TY - BOOK AU - Schmoker,Michael J. ED - Gale (Firm) TI - Focus: elevating the essentials to radically improve student learning T2 - Gale eBooks SN - 9781416626367 AV - LB1025.3 .S36 2018 PY - 2018///] CY - Alexandria, Virginia PB - ASCD KW - Effective teaching N1 - Previous edition: 2011; Includes bibliographical references and index; Section 1. First things first : what we teach, how we teach, and literacy -- Section 2. Curriculum, instruction, and literacy in the content areas N2 - This book extends and updates the case that schools could be on the cusp of swift, unparalleled improvements by focusing on the most essential, widely acknowledged, evidence-based practices that could have more impact than all other initiatives combined. These are: simple, coherent curricula; straightforward, traditional literacy practices; and lessons built around just a few effective elements of good teaching UR - https://link.gale.com/apps/pub/83S5/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=phurs ER -