Includes bibliographical references and index.

Perspectives on teaching. Learner's bill of rights / Charles H. Rathbone ; Teachers as leaders / Richard F. Bowman ; What urban students say about good teaching / Dick Corbett, Bruce Wilson ; Helping children cope with loss, death, and grief : response to a national tragedy / National Association of School Psychologists ; National tragedy : helping children cope / National Association of School Psychologists -- Development. Part A. Childhood. Shaping the learning environment : connecting developmentally appropriate practices to brain research / Stephen Rushton, Elizabeth Larkin ; Importance of being playful / Elena Bodrova, Deborah J. Leong ; Part B. Adolescence. What empathy can do / Ernest Mendes ; Biology of risk taking / Lisa F. Price ; Differing perspectives, common ground : the middle school and gifted education relationship / Hilda C. Rosselli, Judith L. Irvin -- Exceptional and culturally diverse children. Part A. Educationally disabled. Normalizing difference in inclusive teacher / Susan Baglieri, Janice H. Knopf ; Into the mainstream : practical strategies for teaching in inclusive environments / Brent Hardin, Marie Hardin ; Part B. Gifted and talented. Challenges of identifying and serving gifted children with ADHD / Lori J. Flint ; Raising expectations for the gifted / Colleen Willard-Holt ; Part C. Culturally and academically diverse. Celebrating diverse minds / Mel Levine ; Creating culturally responsive schools / Barbara Bazron, David Osher, Steve Fleischman -- Learning and instruction. Part A. Learning and cognition. Successful strategies for English language learners / Tracy Gray, Steve Fleischman ; Students remember ... what they think about / Daniel T. Willingham ; Beyond learning by doing : the brain compatible approach / Jay W. Roberts ; Metacognition : a bridge between cognitive psychology and educational practice / Deanna Kuhn, David Dean Jr. ;

Successful intelligence in the classroom / Robert J. Sternberg, Elena L. Grigorenko ; It's no fad : fifteen years of implementing multiple intelligences / Thomas R. Hoerr ; Caution--praise can be dangerous / Carol S. Dweck ; Constructing learning : using technology to support teaching for understanding / Thomas Sherman, Barbara Kurshan ; Creating a culture for learning / Sidney Trubowitz ; Promoting academic achievement through social and emotional learning / Katharine Ragozzino ... [et al.] ; Implementing a research-based model of cooperative learning / Christine Siegel ; Part B. Instructional strategies. Teachers bridge to constructivism / Kathryn Alesandrini, Linda Larson ; Constructivism and block scheduling : making the connection / Donald G. Hackmann ; Using data to differentiate instruction / Kay Brimijoin, Ede Marquissee, Carol Ann Tomlinson -- Motivation and classroom management. Part A. Motivation. Do students care about learning? A conversation with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi / Marge Scherer ; Self-efficacy : a key to improving the motivation of struggling learners / Howard Margolis, Patrick McCabe ; Help for stressed students / Denise Clark Pope, Richard Simon ; Part B. Classroom management. When children make rules / Rheta DeVries, Betty Zan ; Key to classroom management / Robert J. Marzano, Jana S. Marzano ; Twelve practical strategies to prevent behavioral escalation in classroom settings / Smita Shukla-Mehta, Richard W. Albin ; Corporal punishment : legalities, realities, and implications / Patricia H. Hinchey -- Assessment. Lessons of high-stakes testing / Lisa M. Abrams, George F. Madaus ; Are we measuring student success with high-stakes testing? / Kathleen Anderson Steeves, Jessica Hodgson, Patricia Peterson ; Seductive allure of data / W. James Popham ; Working inside the black box : assessment for learning in the classroom / Paul Black ... [et al.] ; Using student-involved classroom assessment to close achievement gaps / Rick Stiggins, Jan Chappuis ; Grades as valid measures of academic achievement of classroom learning / James D. Allen.