Autore	Sylwester Robert
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (176 p.)
Disciplina	155.5
Soggetto topico	Adolescence Adolescent psychology Teenagers
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4522-9348-1 1-4522-9697-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - Adolescence in Contemporary Society: Being Somewhat Confused""; ""Confusion within Adolescents""; ""Confusion about Adolescents""; ""An Introduction to the Issues Explored in Subsequent Chapters""; ""Chapter 2 - Brain Organization and Development: Being Human""; ""Mirror Neurons""; ""The Organization of the Human Brain""; ""The Development of the Human Brain""; ""Maintaining a Developing Brain""; ""Chapter 3 - Sexuality and Bonding: Maintaining Our Species""; ""Biological Differences"" ""Interpreting Gender Differences""""Cultural Confusion""; ""Human Bonding Behavior""; ""Emerging Cultural Conflicts""; ""The Hazards of Sexual Pleasure""; ""Chapter 4 - Productivity and Vocation: Maintaining Our Planet""; ""A 21st-Century Curriculum for 21st-Century Students""; ""A 21st-Century Vocation""; ""Home, School, and Vocation""; ""Chapter 5 - Morality and Ethics: Maintaining Our Culture""; ""Factual Knowledge and Decisions""; ""Adaptive Preferences and Choices""; ""The Development of Our Moral/Ethical Base""; ""Chapter 6 - Risks and Security: Going beyond the Known"" ""Our Brainâ€?s Regulatory Systems""""From Emotional Arousal to Conscious Decision""; ""The Biology of Risk and Security""; ""Adults and Adolescent Risks""; ""Chapter 7 - Technology and Drugs: Going beyond Nature""; ""Biological Stress""; ""Technological Enhancement""; ""Drug Support""; ""Psychoactive Drugs: A Primer""; ""Chapter 8 - The Arts and Humanities: Going beyond Reality""; ""Adornment""; ""Language, Music, and Dance""; ""The Humanities""; ""Chapter 9 - Collaboration and Autonomy: Going beyond Adolescence""; ""Collaboration""; ""The Reach for Autonomy"" ""Appendix A: Neurotransmitters and Neural Transmission""""Appendix B: The Cerebral Cortex""; ""Glossary""; ""References and Resources""; ""Index""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910480921503321

Autore	Squires David A.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (345 p.)
Disciplina	375.001
Soggetto topico	Curriculum planning - United States Education - Standards - United States Competency-based education - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4833-6059-8 1-4833-6278-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Cover""; ""Contents ""; ""Foreword""; "" Preface""; ""About the Author""; ""About the Balanced Curriculum Web Site""; ""Introduction""; ""Section I - Curriculum Tools and Concepts: Textbooks, Standards, Alignment, and Standardized Testing""; ""Chapter 1 - Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Standards""; ""Curriculum: What it is and What it is Not""; ""Teacher Autonomy and the Role of Curriculum""; ""Why is Curriculum Important?""; ""Districtsâ€? Responses to Standards and High-Stakes Tests""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 2 - Textbooks: What the Research Says"" ""A Brief History of Textbooks""""The Process of Publishing Textbooks""; ""TIMSS and NAEP Provide a Context for Understanding Textbooksâ€? Role""; ""Content of What Teachers Teach""; ""TIMSS of Textbooks""; ""Mathematics and Science Textbooks""; ""Whatâ€?s Wrong with Todayâ€?s Math and Science Texts?""; ""Social Studies Textbooks""; ""English and Language Arts Textbooks""; ""Basal Readers and the Balanced Curriculum""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 3 - Understanding and Using National, State, and Local Frameworks and Standards""; ""Definition of Standards"" ""A Brief History of the Standards Movement""""The Logic behind the Standards Movement""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 4 - The Importance of Aligning Curriculum""; ""The Alignment Problem: Many Standards, Limited Instruction""; ""The History of Alignment""; ""School Districtsâ€? Attempts at Alignment""; ""Textbooks Aligned to Standards and Tests""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 5 - The Conundrum of Standardized Testing""; ""Summary of the History and Purpose of Standardized Testing""; ""Making Inferences""; ""Defining the Domain of Whatâ€?s Tested""; ""Sampling the Universe of Items in the Domain"" ""Sampling Decisions Must be Secret for Inferences about Test Results to be Valid""""Limited Testing and a Large Number of Standards""; ""Score Spread of Individual Items""; ""Tests Serve Multiple Missions""; ""Testing Narrows the Curriculum""; ""Lack Specifics about What is Tested Increases Curriculum Coverage""; ""Reporting Test Results""; ""One Score Used as the Only Source of Information for High-Stakes Decisions""; ""What to Do""; ""Summary""; ""Section II - The Design of the Balanced Curriculum""; ""Chapter 6 - Curriculum Structure and Criteria for a Useful and Useable Curriculum"" ""Curriculum Defined""""Some Options for Curriculum Structure""; ""Usefulness and Usability as Indicators of Curriculum Quality""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 7 - The Balanced Curriculum Process""; ""Describe the Curriculum""; ""Align and Balance the Curriculum""; ""Assess the Curriculum""; ""Manage the Curriculum""; ""Provide Staff Development for the Curriculum""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 8 - Setting up the Curriculum Writing Process""; ""The Planning Team, Superintendent, and Point Person""; ""The Superintendent""; ""Recruitment of Curriculum Authors""; ""The Role of Principals"" ""Various Models for the Curriculum Writing Process""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910480363603321

Autore	Perna Daniel M.
Edizione	[Second edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (145 p.)
Disciplina	375.001
Soggetto topico	Curriculum planning Education - Standards
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4833-6008-3 1-4833-6227-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 - Student Achievement Using a Holistic Approach to Standards""; ""What are Standards?""; ""Best Practices""; ""The Consensus for Standards""; ""Standards-Based Instructional Plan: Language Arts""; ""Chapter 2 - The Need for Dialogue""; ""Communicating Consensus""; ""Stakeholders as Team Members""; ""Steps in the CAST Dialogue Process""; ""Standards-Based Instructional Plan: U.S. History""; ""Chapter 3 - The Language of Expectation""; ""The Need for a Common Language"" ""Criterion Standards and Integrated Authentic Assessment""""Constructing the Verb Matrix""; ""Standards-Based Instructional Plan: Mathematics""; ""Chapter 4 - Designing and Using the Standards-Based Curriculum""; ""Writing Criterion Standards""; ""Using Criterion Standards""; ""Standards-Based Instructional Plan: English""; ""Chapter 5 - Instructional Plans Based on Criterion Standards""; ""Components of the Instructional Plans""; ""Standards-Based Instructional Plans""; ""Chapter 6 - Lesson Planning Takes Root""; ""Integrating the Curriculum""; ""The Planned Course Document"" ""Developing the Standards-Based Instructional Plan""""Standards-Based Instructional Plan: Learning Supportâ€?Language Arts""; ""Resource A: Relevant Web Sites""; ""Resource B: Verb Matrix Survey Material""; ""Survey Question Used to Determine the Verb Matrix: Know""; ""Survey Question Used to Determine the Verb Matrix: Comprehend""; ""Survey Question Used to Determine the Verb Matrix: Apply""; ""Survey Question Used to Determine the Verb Matrix: Analyze""; ""Survey Question Used to Determine the Verb Matrix: Synthesize""; ""Survey Question Used to Determine the Verb Matrix: Evaluate"" ""Bibliography""""Index""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910480386803321