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Assessing Student Learning

A Common Sense Guide

by Linda Suskie ...

Assessing Student Learning is a standard reference for college faculty and administrators, and the third edition of this highly regarded book continues to offer comprehensive, practical, plainspoken guidance. The third edition adds a stronger emphasis on making assessment useful; greater attention to building a culture in which assessment is used to inform important decisions; an enhanced focus on ... Read more

$75.99 NZD

Assessing Student Learning is a standard reference for college faculty and administrators, and the third edition of this highly regarded book continues to offer comprehensive, practical, plainspoken guidance. The third edition adds a stronger emphasis on making assessment useful; greater attention to building a culture in which assessment is used to inform important decisions; an enhanced focus on
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Creative Schools

Revolutionizing Education from the Ground Up

by Lou Aronica, Sir Ken Robinson ...

From the international bestselling author of The ElementKen Robinson is one of the world's most influential voices in education. In this inspiring, empowering book, he sets out a new vision for how education can be transformed to enable all young people to flourish. Filled with practical examples and groundbreaking research, it will inspire the change our children urgently need.'Compelling ... an ... Read more

$17.99 NZD

From the international bestselling author of The ElementKen Robinson is one of the world's most influential voices in education. In this inspiring, empowering book, he sets out a new vision for how education can be transformed to enable all young people to flourish. Filled with practical examples and groundbreaking research, it will inspire the change our children urgently need.'Compelling ... an
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What's the Point of School?

Rediscovering the Heart of Education

by Guy Claxton ...

Why the education system is failing our kids and how we can start the revolution that will save our schoolsWith their emphasis on regurgitated knowledge and stressful exams, today’s schools actually do more harm than good. Guiding readers past the sterile debates about City Academies and dumbed-down exams, Claxton proves that education’s key responsibility should be to create enthusiastic learners ... Read more

$13.69 NZD

Why the education system is failing our kids and how we can start the revolution that will save our schoolsWith their emphasis on regurgitated knowledge and stressful exams, today’s schools actually do more harm than good. Guiding readers past the sterile debates about City Academies and dumbed-down exams, Claxton proves that education’s key responsibility should be to create enthusiastic learners
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Assessment for Education

Standards, Judgement and Moderation

by Val Klenowski, Claire Maree Wyatt-Smith ...

′This is a very exciting book and should be read widely by anyone who wants a better understanding of the role of assessment in the diverse, globalised, digital societies of the 21st century.′- Professor Mary James, University of Cambridge, President, British Educational Research Association′Highly readable and thoroughly researched, this call for a new vision of education deserves to be ready by ... Read more

$136.03 NZD

′This is a very exciting book and should be read widely by anyone who wants a better understanding of the role of assessment in the diverse, globalised, digital societies of the 21st century.′- Professor Mary James, University of Cambridge, President, British Educational Research Association′Highly readable and thoroughly researched, this call for a new vision of education deserves to be ready by
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Gruber's Word Master for Standardized Tests

The Most Effective Way to Learn the Most Important Vocabulary Words for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and More!

by Gary Gruber, PhD ...

The ultimate guide to improving your vocabulary and all standardized test scores with comprehensive definition reviews and breakdowns, practical language strategies and examples, fifty practice tests and explanations, and much more!Every college-bound student wants the best test scores possible. Fortunately, that just happens to be Dr. Gary Gruber’s life’s work.For over thirty years, his Gruber ... Read more

$17.12 NZD

The ultimate guide to improving your vocabulary and all standardized test scores with comprehensive definition reviews and breakdowns, practical language strategies and examples, fifty practice tests and explanations, and much more!Every college-bound student wants the best test scores possible. Fortunately, that just happens to be Dr. Gary Gruber’s life’s work.For over thirty years, his Gruber
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Test and Measurement: Know It All

Know It All

by Jon S. Wilson, Stuart Ball, Creed Huddleston, Edward Ramsden, Dogan Ibrahim ...

