… The term learning log fits our philosophy of how writing across the curriculum is used in the
mathematics classroom (McIntosh and Draper 1997). The first word, learning, states the …

MARGARET E. MCINTOSH am a big fan of using definitions as a starting point for I thinking
about a topic, so let us look at a definition of assessment from the National Council of …

Many school districts are beginning to use a “writing across the curriculum” approach in the
middle and secondary school. Certainly, English teachers are aware of the need to have …

Musculoskeletal injuries to hospital workers are both common and costly. Little advice has
been written on how to decrease losses after injury. In a tertiary care hospital with 2700 …

As middle school and high school students encounter mathematics books with extensive text
they find that they lack the skills for reading effectively. The QAR strategy can help students …

Were you able to answer these questions? Our seventh graders were. Now read part A of
the sidebar “Sample Exercises from Transition Mathematics” on page 157. Can you answer …

MARGARET E. MclNTOSH nyone who has looked at middle school or high school A
mathematics books lately has noticed that they don’t look much like “our” mathematics books did …

Gifted urban minority students rarely hear the “achievement message,” which includes plans
for attending a good college or university. Changing the attitudes of gifted urban minority …

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All teachers, in one way or another, re quire their students to interact with text. Since
comprehending text is im possible without making inferences, teachers of science, social studies, …