Autore	Kallick Bena
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (144 p.)
Disciplina	375.001
Soggetto topico	Curriculum planning Curriculum evaluation Teacher participation in curriculum planning School improvement programs
ISBN	1-4522-9351-1 1-4522-9699-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 - Transforming to a Data-Informed Culture""; ""Creating a Vision""; ""Curriculum Mapping as a Data Source""; ""Assessment Results as a Data Source""; ""Using an Action Plan to Monitor Process""; ""Technology as a Resource""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 2 - Transforming the Culture through Incentives ""; ""Time as an Incentive""; ""New Roles for Teachers as Incentive""; ""Teaching and Learning Councils in a Building""; ""Subject Area Coaches""; ""Data Miners""; ""Data-Informed Facilitators"" ""Mapping Coaches""""Summary""; ""Chapter 3 - The Intersection of Curriculum and Assessment""; ""Creating the Standards-Based School System""; ""Assessment Data: Individual Classroom""; ""Assessment Data: Benchmarks Across Grades or Courses""; ""Assessment Data: State Results""; ""Curriculum Data: Individual Classroom Level""; ""Curriculum Data: Across and within Course or Grade Level ""; ""The Intersection of Curriculum Mapping and Assessment""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 4 - Leading with Data""; ""Using State Assessment Data""; ""A Protocol for Studying State Assessment Data"" ""Comparing State Results and Curriculum Mapping Data""""Areas of Strength""; ""Areas of Possible Concern""; ""Performance Data from Local Benchmark Assessments""; ""Protocol for Analyzing Benchmark Assessments and Maps""; ""Classroom Data""; ""Protocol for Analyzing Student Work in Relation to Their Maps""; ""Curriculum Mapping Data""; ""Protocol for Checking the Quality of the Map""; ""Curriculum Dialogue""; ""Protocol for Curriculum Dialogue""; ""Consensus Mapping Process""; ""Summary""; ""Introduction to Case Studies""; ""Chapter 5 - Case Study 1: West Seneca Central School District"" ""Overcoming Roadblocks to Success: Persevering to Make Curriculum Mapping Work""""West Seneca Central School District""; ""Curriculum and New Teachers""; ""Curriculum in West Seneca""; ""The Prologue to Curriculum Mapping""; ""Leadership""; ""Zooming in on Two Schools""; ""Professional Learning Communities""; ""Addressing Obstacles That Can Impede Progress""; ""Time""; ""Training to Develop Necessary Skills""; ""Technology""; ""Personalities""; ""Empty Chair Concept""; ""Shared Input and Decision Making""; ""Curriculum Cabinet/Councils""; ""Resources and Incentives"" ""Examining Data and Curriculum Maps""""Summary""; ""Chapter 6 - Case Study 2: Colonial Elementary School""; ""Above and Beyond: A Story of School Improvement""; ""Colonial Elementary School: Using a Zoom Lens""; ""Building Principal as the Model for Data Analysis""; ""First Faculty Meeting of the Year: Reflect on the Past and Plan for the Future""; ""Getting Ready for the New School Year: The Data Pipeline""; ""The Use of Reflection to Foster Learning""; ""Creating Time for Data Analysis: Buddy Schedule""; ""Colonial School District: Using a Wide Angle Lens"" ""Chapter 7 - Case Study 3: West Chester East High School""
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Autore	Laud Leslie
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : Corwin Press, , 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xix, 206 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina	372.6
Collana	Gale eBooks
Soggetto topico	Language arts (Middle school) - Evaluation Academic achievement
ISBN	1-4522-8409-1 1-4522-7961-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""USING FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT TO DIFFERENTIATE MIDDLE SCHOOL LITERACY INSTRUCTION -FRONT COVER""; ""USING FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT TO DIFFERENTIATE MIDDLE SCHOOL LITERACY INSTRUCTION ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF FIGURES""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHORS""; ""ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR""; ""CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED WITH FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT""; ""An Introduction To The Formative Assessment Framework""; ""The Purpose Of Formative Assessment""; ""Three Ways To Begin Using Formative Assessment""; ""Preassessments Before a New Unit""; ""Midunit Concept Check-Ins"" ""Specific Skill Probes""""Self-Assessment: Determining How Much Formative Assessment You Already Use In Your Classroom""; ""Steps To Establishing A Classroom Culture That Supports Formative Assessment Practices""; ""Establish a Climate of Respect""; ""Cultivate Self-Directed Learning""; ""CHAPTER 2: STANDARDS, FEEDBACK, AND ASSESSMENT OPTIONS""; ""How To Specify And Convey Standards""; ""Recommendations For Feedback on Mastery of Standards""; ""Feedback on More Than Accuracy""; ""Feedback to Foster Self-Direction"" ""Suggestions And Models For Designing, Introducing, And Scoring Standards-Based Formative Assessments""""Preassessment Options""; ""Tips for Preassessments""; ""Continuous Formative Assessment""; ""CHAPTER 3: WHAT IS DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION?""; ""Differentiating Lessons by Student Characteristics""; ""Differentiating Lessons by Readiness""; ""Differentiating Lessons by Interests""; ""Differentiating Lessons by Instructional Characteristics""; ""Differentiating Lessons by Content""; ""Differentiating Lessons by Processes""; ""Differentiating Lessons by Products"" ""CHAPTER 4: HOW DO I DIFFERENTIATE LESSONS?""""Format For Differentiated Lessons""; ""Identifying Standards""; ""Using Data from Preassessments""; ""Teaching Whole-Class Lessons""; ""Creating Tiered Lessons""; ""Analysis of a Differentiated Lesson""; ""Six Strategies For Tiering Activities""; ""Making Small Adjustments""; ""Challenging All Learners""; ""Minimizing Task Differences""; ""Crafting Sophisticated Questions""; ""Increasing Goals""; ""Setting Appropriate Group Work""; ""CHAPTER 5: TIME MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES""; ""Planning Lessons and Units""; ""Prioritize Your Time (Begin Small!)"" ""Use a Unit and Lesson Planning Checklist""""Cut Scoring Time by Designing Feedback Systems""; ""Using Rubrics as Self-Feedback or Peer Feedback Tools""; ""Have Students Write Clear, Specific, and Focused Reflections""; ""Managing Students Who Are Working On Different Tasks""; ""Manage Flexible Group Time""; ""Post Directions and Guidelines to Minimize Questions""; ""Provide for Additional Independent Work""; ""Assigning Homework""; ""Vary the Amount of Time Spent""; ""Vary the Level of Difficulty""; ""Plan Homework in Larger Chunks""; ""Support Students Who Do Not Turn in Homework"" ""Grading""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910795912603321

