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Building Academic Background Knowledge
Based on the best-selling ASCD book, Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement: Research on What Works in Schools, this series of three programs introduces your school to research-based strategies for overcoming the deficiencies that hamper the achievement of so many students.
A Six-Step Process for Teaching Vocabulary
Use this video with teacher groups and workshops to show why it's easier for students to understand academic content when they've been taught the academic terms in your content standards.
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Books
Building Academic Vocabulary: Teacher's Manual
Use these classroom materials to implement a comprehensive approach to teaching and learning academic vocabulary at the classroom, school, and district levels. Read more.
Building Academic Vocabulary: Student Notebooks
The notebooks take students through a research-based instructional approach for recording and developing deep understanding of vocabulary terms.
Read more (1.0 MB  ).
Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement: Research on What Works in Schools
Everyone knows that students from disadvantaged backgrounds, who are not well-prepared for school, have the toughest time making the grade. But what hasn't been so clear is what schools can do about it…until now. Here at last is a book that spells out how to overcome the deficiencies that hamper the achievement of so many students. Read more.
Building Student Literacy Through Sustained Silent Reading
Teacher-author Steve Gardiner updates you on the research studies that validate sustained silent reading as a successful way to help build the literacy skills of students at all ability levels, including ESL students. Read more.
Check out the Study Guide for this book.
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Reports
Preliminary Report on the 2004–05 Evaluation Study of the ASCD Program for Building Academic Vocabulary (PDF)
Supplemental Report on the Effects of the ASCD Program for Building Academic Vocabulary on Students Classified as Eligible for Free and Reduced Lunch (FRL) and Students Classified as English Language Learners (ELL) (PDF)
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Online Products
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Based on Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement by Robert J. Marzano, the Building Academic Vocabulary Web site is a special Web site for word selection.
For details on adopting this program to your school, district, or state, send an e-mail to webhelp@ascd.org or call 1-800-933-ASCD (2723), ext. 8300, 8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
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On-Site Training
Have a What Works in Schools expert come to you. The ASCD Faculty is a group of expert trainers and consultants from the field of education ready to design workshops, keynote speeches, consultations, or conferences for your district.
Ready to have an ASCD Faculty member visit your site? Send us an e-mail at ossd@ascd.org and let us know.
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Workshops
Building Background Knowledge for Vocabulary Development Workshop
June 25, 2009, Dallas, Tex.
Download the complete 2008–09 Professional Development Catalog
( 4 MB).
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