Improved Test Scores Attitudes And Behaviors In Americas Schools

Author : Thomas C. DeBello
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313002169
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Improved Test Scores, Attitudes, and Behaviors in America's Schools written by Thomas C. DeBello and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1999-10-30 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education is a profession in which billions of federal dollars have been spent to reduce academic underachievement—particularly for minority children from poverty homes. Few funded programs have reduced failure on standardized achievement tests. Despite either repetition or innovation, most children who fail do not perform substantially better the next time around. On the other hand, practitioners who have used the Dunn and Dunn learning-styles approaches have reported statistically higher standardized achievement test scores among average, poorly achieving, and special education students. This book is based on the practical, diverse experiences of more than thirty different supervisors throughout the United States. Representing a variety of urban and suburban locations with diverse student populations, each supervisor was able to obtain significantly higher standardized achievement test scores for his or her student populations.

Author : Daniel Koretz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022640871X
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Testing Charade written by Daniel Koretz and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-08-31 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's leading expert in educational testing and measurement openly names the failures caused by today's testing policies and provides a blueprint for doing better. 6 x 9.

Author : Andrea Honigsfeld
Publisher : R&L Education
ISBN 13 : 1607094002
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization written by Andrea Honigsfeld and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2010 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This one-of-a-kind collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative practices from classrooms, schools, districts, communities, and faraway places in the world.

Author : HeeKap Lee
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498271715
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faith-Based Education That Constructs written by HeeKap Lee and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-08-09 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constructivism is everywhere. It is a hot issue at this time in the field of philosophy, education, technology, and religion. However, can constructivism be an alternative approach in faith-based education? While some conclude that Jesus knew learning was an active knowledge-creating process, and that he always encouraged his disciples to think deeply and go beyond the surface level, others would find that constructivism undercuts faith-based education because of its claims to relativity. For example, constructivists claim that meaning is imposed on the world by us rather than existing in the world independently from us. Thus, they proclaim that truth is relative to particular times, places, and people. Christians hold that truth does exist absolutely. So how can there be a way forward for faith-based educators who see the good in the constructivist approach? In Faith-Based Education that Constructs readers will find a unique approach whereby constructivism may appropriately be applied to a faith-based education setting. Although disagreement can occur between constructivism and faith-based education, this book concludes that constructivist thought and Christian faith-based education are, in the end, congruent and harmonious in significant ways. Those faith-based educators who continue to hold cautionary views of radical constructivist assertions against absolute truths need not disregard all other aspects of constructivism.

Author : Rita Dunn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313002827
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Approaches to Using Learning Styles in Higher Education written by Rita Dunn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-04-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dunn and Griggs challenge the traditional instructional process of lecture/discussion in college classroom and describe the theory, practice, and research that support a wider variety of approaches to better accommodate the learning-style preferences of each student. Twenty-five practitioners from varied backgrounds and disciplines, representing 14 colleges and universities, outline alternative strategies they use with diverse students in their institutions of higher education. Some of these practitioners have been using learning-style for decades. Others have conducted research to test the various tenets of the Dunn and Dunn Learning- Style Model, and a few, only for the past five years, have begun providing instructional strategies that are congruent with their students' preferences. A road map is provided for college faculty to assist them in moving toward accommodating students' learning-style strengths by comparing the major theories of learning styles that range from uni- to multi-dimensional in scope. Strategies include: identifying and administering valid and reliable instruments for assessing college students' learning styles, interpreting assessment results so that each student becomes aware of his/her own strengths and is provided a computer-generated prescription for improving their study skills and successfully completing assignments, designing instruction to respond to both global and analytic students' processing styles, developing course content and materials to accommodate the learning-style preferences of college students, and evaluating the impact of learning-styles-based instruction.

Author : Jeffrey Glanz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 163220987X
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching 101 written by Jeffrey Glanz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The noble profession of teaching plays a vital role in inspiring students to achieve excellence. This new edition of one of the most comprehensive introductions to teaching available provides essential knowledge and actively engages new teachers in practice to become an exceptional teacher. Easy to understand and practical, this wide-ranging guide provides tools such as questions and activities at the end of each chapter, Web sites and vital readings for further study, and a self-assessment instrument to help readers succeed in their first year. The second edition includes more information on curriculum development and technology, more sample lesson plans, a new section on bullying, new activity sheets, and many checklists with immediate application procedures. The book is packed with helpful suggestions on topics such as: Lesson planning Classroom management Differentiating instruction Standards Assessment and grading Literacy Cooperative learning Inclusion National Board certification Teaching 101 is an invaluable resource that teachers can reference throughout their careers to expand their skills and perspectives.

Author : David Osborne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1632869918
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reinventing America's Schools written by David Osborne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From David Osborne, the author of Reinventing Government--a biting analysis of the failure of America's public schools and a comprehensive plan for revitalizing American education. In Reinventing America's Schools, David Osborne, one of the world's foremost experts on public sector reform, offers a comprehensive analysis of the charter school movements and presents a theory that will do for American schools what his New York Times bestseller Reinventing Government did for public governance in 1992. In 2005, when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the city got an unexpected opportunity to recreate their school system from scratch. The state's Recovery School District (RSD), created to turn around failing schools, gradually transformed all of its New Orleans schools into charter schools, and the results are shaking the very foundations of American education. Test scores, school performance scores, graduation and dropout rates, ACT scores, college-going rates, and independent studies all tell the same story: the city's RSD schools have tripled their effectiveness in eight years. Now other cities are following suit, with state governments reinventing failing schools in Newark, Camden, Memphis, Denver, Indianapolis, Cleveland, and Oakland. In this book, Osborne uses compelling stories from cities like New Orleans and lays out the history and possible future of public education. Ultimately, he uses his extensive research to argue that in today's world, we should treat every public school like a charter school and grant them autonomy, accountability, diversity of school designs, and parental choice.

Author : Poika Isokoski
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642314015
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haptics: Perception, Devices, Mobility, and Communication written by Poika Isokoski and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book and its companion volume, LNCS 7282 and 7283, constitute the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference, EuroHaptics 2012, held in Tampere, Finland, in June 2012. The 99 papers (56 full papers, 32 short papers, and 11 demo papers) presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 153 submissions. Part I contains the full papers whereas Part II contains the short papers and the demo papers.

Author : Kisha N. Daniels
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1483308340
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Student Teaching Guide written by Kisha N. Daniels and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2013-12-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise and focused on practical strategies, this engaging, lighthearted guide provides teacher candidates a road map for negotiating the complex and diverse terrain of pre-K through 12 schools, while providing opportunities to develop the skills of reflection that are crucial to becoming a successful practitioner. The Ultimate Student Teaching Guide, Second Edition, by Kisha N. Daniels, Gerrelyn C. Patterson, and Yolanda L. Dunston, provides practical, research-based, field-tested strategies that student teachers can immediately apply as they encounter school concerns, solve classroom challenges, negotiate social conflicts, and, new to this edition, navigate the job search and interview process. Thoroughly updated throughout, the Second Edition includes expanded coverage of workplace professionalism, an introduction to accreditation and the Common Core standards, and more.

Author : Jeanna Sheve
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
ISBN 13 : 1425892221
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Learning Styles written by Jeanna Sheve and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enhanced by surveys, practical ideas, and suggestions for designing lessons, offers teachers help in determining the learning style of each student and the appropriate delivery methods to best teach their students and address as many of their intelligences as possible.