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Direct linkHougen, Martha C., Ed.; Smartt, Susan M., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2020
Understand the science of reading and how to implement evidence-based instruction to increase the reading and writing achievement of pre-K-6 students, including those at risk for reading difficulties. Fully revised and updated, this core text covers the research base for structured literacy instruction and practical guidance on the essential…
Descriptors: Spelling, Evidence Based Practice, Reading Achievement, Writing Achievement
Tobolowsky, Barbara F., Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2014
Higher education institutions are more diverse than ever before, as are the students they serve. Because of this great diversity, there is no silver bullet--one approach--that will work for teaching all students in all circumstances. This book offers a succinct description of several pedagogical paths available to faculty that can actively engage…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Diversity, Teaching Methods, College Students
Bohan, Chara Haeussler, Ed.; Many, Joyce E., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
Clinical Teacher Education focuses on how to build a school-university partnership network for clinical teacher education in urban school systems serving culturally and linguistically diverse populations. The labor intensive nature of professional development school work has resulted in research institutions being slow to fully adopt a clinical…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Urban Schools, Professional Development Schools, Action Research
Jones, Phyllis, Ed.; Fauske, Janice R., Ed.; Carr, Judy F., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2011
This important book expands the notion of inclusion well beyond special education to include English language learners, students with refugee status, LGBTQ children, poor children, and other underrepresented populations. Employing real-world vignettes and up-to-date research findings, this hands-on resource provides strategies that school leaders…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Second Language Learning, Evaluation Methods, Refugees
Hershberg, Theodore, Ed.; Robertson-Kraft, Claire, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2009
This book offers an ambitious new system for evaluating, compensating, and providing professional development for school teachers and administrators. In this realigned system, new forms of accountability are introduced, but they go hand in hand with new rewards and access to enhanced forms of professional development to help educators succeed in…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Educational Change, Rewards, Accountability
Goncalves, Fernando J., Ed.; Pereira, Ruth, Ed.; Leal Filho, Walter, Ed.; Miranda Azeiteiro, Ulisses, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2012
This book presents essential learning approaches. It introduces educational and training activities, as well as various innovative methods aiming at the development of practical skills, in order to strengthen the continuous process of environmental education, and in particular the education for sustainable development (ESD). In doing so, it…
Descriptors: Field Instruction, Animals, Higher Education, Science Education
Nippold, Marilyn A., Ed.; Scott, Cheryl M., Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
School success in the 21st century requires proficiency with expository discourse--the use and understanding of informative language in spoken and written modalities. This occurs, for example, when high school students read their textbooks and listen to their teachers' lectures, and later are asked to demonstrate their knowledge of this complex…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Text Structure, Intervention
Tate, William F., IV, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2012
"Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic Responsibility" focuses on research and theoretical developments related to the role of geography in education, human development, and health. William F. Tate IV, the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Neighborhoods, Suburban Schools, Educational Research
Peer reviewedQuianthy, Richard; Hefferin, Deborah – Popular Measurement, 1999
Discusses testing the communication competencies of college students and recommends the use of the Cognitive Test for College Level Communication Competencies Assessment. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Communication (Thought Transfer), Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedLopez, Winifred A.; Stone, Mark H. – Popular Measurement, 1998
The first article in this section, "Rating Scales and Shared Meaning," by Winifred A. Lopez, discusses the analysis of rating scale data. The second article, "Rating Scale Categories: Dichotomy, Double Dichotomy, and the Number Two," by Mark H. Stone, argues that dichotomies in rating scales are more useful than multiple…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Rating Scales, Test Use
Peer reviewedSmith, Everett V., Jr.; Lawless, Kimberly; Curda, Leslie; Curda, Steven – Popular Measurement, 1999
Discusses measuring changes in college student self-efficacy using the Rasch Model. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Evaluation Methods, Self Efficacy, Student Evaluation
Mann, Carol; And Others – Book Report, 1992
Five articles on the evaluation of school librarians focus on the development of evaluation instruments, evaluation portfolios as evidence of effectiveness, evaluation from the student aide's point of view, and the use of planning and reporting to build program support. Sample evaluation criteria are included together with explanations. (LAE)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Learning Resources Centers
Ruff, David J. – New Schools, New Communities, 1996
Argues that the first and primary focus of assessment should be the learner and that student feedback on their learning process and the inclusion of any presentations, products, or exhibitions produced along the way are essential. The author presents personal experiences using this assessment practice involving an English class. (GR)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Download full textCouncil for Higher Education Accreditation, Washington, DC. – 2002
This document consists of five fact sheets from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. The first fact sheet, Overview of Accreditation, provides information on the numbers of accredited institutions of higher learning in the United States and the types and numbers of accrediting organizations. The fact sheet also discusses the purposes of…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Credits, Distance Education
Doll, Beth, Ed.; Pfohl, William, Ed.; Yoon, Jina S., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
The "Handbook of Youth Prevention Science" describes current research and practice in mental health preventive interventions for youth. Traditional prevention research focused on preventing specific disorders, e.g. substance abuse, conduct disorders, or criminality. This produced "silos" of isolated knowledge about the…
Descriptors: Prevention, Health Promotion, Mental Health, Intervention
