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The Comprehensive Intervention Model: Nurturing Self-Regulated Readers through Responsive Teaching
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Dorn, Linda J.; Soffos, Carla; Klein, Adria – Stenhouse Publishers, 2021
"The Comprehensive Intervention Model: Fostering Self-Regulated Readers Through Responsive Teaching" by Linda Dorn, Carla Soffos, and Adria Klein introduces educators to an innovative intervention model that puts theory to practice then gives that practice a framework. When implemented with fidelity, the framework has the potential to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Metacognition, Response to Intervention, Evidence Based Practice
Learning over Time: Learning Trajectories in Mathematics Education
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Maloney, Alan P., Ed.; Confrey, Jere, Ed.; Nguyen, Kenny H., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2014
The driving forces behind mathematics learning trajectories is the need to understand how children actually learn and make sense of mathematics--how they progress from prior knowledge, through intermediate understandings, to the mathematics target understandings--and how to use these insights to improve instruction and student learning. In this…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Prior Learning, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation
Supporting Students' College Success: The Role of Assessment of Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Competencies
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Herman, Joan, Ed.; Hilton, Margaret, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2017
The importance of higher education has never been clearer. Educational attainment--the number of years a person spends in school--strongly predicts adult earnings, as well as health and civic engagement. Yet relative to other developed nations, educational attainment in the United States is lagging, with young Americans who heretofore led the…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Student Evaluation, Interpersonal Competence
The Extremes of the Bell Curve: Excellent and Poor School Performance and Risk for Severe Mental Disorders. Maudsley Series
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MacCabe, James H. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
It has long been claimed that there is a strong association between high intelligence, or exceptional creativity, and mental illness. In this book, James MacCabe investigates this claim, using evidence from Swedish population data. He finds evidence that children who achieve either exceptionally high, or very low grades at school, are at greater…
Descriptors: Evidence, Creativity, Psychosis, Psychologists
Effective Teachers = Student Achievement: What the Research Says
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Stronge, James H. – Eye on Education, 2010
Research has shown that there is no greater influence on a student's success than the quality of his or her teacher. This book presents the research findings which demonstrate the connection between teacher effectiveness and student achievement. We've always known, at least intuitively, that teachers matter, but this book proves that teachers are…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Teacher Student Relationship
Statistics and Data Interpretation for Social Work
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Rosenthal, James A. – Springer, 2011
Written by a social worker for social work students, this is a nuts and bolts guide to statistics that presents complex calculations and concepts in clear, easy-to-understand language. It includes numerous examples, data sets, and issues that students will encounter in social work practice. The first section introduces basic concepts and terms to…
Descriptors: Statistics, Data Interpretation, Social Work, Social Science Research