Evaluation category: 669 books
Generalizing from Educational Research
Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Polarization
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2009
"This book frames the major challenge facing educational researchers as one of going beyond the mindless qualitative-quantitative divide and addressing the overarching/fundamental challenge of enriching and enlarging educational inquiry. It is a signature contribution to the field." - Clifton...
Doing Science (RLE Edu O)
Images of Science in Science Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Doing Science is unique in seeking to make explicit the links between science education and science studies. These fields of study and their respective academic communities, whilst appearing to have many potential points of contact, remain surprisingly separate, with little apparent recognition of...
Make Early Learning Standards Come Alive
Connecting Your Practice and Curriculum to State Guidelines
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2014
Early childhood education has become part of a standards-based environment. A large and growing body of research supports the critical relationship between high-quality early education and later academic and social competence. By defining the desired content and outcomes of young children’s education,...
Performance
The Dynamic of Results in Postsecondary Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
Understanding performance requires asking fundamental questions about the nature and purpose of an organization: What is its business? Whom does it serve? What do stakeholders want and expect? What do they get? How does the organization conceive of and measure results? How do stakeholders feel about...
Managing Self-Directed Learning in Primary School Education
Emerging Research and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
Students taking control of their own learning is an upcoming trend in education. With the novelty of this method, there is still room for further improvements to be made on the application of this strategy. Managing Self-Directed Learning in Primary School Education: Emerging Research and Opportunities...
Curriculum and Students in Classrooms
Everyday Urban Education in an Era of Standardization
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2017
Curriculum and Students in Classrooms: Everyday Urban Education in an Era of Standardization is a timely and thought-provoking work that attends to often-neglected aspects of schooling: the everyday interactions between curriculum, teachers, and students. Walter S. Gershon addresses the bridge between...
Classroom Record Keeping Made Simple
Tips for Time-Strapped Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
It’s no secret that even the most successful teachers struggle to make the best use of their time. This enlightening text provides tips, strategies, and best practices for how all teachers—from novices to veterans—can find additional daily time while also improving documentation through better...
by John Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
The word 'revision' can strike fear into the heart of teachers and students alike! The exam cycle in today's modern education system can feel relentless, resulting in students suffering from information overload and exam fatigue. But it doesn't have to be like this! John Mitchell strongly believes...
Measuring Up
Advances in How We Assess Reading Ability
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
In recent decades, the science of reading acquisition has been advancing through interdisciplinary research in cognitive, psycholinguistic, developmental, genetic, neuroscience, cross-language, and experimental comparison studies of effective instruction. Some of the science of reading has emerged...
The Data-Driven Classroom
How do I use student data to improve my instruction? (ASCD Arias)
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
Thanks to initiatives like the Common Core and Race to the Top, accountability requirements continue to be a reality for educators. Yet many are still unsure of how to use data to make well-informed instructional decisions.
The Data-Driven Classroom comes to the rescue with a systematic, universal...
From Data to Action
A Community Approach to Improving Youth Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
This book is a welcome guide for educators, civic leaders, and researchers looking for ways to leverage data to identify the most effective policies, interventions, and use of resources for their communities.
In the current era of reform, much has been made of the fact that there are many influences...
Assessment in Education
Implications for Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
This book provides key insights into how educational leaders can successfully navigate the turbulence of political debate surrounding leading student assessment and professionalised practice. Given the highly politicised nature of assessment, it addresses leaders and aspiring leaders who are open...
Inquiry-Based Science Activities in Grades 6-12
Meeting the NGSS
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2018
This new book shows middle and high school science teachers how to use evidence-based inquiry to help students achieve deeper conceptual understanding. Drawing on a wealth of research, authors Pat Brown and Jim Concannon demonstrate how direct, hands-on experience in the science classroom can enable...
Critical Conversations in CoTeaching
A Problem Solving Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
In this practitioner’s guide to building a quality collaborative relationship through critical conversations, the authors explain three co-teaching models and how co-teaching fits within school improvement initiatives. Next, they present the critical conversations framework designed to foster dramatic...