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Content: Includes full-text scholarly journals and dissertations supporting research on the theory and practice of education. It also covers literature and research on special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.
Purpose: Provides access to a large range of full-text journals and dissertations supporting research on the theory and practice of education..
Special Features: Includes a read-aloud feature.
Content: An education database covering curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and related social issues.
Purpose: A specialized database for academic, scholarly, and peer-reviewed resources in the field of education.
Special Features: Includes a tool to discover citing articles, text-to-speech feature for some articles, and a thesaurus feature to assist you in the discovery process.
It also covers areas of curriculum instruction as well as administration, policy, funding, and related social issues.
Content: Journals, books and magazines covering preschool to college levels and bilingual education studies, health, technology and testing.
Purpose: A great resource for any educator—from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level.
Special Features: Includes a visualization tool and browse by topic feature that aids in brainstorming topics, a Lexile feature that filters texts by difficulty, the ability to highlight and add notes to text, and a read-aloud feature.
Content: Ebooks, journals, and conference proceedings related to education and instruction.
Purpose: Informs users of trends and theories regarding education and instruction.
Special Features: Users may explore topics or search for particular formats.
Content: Journals, books and magazines covering preschool to college levels and bilingual education studies, health, technology and testing.
Purpose: A great resource for any educator—from the school teacher and administrator to those studying in the field at the collegiate and graduate level.
Special Features: Includes a visualization tool and browse by topic feature that aids in brainstorming topics, a Lexile feature that filters texts by difficulty, the ability to highlight and add notes to text, and a read-aloud feature.
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Teaching Methods
The following terms are associated with planning, presenting, or conducting instructional activities:
For more strategies, see the Glossary by Kelly Jo Rowan.
Age, Gender, & Ethnicity
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Inclusion
Other terms that refer to the integration of students with disabilities or other special needs into regular curricular or noncurricular activities.
English Learners
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Learning Disabilities
Examples of broader, narrower, and associated terms.
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