This guide addresses such areas as developing language and literacy, connecting learning to students' worlds,
teaching complex thinking for academic competence and how to use "instructional conversation" in a classroom
setting.
Appropriate for use with grades K-8, this book offers extensive guidance for setting up and maintaining a
system which maximizes face-to-face teaching in small groups, increases students' learning time and opportunities,
and establishes a rhythm of productivity in the classroom.
There are plenty of examples and learning activities that support the program the author explains in the first
section of the volume.
Whether you are professional educator or someone interested in becoming a more effective tutor with either your
own children or others, the five pedagogy standards set forth here can be implemented in diverse teaching
situations and are particularly recommended for use with at-risk students.