FF 2001 Sessions on Curriculum and Instruction

The following sessions were given at Fall Forum 2001 in Seattle, Washington. In order to view session descriptions below and contact presenters, you must be a member the CES Interactive Area. Click here to join.

Investigating and Supporting Children's Mathematical Ideas

Day-Long Session: Exploring Essential Moral Questions in the Classroom

A Lesson in Civic Education from Our Critical Friends in Poland

A Passion for Excellence in Teaching--and How We Undermine It

Critical Friends Groups: Taking It to the Classroom!

Equity: Only a Word

Geometry with a Lemon Twist: A Project-Oriented Approach

How Music Fits into the Ten Common Principles

Involve Me and I Understand: Using Creative Writing in the Social Studies Class

Is It Possible to Have Middle School Reading Instruction without Tracking?

Learning from My Life: Integrated Projects in the Humanities Classroom

Mass Chaos: Are the Students in Charge of Their Curriculum?

Peer Coaching to Improve Learning in the Elementary Classroom

Personalized Learning Plans: Creating a Roadmap before the Journey Begins

Pushing beyond Minimum Standards and Expectations The Innards of Frankenstein's Monster: An Approach to Blended Teaching

Titles That Teach: Reading and Effective Writing

What's the Big I.D.E.A.? How Special Education Should Look in a Reform School

"Cornel Communities": Lifting Every Voice

A Balanced Literacy Approach: Individualization Can Work

A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Old Adage, New Application

A State of Mind, a State of Heart, a State of Being: Facilitating Humane Learning for Human Students

An American Class Presentation in China: The American Railroad, Chinese Immigrants and 19th Century Discrimination

Being There: Journaling and Role-Playing to Live History

Building Competencies through Real-World Problem-Solving: Assuring the Learning in Problem-Based Learning

Can You Teach Creativity and Invention? Inquiry-Based Science at the Boston Arts Academy

Creative Writing: An Essential Tool in "Teaching for Understanding" in Humanities, History and/or Literature Classes

Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Washington State: Lessons from a University-Community Partnership

Digital Portfolios in Mathematics: A Tool to Link School System Standards with CES Principles

Don't Shoot the Messenger: How to Create a Class Where Students Produce Authentic Publications for the School

Exploring Essential Moral Questions in the Classroom

From the Stage to the Page: Using Theatrical Devices to Make Shakespeare's Works Come Alive

Getting R.E.A.L. in High School and Middle School: Rigorous Engagement of Adolescent Literacy

Girls and Technology: Gender Issues in Technology Education

Going with the Flow: 35 Classroom Activities for Productively Channeling Middle-Grade Energy

Harnessing the Power of Technology to Cultivate Mindful Learners

How Can Mock Trials Get Urban Students Excited about Learning?

How Can We Build Students' Ability to Formulate Their Own Questions? "The Right Question Project" Strategy

Keeping it Real! Authentic Learning without Playing the Game of School

Leadership for All Students: The J-CAP

Leading Socratic Seminars: An Experiential Workshop

Making It in High School When So Many Can Barely Read and Write: An Online Tool to Improve Content Area Learning

Minding the Gap: Challenging and Nurturing All Students

Out of Your Seat and on Your Feet: A Performance-Based Literacy Curriculum

Rage Is Not A 1-Day Thing! A Follow-Up Workshop to the Special Performance

Reading in the Content Areas: Scaffolded Reading Experiences and the Final Word Protocol

Science/Cultural Integration and the "Home Base" Web Site: A Project Template for Discovery Groupings

Seminar Facilitation: Art, Science, or Magic?

September 11 and its Aftermath: Our Students, and Our Curriculum

Storytelling from the Right Side of the Brain

Student As Intellectual: Using Paideia Seminars to Foster a Love of Deliberation

Student-Run Exhibitions: How to Get Your Students to Make It Happen

Students as Storytellers

Students, the Internet Is Not a Source: Information Literacy through Media Specialist and Teacher Collaboration

Successful Instances of Achievement by Low-Performing Students: What Lessons Can We Learn?

Talking about Race in a Predominantly White Classroom

That's a Family! Integrating Family Diversity into School Curriculum

The Distance between a Neuron and a Chalkboard

The Power of Paradox

The Secondary School Literacy Project: A Reading Apprenticeship for Critical Literacy

The Who/What/Where/When/Whys and Hows of Establishing a Multi-Age Program

Thinking Big: How Monster Sculpture Helps Bring Literature to Life

Tyner's Traveling Troupe Elucidates Elementary Science: How to Start and Run a High School Student Demonstration Team

Using Artificial Intelligence to Increase Algebra Comprehension

Vodemics: How Individual Teachers Can Integrate Vocational and Academic Courses during an Era of High-Stakes Testing

When "Less Is More," Do We Still Need the Drama Class? You Bet We Do!


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