Autore	Shores Cara
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : Corwin, c2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xi, 214 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina	371.010973
Collana	Gale eBooks
Soggetto topico	School improvement programs - United States Remedial teaching - United States Response to intervention (Learning disabled children)
ISBN	1-4522-8474-1 1-4522-1054-3 1-4129-6640-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; 1 - Creating a Vision and Framework; Selecting and Implementing Ongoing Assessment; 3 - Determining Appropriate Research-Based Interventions; 4 - Providing Effective Instruction for All; 5 - Establishing an Intervention Structure for At-Risk Student; 6 - Delivering Intensive Intervention to Non-Responders; 7 - Bringing it All Together; Resource A; Resource B: Part 1; Resource B: Part 2; Resource B: Part 3; Resource C; Resource D: Part 1; Resource D: Part 2; Resource E; Resource F: Part 1; Resource F: Part 2; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910786439403321

Autore	Nessel Denise D. <1943->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (185 p.)
Disciplina	428.0071
Soggetto topico	English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers Language experience approach in education
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4522-6114-8 1-4522-1322-4 1-4416-5383-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	The value of LEA for English language learners : an overview -- Reading from experience for beginners -- Reading from experience for intermediate students -- Reading from experience for advanced students -- Vocabulary and word recognition in an LEA program -- Writing in an LEA program -- Putting it all together.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910480025803321

Autore	Urbanski Cynthia D.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2006
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (193 p.)
Disciplina	373.973
Soggetto topico	English language - Composition and exercises - Study and teaching (Secondary) Language arts (Secondary)
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4833-6187-X 1-4833-6404-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - Running and Writing""; ""The Workshop Culture: A Study of Coaching""; ""Conclusions and Mission""; ""Chapter 2 - Who Writes the Rule Book Anyway? Accountability, Tests, and the History of Rhetoric""; ""A Bit of History""; ""And What about the Other Parts of My Curriculum?""; ""Testing and Accountability""; ""Conclusions""; ""Suggested Reading""; ""Chapter 3 - Coaching and Teaching by Doing: Modeling Thinking, Writing, and Reading""; ""A Horror Story in Two Scenes"" ""Scene I: Sunday Night Back in the Dark Ages""""Scene II: Sunday Night One Week Later""; ""Modeling: A Simple Concept with Huge Benefits""; ""Modeling Gives us Fresh Experiences to Draw from""; ""Modeling can Transform our Classrooms""; ""Modeling Fosters Authentic Learning""; ""Modeling Will Supercharge our Planning Time""; ""Modeling in Our Classrooms: What Do We Do?""; ""Modeling Concepts for Writing""; ""A Lesson in Modeling Writing""; ""Modeling Concepts for Reading""; ""A Lesson in Modeling Close Reading and Analysis""; ""Conclusions: Pulling it all Together and Coming Full Circle"" ""Chapter 4 - Warming up the Writing Muscles: Two Tools for Invention""""Free Writing""; ""What is Free Writing . . . Really?""; ""Why Does Free Writing Work?""; ""Application: Helping Our Students Discover the Magic""; ""A Lesson in Free Writing""; ""The Last Word on Free Writing""; ""Daybooks: A Place to Store Free Writing and Thinking""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 5 - The Practice Field: Building Strength and Confidence in Writing and Literary Analysis""; ""Types of Practice""; ""Reader Response and Invention""; ""In-Class Drafting and Revision"" ""Types and Progression of Assignments as Practice""""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 6 - Race Day: Evaluation and the Idea of Grammar""; ""Grammar in Context""; ""The Bottom Line on Grammar""; ""A Grammar Lesson""; ""A Word of Caution""; ""For Further Ideas . . .""; ""A Word About Standards""; ""Watching the Race: Evaluating Student Writing""; ""Grading Practice Writing without Eradicating its Purpose""; ""Grading Response Journals or Daybooks""; ""Grading Published Pieces""; ""Portfolios: Looking at the Whole Season and Student Growth over Time""; ""Conclusions""; ""Suggested Reading"" ""Chapter 7 - Responding as a Spectator: The Writing Conference""""Why Conference Anyway?""; ""A Trek through a Conference Log""; ""Writing Conventions/Skills in Context""; ""A 50-Minute Tutoring Session Translated into a 90-Minute Class""; ""Basic Behavior in the Writing Conference""; ""A Close-up Look at a Conference""; ""Conclusions""; ""Chapter 8 - Becoming Independent: Writing and Literature Groups""; ""A Scenario: Student Writing as Class Literature""; ""Student Response to Groups""; ""How to Make Groups Work""; ""Model Functional Groups""; ""Provide Structure and Incentive"" ""Help Students Find Their Own Structure""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910480382203321