1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461208103321

Autore

Spendlove David

Titolo

Putting assessment for learning into practice / / David Spendlove

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum International Publishing Group, , [2009]

©2009

ISBN

1-283-20535-1

9786613205353

1-4411-3166-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (127 p.)

Collana

Ideas in action

Disciplina

372.260

Soggetti

Educational tests and measurements - Great Britain

Effective teaching - Great Britain

Learning - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page [114]).

Nota di contenuto

Feedback and learning -- Questioning and dialogue -- Further elements of Afl and learning -- The big picture.

Sommario/riassunto

Putting Assessment for Learning into Practice is about the purpose of teaching and assessment as a means to ensuring deep, maximised, engaged and challenging learning. The simple message is good teaching can overcome bad testing and central to assessment for learning is empowering learners through developing learning autonomy. This means involving learners in their own learning through reflection but also as co-constructors and co-negotiators of their learning. This book is for all teachers and school leaders who are committed to ensuring learners are engaged in successful, meaningful and deep



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910816813203321

Autore

Hoover Herbert <1874-1964, >

Titolo

The crusade years, 1933-1955 : Herbert Hoover's lost memoir of the New Deal Era and its aftermath / / edited with an introduction by George H. Nash

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Hoover Institution Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-8179-1676-8

0-8179-1678-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (969 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; number 641

Altri autori (Persone)

NashGeorge

Disciplina

934.289

Soggetti

Presidents - United States

Ex-presidents - United States

United States Politics and government 1933-1945

United States Politics and government 1945-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Some notes on family life -- part II. Crusades for benevolent institutions -- part III. The crusade against collectivism in American life -- part IV. Crusade against American entry into World War II -- part V. The crusade against the four horsemen in World War II - part VI. Crusade for less involvement in Europe.

Sommario/riassunto

Covering an eventful period in Herbert Hoover's career-and, more specifically, his life as a political pugilist from 1933 to 1955-this previously unknown memoir was composed and revised by the 31st president during the 1940's and 1950's-and then, surprisingly, set aside. This work recounts Hoover's family life after March 4, 1933, his myriad philanthropic interests, and, most of all, his unrelenting "crusade against collectivism" in American life. Aside from its often feisty account of Hoover's political activities during the Roosevelt and Truman