Video Resources
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Explicit Vocabulary Teaching Strategies
This video describes explicit vocabulary instruction and provides examples of classroom implementation.
The Value of Teaching Comprehension Strategies
This video provides an overview of explicit comprehension instruction and examples of strategies for teachers.
Teaching Study Skills and Time Management to Kids With Special Learning Needs
This video provides information on time management, study skills, and types of strategies that support learning for student with learning disabilities.
Teaching Gifted Students
This video gives an overview of the characteristics of students with gifts or talents, their unique needs, and tips for differentiating instruction and content.
Third Party Links within Interactive eBook
Teaching Vocabulary and Concepts
Promoting Participation in the Classroom
Additional Video Cases
Video Case 12.1: building Prior Knowledge in the Content Areas
- In the video, Jan Evans stimulates her students’ prior knowledge of food that grows on farms in Texas. What methods does she use to activate and enhance their prior knowledge before she introduces the lesson?
- How does Jan Evans incorporate authentic language learning experiences, such as reading, writing, speaking, thinking, and listening, in her content-area instruction? In what ways will these opportunities benefit her students?
Video Case 12.2: After Reading Strategy
How does using the SWBST strategy help Tema Khieu’s students to summarize a familiar short story? How can this strategy enhance students’ comprehension when they read other texts?
- How does using the SQBST strategy help Tema Khieu’s students to summarize a familiar story? How can this strategy enhance students’ comprehension when they read other texts?
- What additional methods does Tema Khieu use to guide her students’ reading comprehension? How does she incorporate cooperative learning, mnemonics, and technology into her instruction?