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  • According to the Book

    Using TIMSS to investigate the translation of policy into practice through the world of textbooks

    by Richard G. Wolfe, Richard T. Houang, Gilbert A. Valverde, W.H. Schmidt, Leonard J. Bianchi ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    How are curriculum policies translated into opportunities to learn in the classroom?According to the Book presents findings from the largest cross-national study of textbooks carried out to date - the curriculum analysis of the 1995 Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). This study included a detailed, page-by-page, inventory of the mathematics and science content, pedagogy, ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

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  • A Complete Guide to Rubrics

    Assessment Made Easy for Teachers, K-College

    by Audrey M. Quinlan ...
    This book takes a developmental perspective at the use of scoring rubrics to assess student work. Citing developmental characteristics of each age, the author presents examples and adaptations of assessment rubrics on a variety of subjects for teachers from kindergarten through adult/college. After a presentation of foundation information on rubrics, separate chapters are devoted to each grade ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

  • Critical Perspectives on Service-Learning in Higher Education

    by S. Deeley ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Through innovative analysis of theory and practice, this book offers refreshing critical perspectives on service-learning in higher education. It constructs a theoretical paradigm for service-learning which extends to critical pedagogy, and investigates critical reflection and academic reflective writing, supported throughout by empirical evidence. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Learning in Real and Virtual Worlds

    Commercial Video Games as Educational Tools

    by P. Lacasa ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Packed with critical analysis and real-life examples, this book explores how children's video games can cultivate learning. Lacasa takes several commercial video games and shows how they can be used both in and out of the classroom to teach initiative and problem-solving, encourage creativity, promote literacy, and develop reasoning skills. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Intercultural Studies of Curriculum

    Theory, Policy and Practice

    Edited by Christopher Bezzina, Carmel Roofe ...
    Series series Intercultural Studies in Education
    This book explores the philosophical, ideological and practical dimensions of curriculum using an intercultural lens. It is cross-cultural, comparative and inclusive, with each chapter featuring case studies from a minimum of three countries across different continents. By using the same methods of data collection and analysis for each country level in each chapter, the text explores relationships ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Life in Schools and Classrooms

    Past, Present and Future

    Edited by Rupert Maclean ...
    Series Book 38 - Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects
    This book discusses key aspects of life in schools and classrooms, and surveys the changes that have occurred over the years in educational research, policy making and practice in these school and classroom settings. It not only examines cutting-edge research in these areas, but also showcases good practices in the field. Among the topics reviewed are recent developments in assessment, methods for ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Secondary Analysis of the TIMSS Data

    Edited by Albert E. Beaton, David F. Robitaille ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Researchers who participate in IEA studies have a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with their counterparts from many different countries and disciplinary backgrounds over a period of several years on questions of shared academic interest. Once the data for a given study have been collected and the first round of international reports published, however, opportunities for that kind of ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Learning From Others

    International Comparisons in Education

    Edited by Diane Shorrocks-Taylor, Edgar W. Jenkins ...
    Series Book 8 - Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education
    Diane Shorrocks-Taylor School of Education, University of Leeds,UK In September 1998, a conference was held at the University of Leeds entitled ‘International comparisons of pupil performance: issues and policy’. It was arranged by two groups within the School of Education at the University, the newly formed Assessment and Evaluation Unit and the Centre for Studies in Science and Mathematics ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Assessment Reform in Education

    Policy and Practice

    Edited by Rita Berry, Bob Adamson ...
    Series Book 14 - Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects
    This book discusses the recent assessment movements in the eastern and western worlds with particular focuses on the policies, implementation, and impacts of assessment reform on education. A new perspective of assessment sees assessment as a means to enhance learning.This book examines the tensions, challenges and outcomes (intended and unintended) of assessment reform arising at the interface of ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Opportunity to Learn, Curriculum Alignment and Test Preparation

    A Research Review

    Edited by Jaap Scheerens ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book provides a review of the effectiveness of Opportunity to Learn (OTL) operationalized as the association between OTL and student achievement. In addition, it presents an elaborate conceptual map in which OTL is regarded as part of a larger concept of curriculum alignment. Major components of this framework are national goals and standards, school curricula, formative tests, textbooks, ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Mathematics Achievement of Immigrant Students

    by Dirk Hastedt ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book examines the mathematics achievement of immigrant students on the basis of data from the IEA Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). It combines an analysis of large-scale assessment data with an in-depth exploration of policy studies and transforms the insights gained into recommendations on how to promote better education for students with an immigrant background ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Research on PISA

    Research Outcomes of the PISA Research Conference 2009

    Edited by Manfred Prenzel, Mareike Kobarg, Katrin Schöps, Silke Rönnebeck ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an important part of the OECD's Indicator Programme. It collects data and provides comparative indicators of education systems in OECD member and partner countries. PISA provides datasets of outstanding quality regarding samples, instruments and analyses. In addition to its important function for educational monitoring, the PISA datasets ... Read more

    $89.09 USD