Closing the Poverty and Culture Gap

<p><strong><em>Use instructional practices that lead students of poverty and diverse cultures to success!</em></strong></p><p>Donna Walker Tileston and Sandra K. Darling provide instructional strategies to help teachers improve learning in students of diverse cultures and poverty. This research-based book presents a six-part framework that builds on students’ assets and strengths. The authors discuss:</p><ul> <li>Why some cultures are “turned off” by typical motivational approaches and what educators can do to reach students</li> <li>What research says about the brain’s desire to learn</li> <li>How teachers can build on students’ prior knowledge</li> <li>The importance of resiliency</li> <li>Teaching procedural and declarative knowledge and preparing students for tests</li></ul>