The best Education Curriculum & Instruction books: Reddit reviews

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I teach in alternative education so there are things that have worked.

I recently got this book, which is full of awesome ideas: https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Strategies-Book-Everything-Developing/dp/032507433X

Other things that work:

• Your district's elementary reading software (we use Lexia)
• Vocabulary instruction. I use quizlet others use kahoot, both work. To prepare for the formative assessment I will do shades of meaning or vocabulary trading cards.
• Provide a reading purpose (a question to guide their annotations)
• Dyad reading. Wow, do they hate it but it works. This works best for literature.
• Partner reading. They also hate this. This works best for longer readings and nonfiction.
• Graphic organizers to gather textual evidence and write summaries.
• Writing, like actually writing. Turns out it is really hard for students to gain certain reading skills and recognize certain moves writers make if they are not themselves writing.

Mostly I cannot stress enough that students need the opportunity to engage in productive struggle with a text. So often we see kids struggle and step in and do the work for them, or we let them skip words. This doesn't work. Encourage students to ask questions and take breaks (but not quit) when they get frustrated.

I am a Computer Science educator. I teach classes 6th to 12th grade as well as run specialized classes for higher level, non-age specific groups.

I would recommend Grant Wiggens' and Jay McTighe's Understanding by Design as a book for curriculum development. It is a great starting point for creating curriculum that can be evaluated and iterated upon.

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Design-Grant-Wiggins/dp/1416600353/

Best of luck!

Check out the book Understanding by design. It is a pretty solid model for planning. Understanding By Design https://www.amazon.com/dp/1416600353/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_4TATBY5D7SRVHSHHY9NN

Also called backwards design, it focuses on starting with the learning outcomes for a lesson or unit then the product that will show student mastery of said learning and then breaking it down into teachable steps.

UBD was the process I used when I started. At this point in my career I tend to, as others have said, just wing it. Though I do pull the proxy back out if I’m struggling with putting together something new.

Find a tutor. Jennine Ball can help you if you’re not sure where to look.

I also found this book very helpful: https://www.amazon.ca/Schaums-Outline-Introduction-Mathematical-Economics/dp/0071762515/ref=nodl_

1) I guess that you chose Why is religion controversial as your final module.

2) I think your second and third choices would be "Crime and Justice" and "Living Political Ideas."

3) I think the most interesting would be "Why is religion controversial?" because I have a fascination with learning anything and everything I can about all religions.

4) This book is on my Amazon wishlist: "Teaching What Really Happened: How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks and Get Students Excited About Doing History"

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807749915/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=IPABCKJDL859P&colid=1WH18WC7D3LUF

It shouldn't be overwhelming if you prepare properly. Try to at least get your hands on intermediate level micro / macro texts and read through them to understand the basics. For an econ MA you don't need a ton of math. I usually suggest this Schaum's outline because it covers the needed areas up to differential equations and it has a lot of problems to help you learn the material. Add any decent introduction to econometrics, e.g. Stock / Watson, and you should be set.

Keep in mind you don't need to know everything in those textbooks, so don't worry too much if it looks like a ton of material. What you might want to do is try to get copies of the syllabi for the undergrad courses in econ at the universities you're applying to for an MA. That way you can see which textbooks they use, what material they focus on, etc.

>> I didn't try to claim it. I stated what an administration is. The president is not the administration. If you can't figure that out, well: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1420659685/

The current president's administration is very much "him" and he runs it dude, this is what I'm saying. The point is, Trump very clearly accused Obama of this and you aren't being intellectually honest if you don't think that.

>> I think that's something you have to ask yourself.

Except I'm not the one that was wrong here, and I've proven that. Your defense is some serious mental gymnastics where you try to claim Trump wasn't accusing Obama when he was very clearly was.

>> I wasn't even the one who started the discussion about Trump...

And that isn;t relevant, because you tried to defend his blatant lying and claim they were not lies.

> You just tried to claim the Obama admin isn't Obama

I didn't try to claim it. I stated what an administration is. The president is not the administration. If you can't figure that out, well: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1420659685/

> I have no idea why people can't admit they're wrong.

I think that's something you have to ask yourself.

> I have no idea what it is with Trump and why the type of person he attracts is just clueless and capable of gold medal caliber mental gymnastics.

I wasn't even the one who started the discussion about Trump...

Sounds like a good recommendation! I'll check it out!

My latest wonderful find is Jim Knight's High-Impact Instruction.