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Author
Publisher
Springer
Pub. Date
©2003
Physical Desc
1 online resource (viii, 262 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Grade inflation runs rampant at most colleges and universities, but faculty and administrators are seemingly unwilling to face the problem. This book explains why, exposing many of the misconceptions surrounding college grading. Based on historical research and the results of a yearlong, on-line course evaluation experiment conducted at Duke University during the 1998-1999 academic year, the effects of student grading on various educational processes,...
Author
Publisher
Utah State University Press
Pub. Date
©2003
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xi, 174 pages) : illustrations, map
Language
English
Description
The result of a long-term study of one university's introductory composition program, Broad's approach to mapping the values that inform writing evaluation is empirically grounded, painstakingly analyzed, yet flexible, human, and pedagogically wise. Not simple, but surely practical, his method yields a more satisfactory process of exploration and a more useful representation of the values by which compositionists actually evaluate their students....
Author
Publisher
Utah State University Press
Pub. Date
©2002
Physical Desc
1 online resource (x, 216 pages)
Language
English
Description
Brian Huot's aim for this book is both ambitious and provocative. He wants to reorient composition studies' view of writing assessment. To accomplish this, he not only has to inspire the field to perceive assessment?generally not the most appreciated area of study?as deeply significant to theory and pedagogy, he also has to counter some common misconceptions about the history of assessment in writing.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
310L
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
As he grieves his best friend Benny's death, Mason and his friend Calvin, who are targeted by the neighborhood bullies, create an underground haven for themselves, but when Calvin goes missing Mason finds himself in trouble.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Avid baker Zoe Washington receives a letter on her twelfth birthday from her biological father, who is in prison for a terrible crime"--
Zoe Washington isn't sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she's never met, hadn't heard from until his letter arrived on her twelfth birthday, and who's been in prison for a terrible crime? A crime he says he never committed. Could Marcus really be innocent? Zoe is determined to uncover the truth....
50) Shot clock
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After the death of his friend, Tony must work to make the basketball team, but when he gets the chance to join the squad as statistician, he must grapple with honoring the memory of his basketball-loving friend while also trying to fit in on the team.
Tony loves basketball. But the game changed recently when his best friend, Dante, a hoops phenom, was killed by a police officer. Tony hopes he can carry on Dantes legacy by making the Sabres, the AAU...
Author
Series
My weird school daze volume 10
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
470L
Physical Desc
103 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a British student-teacher arrives, A. J. and his friends wonder if her all-black clothing and love of blood sausage mark her as a vampire, while Mr. Granite simply hopes her musician-boyfriend will stay away long enough for a math lesson.
Author
Series
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
361 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old aspiring detective Myrtle Hardcastle learns her neighor in quiet Swinburne, England, a breeder of rare flowers, has died she is certain it was murder and that she must find the killer. --
53) Twerp
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Queens, New York, in 1969, twelve-year-old Julian Twerski writes a journal for his English teacher in which he explores his friendships and how they are effected by girls, a new student who may be as fast as Julian, and especially an incident of bullying.
Author
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers traveled back to his roots in this memoir that is gripping, funny, and ultimately unforgettable. Don't miss this memoir by a former National Ambassador of Books for Young People!
As a boy, Myers was quick-tempered and physically strong, always ready for a fight. He also read voraciously-he would check out books from the library and carry them home, hidden in brown paper bags in order to avoid other...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
248 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"An intimate and light-hearted memoir by viral sensation and three-time Emmy-nominated musical comedian Randy Rainbow that takes readers through his life--the highs, the lows, the lipstick, the pink glasses, and the show tunes. Randy Rainbow, the man who conquered the Internet with a stylish pair of pink glasses, an inexhaustible knowledge of Broadway musicals, and the most gimlet-eyed view of American politics this side of Mark Twain finally tells...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
580L
Physical Desc
24 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about the fighting abilities of polar bears and walruses. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 223 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The beloved memoirist and bestselling author of Population: 485 reflects on the lessons hes learned from his unlikely alter ego, French Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne. "The journey began on a gurney," writes Michael Perry, describing the debilitating kidney stone that led him to discover the essays of Michel de Montaigne. Reading the philosopher in a manner he equates to chickens pecking at scrapsincluding those eye-blinking moments when...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"After eleven-year-old David Bravo wishes for a do-over of a disastrous day of middle school, he and a shapeshifting spirit guide try to right a wrong in his past" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Society of Explorers and Adventurers volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
To free himself from an ancient curse, thirteen-year-old Shinji Takahashi must team up with a secret organization of explorers, find a magical font hidden in the jungles of Mexico, and replace a stolen idol.
60) Black Beauty
Author
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Black Beauty, a handsome, shiny black horse with a star on his forehead, nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters. This classic story features 101 vocabulary words that everyone going into 4th grade should know. Includes definitions, word puzzles and games. -- Adapted from Page [4] cover.
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