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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
New York State Grade 8 Science Test
Author: Edward J. DeneckePublisher: Barrons Educational Services
ISBN: 9780764146213
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This streamlined and updated manual presents extensive subject review with practice questions embedded in and following every chapter. The book also includes one full-length practice written exam with answers and practice performance test items. Topic reviews cover all New York State Intermediate-Level Core Curriculum topics in the Living Environment and Physical Setting, which includes introductions to astronomy, geology, meteorology, chemistry, and physics. The text is supplemented with instructive line illustrations that have been updated and simplified to that help students visualize science concepts.
Getting Ready for the 4th Grade Assessment Tests
Author: Erika WareckiPublisher: Learning Express (NY)
ISBN: 9781576854167
Category : Education, Elementary
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Getting Ready for the 4th Grade Assessment Test: Help Improve Your Child’s Math and English Skills – Many parents are expressing a demand for books that will help their children succeed and excel on the fourth grade assessment tests in math and English –especially in areas where children have limited access to computers. This book will help students practice basic math concepts, i.e., number sense and applications as well as more difficult math, such as patterns, functions, and algebra. English skills will include practice in reading comprehension, writing, and vocabulary. Rubrics are included for self-evaluation.
Resources in Education
Author: New Horizons in Mathematics and Science Education
Author: ENC Focus
Author: The Publishers Weekly
Author: Children's Books in Print
Author: R R Bowker PublishingPublisher: R. R. Bowker
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1662
Book Description
Multifaceted Assessment for Early Childhood Education
Author: Robert J. WrightPublisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1412970156
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Multifaceted Assessment in Early Childhood is ideal for those on upper-division undergraduate courses and first-level graduate courses in early childhood education assessment. The book covers the various measures used in a range of assessment dimensions, and includes valuable information regarding young children with special needs and English Language Learners, which has rarely been touched upon in other textbooks. The chapters are focused on student accessibility and include practical applications of key concepts. Features and benefits: Covers a range of assessment concepts, including - Formative (uses feedback from learning to adapt teaching) -Summative (i.e. tests, quizzes) -Authentic (focuses on complex/deeper tasks) -Standardized (STAR, SAT) Includes coverage of assessment for English language learners and children with special needs -- topics that are not provided enough coverage in other books (including Wortham, McAfee, Puckett and Mindes). Wright's writing style grabs and engages the reader in the topic. Two of our reviewers who use Wortham specifically cited Wright's writing style as a reason they would adopt our book. A McAfee reviewer is likely to switch for the same reason.
Social Studies Curriculum, The, Fourth Edition
Author: E. Wayne RossPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 1438453167
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
This fully revised and updated edition includes twelve new chapters on contemporary topics such as ecological democracy, Native studies, inquiry teaching, and Islamophobia. The Social Studies Curriculum, Fourth Edition updates the definitive overview of the issues teachers face when creating learning experiences for students in social studies. The book connects the diverse elements of the social studies curriculumcivic, global, social issuesoffering a unique and critical perspective that separates it from other texts. Completely updated, this book includes twelve new chapters on the history of the social studies; democratic social studies; citizenship education; anarchist inspired transformative social studies; patriotism; ecological democracy; Native studies; inquiry teaching; Islamophobia; capitalism and class struggle; gender, sex, sexuality, and youth experiences in school; and critical media literacy. All the chapters from the previous edition have been thoroughly revised and updated, including those on teaching social studies in the age of curriculum standardization and high-stakes testing, critical multicultural social studies, prejudice and racism, assessment, and teaching democracy. Readers are encouraged to reconsider their assumptions and understanding about the origins, purposes, nature, and possibilities of the social studies curriculum.
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