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In Teaching History for the Common Good, Barton and Levstik present a clear overview of competing ideas among educators, historians, politicians, and the public about the nature and purpose of teaching history, and they evaluate these debates in light of current research on students' historical thinking. In many cases, disagreements about what should be taught to the nation's children and how it should be presented reflect fundamental differences that will not easily be resolved. A central premise of this book, though, is that systematic theory and research can play an important role in such debates by providing evidence of how students think, how their ideas interact with the information th...
Responding to recent powerful arguments that theory has only a limited role in the field, teachers of composition suggest to their colleagues how they can, and why they should, teach from a theoretical stance developed from their own experience. The ten essays focus on the process of knowing, the historical and social context, and mechanisms of teaching. Paper edition (1947-0), $19.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Presents strategies on ways to create a classroom environment that will motivate reluctant learners.
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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New edition of a textbook intent on creating the kind of teachers that students remember for the rest of their lives. Covers early reading and writing development, building vocabulary and comprehension connections, using literature and reader response, and understanding language and cultural diversi
THE GAME OF SCHOOL--a new book that provides a radical insider's critique of the American public high school today, plus suggestions for meaningful change within the school system as it is, & a proposal for a radically new school system. American schools do not need more hours of school every day & more days of school every year with schools as they now are: training students to memorize information to be spit back on tests, thus laying the ground work for the pretense, boredom & cynicism that are central elements in the destructive game that is the norm. The need: schools that actively & meaningfully engage students in the process of their own learning, where the atmosphere is constructive,...
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Tujuan pendidikan bukan sekadar memastikan bahwa peserta didik menguasai pengetahuan yang diberikan di ruang kelas namun juga memastikan bagaimana mereka dapat mengaplikasikan pengetahuan tersebut. Untuk mengetahui kemampuan peserta didik sejauh mana ia dapat mengimplementasikan pengetahuan yang telah diperoleh, maka dibutuhkan sebuah penilaian atau asesmen. Adapun asesmen autentik adalah asesmen yang bertujuan untuk itu. Buku ini membahas megenai asesmen autentik. Cakupan utama pembahasan di buku ini meliputi kajian bentuk-bentuk utama dari asesmen autentik yaitu asesmen portofolio, asesmen kinerja, asesmen projek, dan asesmen diri. Menggunakan seting dan contoh-contoh asesmen dalam pembela...
This time-honored work provides the most useful tools for accurate assessment of students and how well the goals of curricula are met in this thorough re-orientation of "Modern Educational Measurement." Overhauled to approach the topic from the perspective of the people in the trenches who must master the uses and abuses of testing methods and assessment instruments, this book offers timely, well-documented, and extremely practical information on this important subject. Further, it presents the material in a way that makes it more interesting and engaging than other texts on the market. In addition, the author's personal, engaging, and humorous writing style brings the subject matter to life...