Evaluation category: 669 books
Problem-based Learning into the Future
Imagining an Agile PBL Ecology for Learning
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
In this book we respond to a higher education environment that is on the verge of profound changes by imagining an evolving and agile problem-based learning ecology for learning. The goal of doing so is to humanise university education by pursuing innovative approaches to student learning, teaching,...
Studying the Effectiveness of Teacher Education
Early Career Teachers in Diverse Settings
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
This book provides an evidentiary basis for policy decisions regarding initial teacher education and beginning teaching and informs the design and delivery of teacher preparation programs. Based on a rigorous analysis of international literature and the policy context for teacher education globally,...
Talk About Teaching!
Leading Professional Conversations
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2015
Improve teaching practice through powerful professional conversations!
Move beyond isolated teaching, passive observations, ineffective workshops and be the leader who engages staff and affirms the value of reflective and informal professional discussions. Read Talk About Teaching! to build...
by Tina Isaacs, Catherine Zara, Graham Herbert
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Key Concepts in Educational Assessment provides expert definitions and interpretations of common terms within the policy and practice of educational assessment. Concepts such as validity, assessment for learning, measurement, comparability and differentiation are discussed, and there is broad coverage...
by Douglas Reeves
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
Encourage a culture of innovation and creativity. Innovation and creativity are imperative to educational success and require the contributions of teachers, students, administrators, and policymakers. Explore the four essentials for developing a creative, mistake-tolerant culture; investigate teaching...
Balanced Assessment: From Formative to Summative
From Formative to Summative
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
Learn how to integrate formative and summative assessments seamlessly into instruction. The research, rationale, strategies, and examples provided in this book will help teachers develop their own repertoire of formative and summative assessments to monitor, grade, and make inferences about a student’s...
Catching Up or Leading the Way
American Education in the Age of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
At a time when globalization and technology are dramatically altering the world we live in, is education reform in the United States headed down the right path? Are schools emphasizing the knowledge and skills that students need in a global society--or are they actually undermining their strengths...
by Thomas P. Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
A comprehensive approach to sample size determination and power with applications for a variety of fields
Sample Size Determination and Power features a modern introduction to the applicability of sample size determination and provides a variety of discussions on broad topics including epidemiology,...
How To Write Essays
A Step-by-Step Guide for All Levels, With Sample Essays
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2009
The skill of good essay writing is essential if you are to achieve the kind of grades you want in the courses you are studying. This is true whether you are studying at GCSE, AS or A levels at school or college, or trying to gain a degree at university. The advice and practical guidance you receive...
SAS Essentials
Mastering SAS for Data Analytics
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
A step-by-step introduction to using SAS® statistical software as a foundational approach to data analysis and interpretation
Presenting a straightforward introduction from the ground up, SAS® Essentials: Mastering SAS for Data Analytics, Second Edition illustrates SAS using hands-on learning...
Grading Smarter, Not Harder
Assessment Strategies That Motivate Kids and Help Them Learn
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
All the talk of closing the achievement gap in schools obscures a more fundamental issue: do the grades we assign to students truly reflect the extent of their learning? In this lively and eye-opening book, educator Myron Dueck reveals how many of the assessment policies that teachers adopt can actually...
by Sharon Bergen
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Author is the senior vice president of education and training at the country's largest child care center provider 2. Helps directors understand the task of working with adult learners and their stages of development as learners
One-Party Classroom
How Radical Professors at America's Top Colleges Indoctrinate Students and Undermine Our Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2009
“David Horowitz has single-handedly exposed the intellectual corruption that exists within the classrooms of American colleges. Like all forms of corruption, indoctrination flourishes when kept in the dark. Here, Horowitz turns on the bright lights to expose what has become profoundly wrong with...
Supervising Student Teachers
The Professional Way
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Supervising Student Teachers clearly defines the role of cooperating teachers and guides them through their responsibilities. From preparing for the arrival of the student teacher through the writing of the letter of recommendation, the cooperating teacher learns how to create an environment that...