Creating Inclusive Classrooms: Effective, Differentiated and Reflective Practices, 8th edition

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• Embedded videos related to chapter topics provide real-world context for important chapter points. (See pages 19, 195, and 455 for examples.)

• Chapter Self-Check. Multiple-choice questions embedded in each content section provide practice items to help readers immediately test their mastery of the content. (See pages 31, 232, and 506 for examples.)

• What Would You Do? Interactive multiple-choice quizzes, with feedback, at the end of each chapter let students gauge their understanding of chapter content. (See pages 31, 232, and 506 for examples.)

• IRIS Center Modules. Interactive activities based on videos, audio, and text help to extend learning. (See pages 38, 196, and 385 for examples.)

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Additional text features include:

• Make the concepts come alive as theory translates to practice.
• Each chapter includes a chapter-opening vignette and examples that connect and translate theory into practice and depict the material presented in that chapter.
• Pick, tailor, and extend learning with a variety of opportunities to choose just the right options for ensuring comprehension of the concepts.
• Making Connections margin notes help readers relate the effective practices, content, and examples presented in the chapter to the everyday life in the classroom.
• IDEAS to Implement Inclusion features throughout the text give students an accessible look at how to implement the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in the classroom.
• Apply, reflect, and ensure comprehension of the content before moving on.
• Summaries at the end of each chapter provide excellent review and address professional standards, aligning chapter content to the CEC professional standards.
• Reflective Margin Notes guide readers to think about the material and related personal experiences.
• Focus on issues of critical importance to the field of inclusion today.
• Universal design for learning (UDL) focus guides readers in understanding and implementing the principles of UDL to help all learners access the general education curriculum and succeed in inclusive classrooms.
• Material appears throughout the content and in UDL and You features.
• Student diversity focus helps readers become better prepared to work with students from different backgrounds and see how the strategies and information presented relate to all students.

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eTextThe Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Embedded videos related to chapter topics provide real-world context for important chapter points. (See pages 19, 195, and 455 for examples.)

• Chapter Self-Check. Multiple-choice questions embedded in each content section provide practice items to help readers immediately test their mastery of the content. (See pages 31, 232, and 506 for examples.)

• What Would You Do? Interactive multiple-choice quizzes, with feedback, at the end of each chapter let students gauge their understanding of chapter content. (See pages 31, 232, and 506 for examples.)

• IRIS Center Modules. Interactive activities based on videos, audio, and text help to extend learning. (See pages 38, 196, and 385 for examples.)

Students can experience the advantages of the Enhanced Pearson eText along with all the benefits of print for 40% to 50% less than a print bound book! Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks. Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks to register for your digital examination copy.

Key content changes include:

• NEW! On Demand Learning features allow readers to customize and extend their learning with choices related to additional video- and text-based information, perspectives, and examples followed by a question. The ideal resource for guided reflection and application of the material in the book, this feature also helps instructors provide a wide range of learning activities and in class topics.
• Current issues and research are translated into practice with a focus on reflection, research-based and practical strategies, and applications.
• NEW! Each chapter has been revised and updated with expanded content and references throughout.
• NEW! Information covers what’s happening in the field of inclusion and also how it affects educators, students, and families, as well as the delivery of effective instructional programs to all students.
• NEW! The latest information is included on: research-based practices, differentiated instruction, Response to Intervention (RtI), universal design for learning (UDL), Common Core State Standards, autism spectrum disorders, co-teaching arrangements, student diversity, current instructional and assistive technology, differentiating instruction, Positive behavioral Supports, motivating students, fostering students’ literacy and mathematics learning, assessing students, and implementing IEPs in general education classrooms.
• NEW! Enhancing and Documenting Your Teaching Effectiveness features give readers ways to enhance their abilities to foster student learning, and to document their teaching practices to show that the are highly effective educators of all students.
• NEW! Learn about the role and responsibilities inherent in the special education process, as well as the various professionals involved, in a new Chapter 2, Understanding the Special Education Process.
• NEW! Learn about the importance of and effective strategies for fostering transitions self-determination, acceptance, and friendships in the new Chapter 6, Fostering Transitions, Self-Determination, Acceptance and Friendships.