Test Prep Level 4: Hooray for School Comprehension and Critical Thinking

Test Prep Level 4: Hooray for School Comprehension and Critical Thinking

Author: Lisa Greathouse

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2014-06-01

Total Pages: 4

ISBN-13: 1480779326

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Fourth graders read a high-interest nonfiction article, strengthen comprehension skills by responding to follow-up questions, study a primary source document, and demonstrate critical-thinking skills through document-based questions.


MCAT 528 Advanced Prep 2021–2022

MCAT 528 Advanced Prep 2021–2022

Author: Kaplan Test Prep

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2020-11-03

Total Pages: 690

ISBN-13: 1506274382

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Always study with the most up-to-date prep! Look for MCAT 528 Advanced Prep 2023-2024, ISBN 9781506276793, on sale November 1, 2022.


21st Century Skills

21st Century Skills

Author: Bernie Trilling

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-02-07

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 1118157060

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This important resource introduces a framework for 21st Century learning that maps out the skills needed to survive and thrive in a complex and connected world. 21st Century content includes the basic core subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic-but also emphasizes global awareness, financial/economic literacy, and health issues. The skills fall into three categories: learning and innovations skills; digital literacy skills; and life and career skills. This book is filled with vignettes, international examples, and classroom samples that help illustrate the framework and provide an exciting view of twenty-first century teaching and learning. Explores the three main categories of 21st Century Skills: learning and innovations skills; digital literacy skills; and life and career skills Addresses timely issues such as the rapid advance of technology and increased economic competition Based on a framework developed by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21) The book contains a video with clips of classroom teaching. For more information on the book visit www.21stcenturyskillsbook.com.


Last Day, Hooray!

Last Day, Hooray!

Author: Nancy Poydar

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780823418077

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On the last day of school, Ivy, her classmates, and teachers dream of summer as they clean and prepare for the last party of the school year.


Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties

Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties

Author: David A. Kilpatrick

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-08-10

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 1118845404

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Practical, effective, evidence-based reading interventions that change students' lives Essentials of Understanding and Assessing Reading Difficulties is a practical, accessible, in-depth guide to reading assessment and intervention. It provides a detailed discussion of the nature and causes of reading difficulties, which will help develop the knowledge and confidence needed to accurately assess why a student is struggling. Readers will learn a framework for organizing testing results from current assessment batteries such as the WJ-IV, KTEA-3, and CTOPP-2. Case studies illustrate each of the concepts covered. A thorough discussion is provided on the assessment of phonics skills, phonological awareness, word recognition, reading fluency, and reading comprehension. Formatted for easy reading as well as quick reference, the text includes bullet points, icons, callout boxes, and other design elements to call attention to important information. Although a substantial amount of research has shown that most reading difficulties can be prevented or corrected, standard reading remediation efforts have proven largely ineffective. School psychologists are routinely called upon to evaluate students with reading difficulties and to make recommendations to address such difficulties. This book provides an overview of the best assessment and intervention techniques, backed by the most current research findings. Bridge the gap between research and practice Accurately assess the reason(s) why a student struggles in reading Improve reading skills using the most highly effective evidence-based techniques Reading may well be the most important thing students are taught during their school careers. It is a skill they will use every day of their lives; one that will dictate, in part, later life success. Struggling students need help now, and Essentials of Understanding and Assessing Reading Difficulties shows how to get these students on track.


The Penguin Problem (Ready, Freddy! #19)

The Penguin Problem (Ready, Freddy! #19)

Author: Abby Klein

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 0545324696

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With more than 3.2 million copies sold across all channels, READY, FREDDY! is a huge success with first-grade readers!Freddy's first-grade class is learning all about penguins -- including the fact that some species are endangered. When Freddy suggests a penny drive to help save the penguins, everyone loves the idea. But Freddy can't find his penny jar! How will he save the penguins now?


How to Teach So Students Remember

How to Teach So Students Remember

Author: Marilee Sprenger

Publisher: ASCD

Published: 2018-02-08

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1416626247

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Memory is inextricable from learning; there's little sense in teaching students something new if they can't recall it later. Ensuring that the knowledge teachers impart is appropriately stored in the brain and easily retrieved when necessary is a vital component of instruction. In How to Teach So Students Remember, author Marilee Sprenger provides you with a proven, research-based, easy-to-follow framework for doing just that. This second edition of Sprenger's celebrated book, updated to include recent research and developments in the fields of memory and teaching, offers seven concrete, actionable steps to help students use what they've learned when they need it. Step by step, you will discover how to actively engage your students with new learning; teach students to reflect on new knowledge in a meaningful way; train students to recode new concepts in their own words to clarify understanding; use feedback to ensure that relevant information is binding to necessary neural pathways; incorporate multiple rehearsal strategies to secure new knowledge in both working and long-term memory; design lesson reviews that help students retain information beyond the test; and align instruction, review, and assessment to help students more easily retrieve information. The practical strategies and suggestions in this book, carefully followed and appropriately differentiated, will revolutionize the way you teach and immeasurably improve student achievement. Remember: By consciously crafting lessons for maximum "stickiness," we can equip all students to remember what's important when it matters.


The 100th Day of School

The 100th Day of School

Author: Angela Shelf Medearis

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780785775539

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Designed to help build reading and counting skills, a story about a class's sense of accomplishment features energetic illustrations, 100 spelling words, and punch-out flash cards. (Consumable)


The Unintended Consequences of High-Stakes Testing

The Unintended Consequences of High-Stakes Testing

Author: Gail M. Jones

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2003-04-09

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1461715474

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To better understand how high-stakes accountability has influenced teaching and learning, this book takes an in-depth look at the myriad consequences that high-stakes tests hold for students, teachers, administrators, and the public. By focusing on these tests and spending large amounts of time on test preparation and driving teachers to teach low-level, rote memorization, schools are essentially wiping out non-tested subjects such as science, social studies, physical education, and the arts. Although testing is promoted as a strategy for improving education for all, research shows that testing has differential effects on students with special needs, minority students, students living in poverty, and those for whom English is a second language. The Unintended Consequences of High Stakes Testing unpacks the assumptions and philosophical foundations on which testing policies are based. The authors' arguments are grounded in extensive interviews and research. Through an examination of research, these authors show that high-stakes testing promotes students' dependence on extrinsic motivation at the cost of intrinsic motivation and the associated love of learning—which has tangible impacts on their education and lives. Features: -Examines how high stakes testing from the perspectives of teachers, students, and adminstrators. -Considers how testing impacts the curriculum including tested subjects such as reading, writing, and mathematics as well as non-tested subjects such as science, social studies, physical education, and the arts. -Documents how teachers and administrators engage in test preparation and discusses ethical and unethical test preparation practices. -Reviews the evolution of testing through history and how it mpacts the curriculum. -Examines the differential effects of testing on students with special needs, minority students, students living in poverty, and those for whom English is a second language.