Diverse Learners in the Mainstream Classroom: Strategies for Supporting All Students Across Content Areas--English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities, Gifted/Talented Students » (1st Edition)

Reynaldo Ramirez is coeditor (with David and Yvonne Freeman) of the Heinemann title Diverse Learners in the Mainstream Classroom (2008). He is Associate Professor of secondary and science education and chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the School of Education at the University of Texas - Brownsville.

Yvonne S. Freeman is the coauthor or coeditor (with David E. Freeman) of ten Heinemann books, including: La ensenanza de la lectura y la escritura en espanol y ingles en salones de clases bilingues y de doble inmersion, segunda edicion revisada (2009) Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers (2008) Diverse Learners in the Maintstream Classroom (2008) Teaching Reading and Writing in Spanish and English in Bilingual and Dual Language Classrooms, Second Edition (2006) Dual Language Essentials for Teachers and Administrators (2004) Essential Linguistics (2004) Closing the Achievement Gap (2002) Between Worlds, Second Edition (2001) Teaching Reading in Multilingual Classrooms (2000) ESL/EFL Teaching (1998). Yvonne is a professor of bilingual education in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Intercultural Studies of the College of Education at the University of Texas-Brownsville. Yvonne and David Freeman are Heinemann Professional Development Providers.

David E. Freeman is the coauthor or coeditor (with Yvonne S. Freeman) of ten Heinemann books, including: La ensenanza de la lectura y la escritura en espanol y ingles en salones de clases bilingues y de doble inmersion, segunda edicion revisada (2009) Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers (2008) Diverse Learners in the Maintstream Classroom (2008) Teaching Reading and Writing in Spanish and English in Bilingual and Dual Language Classrooms, Second Edition (2006) Dual Language Essentials for Teachers and Administrators (2004) Essential Linguistics (2004) Closing the Achievement Gap (2002) Between Worlds, Second Edition (2001) Teaching Reading in Multilingual Classrooms (2000) ESL/EFL Teaching (1998). David Freeman is a professor of Reading and ESL in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Intercultural Studies of the College of Education at the University of Texas-Brownsville. David and Yvonne Freeman are Heinemann Professional Development Providers.

Today's classrooms are filled with diverse students with a variety of needs and abilities, including English language learners, students with disabilities, and gifted/talented students. While diversity is enriching, it also brings challenges, especially in a time when all students are expected to meet standards and perform on mandated tests. Diverse Learners in Mainstream Classrooms is the first comprehensive book to bring together information about a wide range of diverse learners from PreK through high school, offering strategies and practices teachers can use to ensure that all learners succeed.

Diverse Learners in Mainstream Classrooms presents research-based and classroom-based approaches for working effectively with diverse students across the content areas. Written in a reader-friendly, accessible style, it provides everything from the big picture to the everyday details teachers want:

• an overview of the basic principles of high-quality instruction for special learning groups
• discussion of the specific characteristics of the diverse populations teachers are most likely to encounter and the kind of teaching that helps them achieve
• demonstration scenarios with explicit connections to standards
• detailed, ready-to-use applications for effective, inclusive teaching in math, literacy, and social studies
• ideas for using digital technology and a multiple-intelligence framework to help differentiate and scaffold instruction for all learners
• key terms and acronyms related to each of the types of learners.

Several books in one, Diverse Learners in Mainstream Classrooms finally unites information on teaching a wide variety of special student populations into one helpful, practical guide. Now any teacher can find the solutions they need for working with diverse students.