples.)
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End of Chapter Assessments. Embedded assessments with feedback help students review new terms and concepts and encourage reflection and discussion on the issues of the chapter. These are presented within the Pearson eText as interactive quizzes.
(See pages 25, 111, and 311 for examples.)
Students can experience the advantages of the Enhanced Pearson eText along with all the benefits of print for 40% to 50% less than a print bound book! Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks to register for your digital examination copy.
Additional text features include:
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Focus Questions and Focus Answers reinforce key ideas to focus student learning.
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Apply the Concept features provide guidelines and suggestions to better prepare teachers to organize classroom instruction.
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Evidence Based Practice sections explicitly outline classroom applications for implementing large-scale strategies for teaching students with special needs.
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Instructional Activities provide a bank of step-by-step, classroom-ready activities.
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NEW! All-new Tech Tips in every chapter highlight software and other technologies that assist with instruction and student learning.
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Spotlight on Diversity features spotlight methods for teaching student populations who are culturally and linguistically diverse, including English learners.
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Apply the Standards features at the end of each chapter explain which CEC standards the chapter reflects and gives activities to help readers understand how those standards relate to chapter contents.
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Web resources margin notes appear at points of interest throughout the chapters.
New to this Edition
Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following new multimedia features:
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Video marginal notes with reflective questions indicate where videos, which show classroom footage and experts in the field, elucidate concepts and strategies that are discussed in the text. There are approximately 50 of these clips interspersed throughout the text. (See pages 103, 253, and 323 for examples.)
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In-text Links to YouTube videos within this eText illustrate strategies being discussed within the text. (See pages 124, 223, and 247 for examples.)
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End of Chapter Assessments. Embedded assessments with feedback help students review new terms and concepts and encourage reflection and discussion on the issues of the chapter. These are presented within the Pearson eText as interactive quizzes. (See pages 25, 111, and 311 for examples.)
Students can experience the advantages of the Enhanced Pearson eText along with all the benefits of print for 40% to 50% less than a print bound book! Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks to register for your digital examination copy.
Key content changes include:
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NEW! Enhanced access to electronic sources: The eText for this text is an affordable, interactive version of the print text that includes videos, interactive links to helpful web sites, and interactive chapter assessment quizzes.
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IRIS Center Resource links are integrated throughout the text where appropriate.
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Marginal Web Resources throughout the chapters encourage further exploration of chapter topics.
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Weblinks throughout provide website of organizations, institutions, and government resources that reflect the rich community and depth of assets that await students as they further their educational pursuits.
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NEW! Brings readers up to date on new topics of critical importance: the Common Core State Standards, RtI, higher-level thinking, and classroom management.
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A new emphasis on and integration of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) throughout helps teachers understand and comply with the latest requirements.
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Updated presentation of RtI now includes coverage of multitiered system of support.
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Updated coverage of all academic areas now reflects the emphasis on higher-level thinking, including reading comprehension and complex texts as well as problem solving, fractions, and algebra.
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Increased emphasis on classroom management and positive behavior support both in the target chapters as well as throughout the book.
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NEW! Considerable updating throughout, including:
Table of Contents
Part I Understanding and Planning Instruction for Students with Learning and Behavior Problems
Chapter 1 Monitoring and Teaching for Understanding
Chapter 2 Approaches to Learning and Teaching
Chapter 3 Response to Intervention and Multi-Tier System of Supports
Chapter 4 Managing Behavior
Chapter 5 Coteaching and Collaborating: Working with Professionals and Families
Part II Instructing Students with Learning and Behavior Problems
Chapter 6 Assessing and Teaching Oral Language
Chapter 7 Assessing and Teaching Reading: Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Word Recognition
Chapter 8 Assessing and Teaching Reading: Fluency and Comprehension
Chapter 9 Assessing and Teaching Writing and Spelling
Chapter 10 Assessing and Teaching Content Area Learning and Vocabulary
Chapter 11 Assessing and Teaching Mathematics
Back Cover
This bestselling text focuses on presenting the ideal content for preparing teachers to meet the needs of elementary and secondary students with learning and behavior problems in a variety of settings. Streamlined in the previous edition to provide more hands on applications and classroom strategies than any other methods text on the market, this new Ninth Edition presents fresh ideas and information using current research on best practices through the use of embedded video clips, web links, and step-by-step instructional strategies.
The goals of the text are to provide readers with a solid foundation and understanding about the general approaches to teaching and learning, descriptions of detailed methods and procedures for understanding how to use the approaches, and practical information about organizing and planning for teaching. Featured in this new edition are:
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A new emphasis on and integration of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) throughout.
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Updated coverage of RtI.
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A new emphasis on higher level thinking, including reading comprehension and complex texts as well as problem solving, fractions, and algebra.
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Increased focus on classroom management and positive behavior support.
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Updated and enhanced key research, practice opportunities, and strategies throughout.
Author
Sharon Vaughn (Ph.D., University of Arizona) holds the H. E. Hartfelder/ Southland Corporation Regents Chair in Human Development and is the Executive Director of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at the University of Texas. She is a recipient of the CEC Research Award and 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 (5th ed., Allyn & Bacon). Currently she is the principal or coprincipal investigator on several Institutes 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.
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