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Afterschool Training Toolkit: Building Quality Enrichment Activities: This online toolkit provides resources for developing fun, innovative, and academically enriching activities for afterschool and expanded learning programs. The toolkit includes promising practices and sample lessons in the arts, literacy, math, science, technology, and homework help.
Afterschool Training Toolkit DVD: Short Videos of Promising Practices in Afterschool: Brief videos illustrate promising teaching techniques in six key areas: the arts, homework, literacy, math, science, and technology. Use these free videos with afterschool staff to explore new ways to embed academics in fun afterschool activities.
Lesson Study: Teachers and Students Learning Together: The Lesson Study approach helps teachers deepen their content knowledge, adopt effective teaching strategies, and reflect on student learning. This multimedia package uses math instruction as an example and is designed for trainers and team leaders.
Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Language (Paso Partners): An Instructional Program, Volumes I and II Bundle: This two-volume curriculum and resource guide helps K–3 teachers develop instructional activities to increase mathematics and science achievement among Limited English Proficient students. Volume I focuses on grades K–1; Volume II focuses on grades 2–3.
SEDL Letter, Volume XV, Number 1 (Dec. 2003): Improving Achievement In Mathematics and Science: This issue of SEDL Letter examines issues related to improving math and science achievement, including the importance of providing a foundation in algebraic thinking well before high school.
SEDL Letter, Volume XX, Number 1 (April 2008): Making the Most of Middle School: This issue of SEDL Letter tackles issues facing middle school educators—the lack of a national policy addressing these years, how U.S. middle schoolers are falling behind in math compared to their peers abroad, whether we should return to a K–8 system, and how afterschool programs can support middle schools.
Classroom Compass: Produced by SEDL's Southwest Consortium for the Improvement of Mathematics and Science Teaching from 1994 to 2005, this newsletter provided instructional ideas, activities, and resources for math and science teachers. Archived issues are available online.
Classroom Compass (Mar. 2002): Promoting Diversity, Valuing Difference: The March 2002 issue discusses ways in which to engage a wider range of students with diverse backgrounds, interests, and experiences in solving mathematical problems.
Classroom Compass (Sept. 2002): Getting to the Heart of the (Subject) Matter: If you've tuned in to discussions about reforming mathematics and science instruction, you've probably heard about "teaching for understanding," or "teaching to the big ideas." This issue of Classroom Compass explores the meaning behind these catchphrases and the implications for teachers and the educational system that supports—or impedes—teachers' efforts at reform.