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61) Public opinion
Author
Pub. Date
1965
Physical Desc
x, 272 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
First published in 1922, "Public Opinion" is the fascinating study of the role of citizens in a democracy by Walter Lippmann, an American writer, reporter and political commentator. Lippmann's notable career spanned decades and produced some of the most important journalism in American history. He was the first to introduce the concept of the Cold War, received many awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes, and wrote thousands of articles and columns,...
62) Personality 101
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
vii, 321 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
What is personality? How do we measure it? This unique text presents the most current scientific findings about personality in a friendly, jargon-free format. It addresses historical views of personality and compares the reigning Five Factor Model with the most current competing models of personality. The authors discuss techniques of assessing personality and provide information on its role in life outcomes ranging from career choice to interpersonal...
Publisher
McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division
Pub. Date
©2005
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xix, 379 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
A quick reference to the management of pain for specialists as well as general medical practitioners and residents. Written in a concise bulleted format, the content is limited to only the essential facts necessary for assessment and treatment of common pain conditions and presentations. A perfect review tool for both the anesthesia and pain medicine board exams.
68) Large-scale assessment programs for all students: validity, technical adequacy, and implementation
Publisher
L. Erlbaum
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xii, 523 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
This work examines both the processes and issues involved in developing and running large-scale assessment programmes. Topics include development of assessments, implementation of assessments and analysis of assessments.
Author
Publisher
ALA Editions
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xxxviii, 298 pages: illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on compelling picture books that can be used to directly support the new AASL National School Library Standards for Learners, School Librarians, and School Libraries, this ready-to-go toolkit of lessons, worksheets, anchor charts, assessments, and rubrics is specifically designed for school librarians and other educators. An invaluable timesaver, this resource provides 21 lessons that cover the six Shared Foundations, each following a formatted...
Author
Publisher
ASCD
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (132 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Are you picking up all your students' work is trying to tell you? In this book, assessment expert Susan M. Brookhart and instructional coach Alice Oakley walk teachers through a better and more illuminating way to approach student work across grade levels and content areas. You'll learn to view students' assignments not as a verdict on right or wrong but as a window into what students "got" and how they are thinking about it. The insight you'll gain...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xiii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"With a unique focus on grades 4 and 5, this book explains how to design and implement a research-based reading program that helps all students build major literacy skills (word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension). The expert authors present ready-to-use activities, strategies, and lesson plans, along with detailed guidance for assessing students and providing instruction in differentiated small groups. Teachers get a clear understanding...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a follow-up to his earlier book on Developmental Supervision, distinguished educator and author Carl D. Glickman provides instructional leaders-supervisors, principals, and teachers-with practical guidance and thoughtful insight to help them succeed as they work with teachers to improve classroom teaching and learning. In a straightforward and easy-to-read manner, Glickman discusses . Structures of classroom assistance-clinical supervision, peer...
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
v, 156 pages ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Teacher evaluation--a term that brings fear, anticipation, stress, anxiety, or even boredom to the hearts of teachers and administrators everywhere. How can we reinvent teacher evaluation so that it really makes a difference--so that everyone in school benefits from it, so that teachers and administrators learn from it, so that students succeed as a result of it? The bad news is that many schools and districts seem to be stuck in old ruts, involving...
Author
Publisher
B & H Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xi, 101 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 9 pages)
Language
English
Description
Rainer guides readers toward a practical framework for making a difference for those who visit their church. Churches may use Becoming a Welcoming Church to assess and audit where they are on a spectrum between welcoming and wanting.
Publisher
Cascade Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxii, 183 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Faith, Life, and Learning Online is an invitation for faith-based institutions to take bold steps toward integrating a holistic mission of spiritual formation into the online learning environment. For Christian higher education, faith integration is a matter of mission, not modality. Regardless of whether learning happens in the traditional classroom, through hybrid models, or exclusively online, Christian universities have a missional mandate to...
Author
Publisher
ASCD
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this updated edition, Cathy Vatterott examines the role homework has played in the culture of schooling over the years; how such factors as family life, the media, and "homework gap" issues based on shifting demographics have affected the homework controversy; and what recent research as well as common sense tell us about the effects of homework on student learning. She also explores how the current homework debate has been reshaped by forces including...
Author
Publisher
SHAPE America, Society of Health and Physical Educators
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lesson Planning for Skills-Based Health Education is a highly practical resource for middle school and high school health educators looking for tried-and-true ways to implement a skills-based approach to health education. The text offers effective skills-based learning activities, lessons, units, and assessments that you can use in your classroom as they are or with modifications to meet the needs of your students. You can use this text to build a...
Author
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xiii, 94 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"How might we might help teachers use classroom assessments to gather appropriate evidence for all valued learning goals? How might our classroom assessments serve to promote learning, not just measure it? This book addresses these questions by offering a practical and proven Assessment Planning Framework. The Framework examines four different types of learning goals, considers various purposes and audiences for assessment, reviews five categories...
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