Socratic Seminars in the Block

Socratic Seminars in the Block
Author: Wanda H. Ball
Publisher: Eye On Education
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2000
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781883001797

Shows how teachers can plan and implement Socratic Seminars, a strategy that is particularly appropriate for teaching in a block schedule and which leads to active learning.

The School Portfolio

The School Portfolio
Author: Victoria. L Bernhardt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2014-05-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317920473

A school portfolio is the most effective way to ensure your school's success at systemic reform. Extensively tested, it is a non-threatening self-assessment tool which exhibits a school's goals, achievements, and vision for improvement. This book will show you how to develop a school portfolio tailored to your particular school and vision.

A Collection of Performance Tasks & Rubrics: Middle School Mathematics

A Collection of Performance Tasks & Rubrics: Middle School Mathematics
Author: Charlotte Danielson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2014-05-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317920988

Each of these books provides a collection of performance tasks and scoring rubrics for a number of important topics in middle and upper elementary school mathematics. Included are many samples of student work which clarify the tasks and anchor the points of the scoring rubrics.

Teaching Foreign Languages in the Block

Teaching Foreign Languages in the Block
Author: Deborah Blaz
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2013-11-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317920651

Provides detailed instructional strategies, sample lesson plans, and sample assessments so that foreign language teachers can make the best use of the additional time.

A Collection of Performance Tasks & Rubrics: High School Mathematics

A Collection of Performance Tasks & Rubrics: High School Mathematics
Author: Charlotte Danielson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2014-05-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317920716

This book provides a collection of performance tasks and scoring rubrics for a number of important topics in high school mathematics. Included are many samples of student work which clarify the tasks and anchor the points of the scoring rubrics.

Teaching in the Block

Teaching in the Block
Author: Michael D. Rettig
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2013-11-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317921232

This bestseller describes alternatives to lecturing, traditional questioning, and individual pencil and paper tasks. It offers practical advice on how teachers can harness the potential of the extended period.

Leadership Through Collaboration

Leadership Through Collaboration
Author: Jeanne Baxter
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2013-11-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 131792102X

With a foreword by Thomas Sergiovanni, this book exposes the myths about school leadership which impede educational improvement. It also profiles 8 successful schools at which student achievement has flourished after collaboration was introduced.