Total Instructional Alignment
Title | Total Instructional Alignment PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Carter |
Publisher | Solution Tree Press |
Pages | 139 |
Release | 2009-02-01 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1934009911 |
This book is a teachers’ and administrators’ guide for implementing and sustaining an educational system that ensures students are taught and learn what is required by benchmarks, assessments, and state standards, and to the learning needs of each individual student. This is accomplished by providing a tight alignment between the intended, taught, and tested curricula.
Five Big Ideas
Title | Five Big Ideas PDF eBook |
Author | Lisa Carter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 138 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
"The sequel to Total Instructional Alignment, this book peels back the complex layers of the change process to reveal the five big ideas at the core of successful schools. Five Big Ideas shows how focusing on these foundational ideas can simplify decision-making and help eliminate many of the petty day-to-day distractions that do little to promote effective teaching and learning" -- from the back cover.
Curriculum Alignment
Title | Curriculum Alignment PDF eBook |
Author | David A. Squires |
Publisher | Corwin Press |
Pages | 233 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1412960061 |
Provides information for school administrators and curriculum specialists on ways to align the curriculum to state standards to improve student achievement and teacher effectiveness.
The Core Concepts of Physiology
Title | The Core Concepts of Physiology PDF eBook |
Author | Joel Michael |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 159 |
Release | 2017-02-20 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1493969099 |
This book offers physiology teachers a new approach to teaching their subject that will lead to increased student understanding and retention of the most important ideas. By integrating the core concepts of physiology into individual courses and across the entire curriculum, it provides students with tools that will help them learn more easily and fully understand the physiology content they are asked to learn. The authors present examples of how the core concepts can be used to teach individual topics, design learning resources, assess student understanding, and structure a physiology curriculum.
Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards
Title | Alternate Assessments Based on Alternate Achievement Standards PDF eBook |
Author | William D. Schafer |
Publisher | Paul H Brookes Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9781598570373 |
Discover what really works in alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards. This book gathers cutting-edge knowledge and best practices in seven states to help readers work toward accurate assessment of students with severe disabilities.
Rigorous Curriculum Design
Title | Rigorous Curriculum Design PDF eBook |
Author | Larry Ainsworth |
Publisher | Lead + Learn Press |
Pages | 362 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1935588052 |
The need for a cohesive and comprehensive curriculum that intentionally connects standards, instruction, and assessment has never been more pressing. For educators to meet the challenging learning needs of students they must have a clear road map to follow throughout the school year. Rigorous Curriculum Design presents a carefully sequenced, hands-on model that curriculum designers and educators in every school system can follow to create a progression of units of study that keeps all areas tightly focused and connected.
Deep Curriculum Alignment
Title | Deep Curriculum Alignment PDF eBook |
Author | Fenwick W. English |
Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780810839717 |
Why do testing and accountability efforts in today's schools fail? In Deep Curriculum Alignment, English and Steffy explore the flaws in state mandated testing, advocating a more comprehensive approach to teaching and testing. This highly practical book will guide you into a deeply aligned curriculum that produces academic results and a level playing field. Each chapter covers principles of testing and curriculum building, and concludes with a summary of the key concepts presented. The authors survey various studies, present the ethical dilemmas involved in testing, and present a step-by-step guide to pedagogical parallelism and alignment.