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Making Curriculum Pop: Developing Literacies in All Content Areas
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Goble, Pam; Goble, Ryan R. – Free Spirit Publishing, 2016
From comics to cathedrals, pie charts to power ballads, fashion to Facebook . . . students need help navigating today's mediarich world. And educators need help teaching today's new media literacy. To be "literate" now means being able to read, write, listen, speak, view, and represent across all media--including both print and nonprint…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Secondary School Teachers, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods
Looking Together at Student Work. The Series on School Reform. Third Edition
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Blythe, Tina; Allen, David; Powell, Barbara Schieffelin – Teachers College Press, 2015
This updated third edition provides teachers and administrators with strategies and resources for examining and discussing student work, such as essays, math problems, projects, artwork, and more. The authors describe two ways of looking together at student work--The Tuning Protocol and The Collaborative Assessment Conference--including how to…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Conferences (Gatherings), Assignments, Barriers
The Common Sense Guide to the Common Core: Teacher-Tested Tools for Implementation
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McKnight, Katherine – Free Spirit Publishing, 2014
Based on the original source document for the Common Core State Standards and tested by 1,000 educators in diverse classrooms across the country, these research-based tools will help readers examine their current practices and adapt existing curriculum. Each of the 40 tools is clearly presented, explained, and exemplified, guiding educators…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Guides, Educational Practices, Curriculum Development
A Teacher's Guide to Using the Common Core State Standards with Gifted and Advanced Learners in the English/Language Arts
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Hughes-Lynch, Claire E.; Kettler, Todd; Shaunessy-Dedrick, Elizabeth; VanTassel-Baska, Joyce – Prufrock Press Inc., 2014
"A Teacher's Guide to Using the Common Core State Standards With Gifted and Advanced Learners in the English/Language Arts" provides teachers and administrators a blueprint for differentiating the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts for gifted and advanced students through the use of acceleration, depth, complexity, and…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Academically Gifted, Language Arts, Advanced Students
Differentiation for Gifted Learners: Going beyond the Basics
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Heacox, Diane; Cash, Richard M. – Free Spirit Publishing, 2014
Within a group of advanced learners, the variety of abilities, talents, interests, and learning styles can be formidable. For the first time, this book connects the unique learning differences among gifted students to the specific teaching methods used to tailor their educational experiences. Differentiated instruction for gifted and talented…
Descriptors: Gifted, Individualized Instruction, Honors Curriculum, Advanced Placement
Data Wise: A Step by Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning. Revised and Expanded Edition
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Boudett, Kathryn Parker, Ed.; City, Elizabeth A., Ed.; Murnane, Richard J., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2013
"Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning" presents a clear and carefully tested blueprint for school leaders. It shows how examining test scores and other classroom data can become a catalyst for important schoolwide conversations that will enhance schools' abilities to capture…
Descriptors: Guides, Information Utilization, Student Evaluation, Educational Improvement
Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning. Revised and Expanded Edition
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Boudett, Kathryn Parker, Ed.; City, Elizabeth A., Ed.; Murnane, Richard J., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2013
"Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning" presents a clear and carefully tested blueprint for school leaders. It shows how examining test scores and other classroom data can become a catalyst for important schoolwide conversations that will enhance schools' abilities to capture…
Descriptors: Guides, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Information Utilization