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Book SynopsisThis book offers educators, researchers, and policy analysts new to socio-cultural perspectives an engaging introduction to fresh ideas for conceptualizing, enhancing, and assessing OTL; encourages those who already draw on socio-cultural resources to focus attention on OTL and assessment; and nurtures collaboration among discourse communities.
Table of Contents1. Introduction Edward Haertel, Pamel Moss, Diana Pullin and James Gee; 2. Assessment through the lens of 'opportunity to learn' Diana Pullin and Edward Haertel; 3. A sociological perspective on opportunity to learn and assessment Hugh (Bud) Mehan; 4. A sociocultural perspective on opportunity to learn James Paul Gee; 5. Individualizing assessment and opportunity to learn: lessons from the education of students with disabilities Diana Pullin; 6. Cultural modeling as opportunity to learn: making problem solving explicit in culturally robust classrooms and implications for assessment Carol D. Lee; 7. Opportunities to learn in practice and identity James G. Greeno and Melissa S. Gresalfi; 8. Game-like learning: an example of situation learning and implications for opportunity to learn James Paul Gee; 9. Sociocultural implications for assessment I: classroom assessment Pamela A. Moss; 10. Issues of structure and issues of scale in assessment from a situative/sociocultural perspective Robert J. Mislevy; 11. Sociocultural implications for assessment II: professional learning, evaluation, and accountability Pamela A. Moss, Brian J. Girard and James G. Greeno; 12. Assessment, equity, and opportunity to learn Diana Pullin.
