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Brain-Compatible Assessments.

Teachers will learn to assess student achievement with rubrics that reflect the latest neuroscientific research and are compatible with standards and the principles of brain-compatible learning.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ronis, Diane L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2007.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Publisher's Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • Chapter 1. The Assessment Revolution
  • The Need for Change
  • The Standards
  • Opportunity for Assessment #1: Creative Writing Journal
  • Forms of Assessment
  • Opportunity for Assessment #2: Planets in Motion
  • Alternative Assessments
  • A Starting Point
  • Opportunity for Assessment #3: Campaign Scrapbook
  • Chapter 2. Assessment Formats: Standards, Design, and Brain-Compatible Learning
  • On the Lookout for Success
  • Performance Assessments
  • Opportunity for Assessment #4: Westward Expansion Timeline
  • The Performance Task
  • Performance Criteria
  • Opportunity for Assessment #5: Geography Mobiles
  • Assessment Design
  • Beyond the Answer Key
  • Rubric Design
  • Creating the Descriptor Levels
  • Computing the Grade: Making Qualitative Assessments Quantitative
  • Consistent Scoring and Reliability
  • Content Counts
  • Educational Inferences
  • Opportunity for Assessment #6: Class Pet Diet Graph
  • Chapter 3. Multiple Intelligences and Brain-Compatible Assessment
  • Learning and Intelligence
  • Multiple Intelligence Theory
  • Opportunity for Assessment #7: Fairy Tale Storyboard
  • Motivation
  • Beyond the Blackboard
  • Message Confusion
  • Opportunity for Assessment #8: Invitation to Invention
  • Student Strengths
  • Opportunity for Assessment #9: Auto Economics
  • Chapter 4. Instruction and Assessment
  • The Pull of the Newtonian Paradigm
  • Opportunity for Assessment #10: Stellated Dodecahedron
  • Emotions in Context
  • The Need for Standards
  • Content Standards and Performance Standards
  • Teaching Methods and Instructional Materials
  • No Child Left Behind
  • Opportunity for Assessment #11: Cartoon Creation
  • Promise for the Future
  • Opportunity for Assessment #12: Television Time.
  • Chapter 5. Wiring the Curriculum: Standards and Their Technological Applications
  • Interactive Learning
  • Standards, Accountability, and Technology
  • Opportunity for Assessment #13: Tessellation Transformation
  • In Perspective
  • Technology without Borders
  • Software and Servers and Search Engines, Oh, My!
  • Opportunity for Assessment #14: Multimedia Mapping
  • The Role of the Teacher
  • Software Selection
  • The Internet
  • Opportunity for Assessment #15: Cyber Chronicles
  • The Human Touch
  • Chapter 6. Collaborative Learning
  • The Benefits of Cooperation
  • New Understandings
  • Opportunity for Assessment #16: Kites for Everyone!
  • The Spectrum of Interdependence
  • Opportunity for Assessment #17: Photosynthesis Rap
  • The Cooperative Learning Environment
  • Conscious Attention
  • Opportunity for Assessment #18: Checks and Balances Video
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Index.