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Results from a classroom research project focused on why author Katie Hern had only a 55% pass rate in three sections of her developmental English course.

Mentioned in Putting It All Together by author and Jam participant Katie Hern.

By Tom Stoppard, published by Samuel French, 1993. This is the worldcat record, which will direct you to other editions and formats, as well as help you to find Arcadia in a library near you.

Mentioned in the context of blending math and English in order to improved contextualization. When the instructor teaches this play in her English class, she has a math instructor join her to discuss fractals and their relevance to math.

on the California Community Colleges Success Network.

Mentioned in Putting It All Together. Includes guidelines and resources for acceleration in developmental education.

An online exhibition of presidential campaign commercials from 1952-2008, presented by the Museum of the Moving Image.

Part of the curriculum used by an English instructor, included in the Instructional Strategies: Contextualization thread.

Part of Phil Taylor's Web Site, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds, UK. This is an excerpt from his book, The Fine Art of Propaganda: A Study of Father Coughlin's Speeches by The Institute for Propaganda Analysis, and published in 1939.

Part of the curriculum used by an English instructor, included in the Instructional Strategies: Contextualization thread.

By Martin Luther King, Jr., April 16, 1963, as posted by the African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania.

Part of the curriculum used by an English instructor, included in the Instructional Strategies: Contextualization thread.

By Stanley Milgram, as it appeared in Harper's Magazine. Abridged and adapted from Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram, 1974.

Part of the curriculum used by an English instructor, included in the Instructional Strategies: Contextualization thread.

By Jonah Lehrer, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. This bookmark points to the Worldcat record, which will direct you to alternate editions, as well as the closest library with a copy of this book.

Part of the curriculum used by an English instructor, included in the Instructional Strategies: Contextualization thread. Instructor also mentions that this is "a great piece of writing."

Online Games in different subjects (including math and English) "For each answer you get right, we donate 10 grains of rice through the World Food Programme to help end hunger."

Mentioned in Introduction to Formative Assessment

This site offers various writing-related resources from grades 7-12, through college and for professional writers. Resources range from rules of various citation formats to proper cover letters and resumes.

Shared in Instructional Strategies: Peer Engagement