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by Susan M. Brookhart
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2014
With new standards emphasizing higher-order thinking skills, students will have to demonstrate their ability to do far more than simply remember facts and procedures. But what's the best way for teachers to ensure that students have such skills? In this highly accessible guide, author Susan M. Brookhart...
Tuning the Rig
Catholic Schools for a Learning Church
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
To 'tune the rig' describes adjusting a ship's rigging; the rig of a well-tuned boat allows the sails to function well. This task must be performed to ensure the best performance by the ship. Tuning the Rig takes that metaphor as a guide for Catholic educators and administrators, as well as for the...
by Roy Nash
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
In the field of teacher expectations and pupil learning one important psychological truth is that the pupils’ achievement in learning is strongly influenced by the teachers’ expectations of their level of performance, high or low. Roy Nash discusses critically and fully important research in this...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2017
This volume draws together interdisciplinary approaches from political philosophy, social work, medicine and sociology to analyze the theoretical foundations and practical examples of evidence-based and evidence-informed education for the public good. It presents a range of conceptions of the evidence-based...
by TrayCee Truth
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2017
The Therapeutic Alliance Handbook is a study of modern intersectionalities of the 21st century which, includes ethical and holistic social work within current environmental factors and socio-economical practices and governmental policies. The handbook explores a specific set of examples of social...
Computerized Adaptive and Multistage Testing with R
Using Packages catR and mstR
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2017
The goal of this guide and manual is to provide a practical and brief overview of the theory on computerized adaptive testing (CAT) and multistage testing (MST) and to illustrate the methodologies and applications using R open source language and several data examples. Implementation relies on...
The Global Education Race
Taking the Measure of PISA and International Testing
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
A global education race now pits countries, regions, and school systems against one another. The racecourse has been created by a small number of influential international testing programs, and the popular media announces winners and losers. Fear of falling behind haunts policy-makers and shapes educational...
Standard Setting in Education
The Nordic Countries in an International Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
This book summarizes the international evidence on methodological issues in standard setting in education. By critically discussing the standard-setting practices implemented in the Nordic countries and by presenting new methodological approaches, it offers fresh perspectives on the current research.
Standard...
Leading Assessment for Student Success
Ten Tenets That Change Culture and Practice in Student Affairs
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
While both committed to providing effective programs and services that help students succeed in college and beyond, and aware of the increasing demands from internal and external stakeholders that every dollar spent benefits students and contributes to the mission of higher education, student affairs...
by Robert K. Gable
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Measuring Noncognitive Variables
Improving Admissions, Success and Retention for Underrepresented Students
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Measuring Noncognitive Variables: Improving Admissions, Success, and Retention for Underrepresented Students is written for admissions professionals, counselors, faculty and advisers who admit, teach, or work with students during the admissions process and post-enrollment period. It brings together theory,...
Assessment Reform in Education
Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
This book discusses the recent assessment movements in the eastern and western worlds with particular focuses on the policies, implementation, and impacts of assessment reform on education. A new perspective of assessment sees assessment as a means to enhance learning.
This book examines the tensions,...
by James Reid
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2018
This book offers a unique and critical explication of teachers' understanding and experience of care during a period of regulatory scrutiny and 'notice to improve'. Written following research in a primary school in the north of England, it draws on the findings of an institutional ethnography to reveal...
How To Pass Your Exams 4th Edition
Proven Techniques for Any Exam That Will Guarantee Success
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Whatever exams you're taking, this book really will make a big difference to your performance - at professional or academic level; Master's or GCSE; A level, essay or multiple choice. Many hard working, intelligent people still fail their exams through lack of confidence or poor exam technique. At...