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Book Synopsis Evidence-based best practices that improve classroom environments and assessment techniques!
If your goal is a smoother-running, participatory classroom and improved student achievement, you'll find essential best practices in this new resource, edited by a renowned education scholar, Robert Slavin .
Dr. Robert Slavin, Professor and Chairman of the Success for All Foundation, has gathered insights and findings from 26 leading education researchers, presented in succinct chapters focused on key aspects of teaching and classroom management practice. Readers will find:
- Strategies for assessment that address formative approaches, differentiated classrooms, the role of feedback in the assessment process, adaptation for the Common Core, and more
- Proven techniques for classroom management, including immediate, positive steps that teachers can take
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Table of Contents
Foreword - Marcia L. Tate Introduction Preface - Robert Slavin About the Editor Chapter 1. Assessment in a Differentiated Classroom - Carol Ann Tomlinson and Tonya Moon Chapter 2. Formative Assessments in High Schools - Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey Chapter 3. Formative Assessment and Feedback to Learners - Steve Higgins Chapter 4. Multiple Measures in Classroom Assessment - Susan Brookhart Chapter 5. Promoting Learning and Achievement Through Self-Assessment - Heidi Andrade Chapter 6. Exposing the Imbalance in "Balanced Assessment" - W. James Popham Chapter 7. Do We Need an Assessment Overhaul? - Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins Chapter 8. Formative Assessment: An Enabler of Learning - Margaret Heritage Chapter 9. Upgrading High-Stakes Assessments - Albert Oosterhof Chapter 10. England Versus Wales: Education Performance and Accountability - Sandra McNally Chapter 11. In Search of Feasible Fidelity - David Andrews Chapter 12. Before Choosing, Ask Three Questions - Steve Fleischman Chapter 13. What Works in Classroom Management - Thomas Kratochwill, Rachel DeRoos, and Samantha Blair Chapter 14. Good Instruction Is Good Classroom Management - Robert Slavin Chapter 15. Am I the Only One Struggling With Classroom Management? - Inge Poole and Carolyn Evertson Chapter 16. Classroom Management: What Teachers Should Know - Regina Oliver Chapter 17. From Tourists to Citizens - H. Jerome Freiberg Chapter 18. Promoting Engagement With Check & Connect - Angie Pohl and Karen Storm Chapter 19. Dealing With Classroom Management Problems - Saul Axelrod Chapter 20. Support for Teachers Around the World - Judy Hutchings Chapter 21. Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports - Catherine Bradshaw Chapter 22. First Step to Success for Preschool Children - Edward Feil, Andy Frey, and Annemieke Golly Chapter 23. Improving Teaching in Science and Mathematics - Claudia Fischer and Karen Rieck Chapter 24. Improving Reading and Math Achievement Across a Whole District - Allen Thurston, Peter Tymms, Christine Merrell, and Nora Conlin Chapter 25. Co-Teaching: Inclusion and Increased Student Achievement - Marilyn Friend and Tammy Barron Chapter 26. Implementing Response to Instruction and Intervention With Older Students - Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher Chapter 27. Teaching English Language Learners in Inclusion Settings - Kristi Santi and David Francis Index
