teacher-student relationship

Tells the story of how fourth grade teacher Elaine Moore, an educator dedicated to instilling students with a sense of community, rallied her students and the people of Eagle River, Alaska, in keeping ten-year-old Seamus Farrell, a student diagnosed with terminal cancer midway through the school year, inside a circle of unflagging love and support.

Demonstrates how to use feedback as a learning strategy in the classroom, and provides examples of how to incorporate feedback into daily lessons to motivate students, set goals, and track progress.

"Hoping to save his marriage by ending an illicit affair with an incandescent but difficult student, college professor Steven Brookman discovers that the young woman's passions are not easily curtailed and that their relationship has more complicated ramifications than either anticipated"--Provided by OCLC.

Presents one hundred eighty-eight strategies to help teachers and administrators understand the basic reasons for disruptive and distracting behavior among middle and high school students.

Offers guidance to educators on conferring with readers and provides instructions and prompts for teachers to set up and conduct conferences with first- through eight-grade students in order to create more independent readers.

Describes communication strategies parents and teachers can use to motivate children to become self-directed, self-disciplined learners.

Discovering that their beloved former teacher Miss Applebaum is terminally ill, fifteen-year-old Henry and his friend Zelda accompany her on her excursions to the colorful parts of New York City. ..

Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition.