Browsing OU - Faculty and Staff Publications by Author "Baines, Lawrence"
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Celebrating Mediocrity?: How Schools Shortchange Gifted Students
Baines, Lawrence; Stanley, Gregory Kent (2002)Some forces that undermine programs for the gifted—misguided fiscal policies, simplistic teaching methodologies, and a resurgence of the philosophy of egalitarianism—are reviewed. Analogous to the demise (and possible ... -
Chicken Bone Epiphanies: How the Lives of the Eminent Can Inform the Teaching of English
Baines, Lawrence (2005-12) -
Cool Books for Tough Guys
Baines, Lawrence (1994)Subtitle: 50 Books Out of the Mainstream of Adolescent Literature That Will Appeal to Males Who Do Not Enjoy Reading -
Fist Fights, Guns, and the Art of Teaching English
Baines, Lawrence (1995-09) -
From Cave Art to Cryonics
Baines, Lawrence; Fisher, Jane (2013) -
From Tripod to Cosmos: A New Metaphor for the Language Arts
Baines, Lawrence (1998-02)This article discusses the old tripod model of language arts teaching, language, literature and composition and introduces a new model with eight petals (the cosmos flower), including technology, speech and drama, critical ... -
The Iatrogenic Consequences of Standards-Based Education
Baines, Lawrence; Stanley, Gregory Kent (2006)Standards-based assessments were prescribed as the cure for the poor accountability of public schools. Billions of dollars have been spent on curricula, tests, and scoring rubrics so that federal and state agencies can ... -
Losing the Product in the Process
Baines, Lawrence; Baines, Coleen; Stanley, Gregory Kent; Kunkel, Anthony (1999-05)This article uses three examples of teachers using process writing to teach children to write to discuss that children are not being taught to write with correct grammar or sentence structure. Teachers feel unable to ... -
Out of the Box
Baines, Lawrence (2001-09) -
Project-Based Writing in Science
Baines, Lawrence (2014) -
Public/Private Partnerships: A Trojan Horse for Higher Education?
Baines, Lawrence; Chiarelott, Leigh (2010)Partnering with private industry is presented as a sensible solution to some faculties at institutions of higher education during the current economic downturn. The authors discuss the historic context for increased ... -
Scripting Screenplays: An Idea for Integrating Writing, Reading, Thinking, and Media Literacy
Baines, Lawrence; Dial, Micah (1995-02) -
Speaking My Mind: Freedom, Smut Surfing, and the Internet
Baines, Lawrence (1998-09) -
The Transmogrification of Teacher Education
Baines, Lawrence (2006)