Series series Newnes Know It All
The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb. Guaranteed not to gather dust on a shelf!Field Application engineers need to master a wide area of topics to excel. The Test and Measurement Know It All covers every angle ... Read more

$122.92 NZD

The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb. Guaranteed not to gather dust on a shelf!Field Application engineers need to master a wide area of topics to excel. The Test and Measurement Know It All covers every angle
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The Educators’ Guide to Whole-school Wellbeing

A Practical Guide to Getting Started, Best-practice Process and Effective Implementation

by Denise M. Quinlan, Lucy C. Hone ...

The Educators’ Guide to Whole-school Wellbeing addresses challenges faced by schools wanting to improve wellbeing. While many schools globally now understand the need to promote and protect student wellbeing, they often find themselves stuck – not knowing where to start, what to prioritise, or how to implement whole-school change. This book fills that gap.This book provides companionship through ... Read more

$127.22 NZD

The Educators’ Guide to Whole-school Wellbeing addresses challenges faced by schools wanting to improve wellbeing. While many schools globally now understand the need to promote and protect student wellbeing, they often find themselves stuck – not knowing where to start, what to prioritise, or how to implement whole-school change. This book fills that gap.This book provides companionship through
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Let's Talk about Critique

Reimagining Art and Design Education

by Elissa Armstrong, Mariah Doren ...

This book explores the tradition of critique in art and design education. It examines how critique, as a signature pedagogy in the field, has evolved, how it falls short, and what else it can be. Current practices are contextualized and suggestions are made for ways to have more open, inclusive and dynamic classroom conversations about art and design. Included is a discussion of the history of ... Read more

$44.38 NZD

This book explores the tradition of critique in art and design education. It examines how critique, as a signature pedagogy in the field, has evolved, how it falls short, and what else it can be. Current practices are contextualized and suggestions are made for ways to have more open, inclusive and dynamic classroom conversations about art and design. Included is a discussion of the history of
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100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Assessment for Learning

by David Spendlove ...

Series series 100 Ideas for Teachers
No matter what you teach, there is a 100 Ideas title for you!The 100 Ideas series offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies and activities for the classroom. Each author is an expert in their field and is passionate about sharing best practice with their peers.Each title includes at least ten additional extra-creative Bonus Ideas that won't fail to inspire and engage all learners.___ ... Read more

$32.42 NZD

No matter what you teach, there is a 100 Ideas title for you!The 100 Ideas series offers teachers practical, easy-to-implement strategies and activities for the classroom. Each author is an expert in their field and is passionate about sharing best practice with their peers.Each title includes at least ten additional extra-creative Bonus Ideas that won't fail to inspire and engage all learners.___
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Student Assessment

Better Evidence, Better Decisions, Better Learning

by Dylan Wiliam, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey ...

Fuel student-driven success and enhance learning with better assessmentWhat if there was a better way to collect and interpret assessment data that could strengthen the link between teaching and learning? Student Assessment: Better Evidence, Better Decisions, Better Learning is the innovative guide to show you how it′s done and done right. This unique book offers a new assessment model focused on ... Read more

$61.74 NZD

Fuel student-driven success and enhance learning with better assessmentWhat if there was a better way to collect and interpret assessment data that could strengthen the link between teaching and learning? Student Assessment: Better Evidence, Better Decisions, Better Learning is the innovative guide to show you how it′s done and done right. This unique book offers a new assessment model focused on
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The Complete Study Skills Guide

A practical guide for all students who want to know how to learn

by Dr Catherine Dawson ...

Successful study is dependent on effective study skills. Yet many students are never taught how to study, and many are anxious about their ability to develop the necessary skills required to complete their course. All students can learn how to study. It is not a skill reserved for the select few. With a little information, guidance and advice all students can discover how to study and improve the ... Read more

$24.99 NZD

Successful study is dependent on effective study skills. Yet many students are never taught how to study, and many are anxious about their ability to develop the necessary skills required to complete their course. All students can learn how to study. It is not a skill reserved for the select few. With a little information, guidance and advice all students can discover how to study and improve the
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Outstanding Formative Assessment: Culture and Practice

by Shirley Clarke ...

Best-selling author Shirley Clarke provides a wealth of high quality ideas, practical strategies, classroom examples and whole-school case studies for teachers in primary and secondary schools.The most comprehensive of Shirley Clarke's titles includes extensive examples and realia, in full colour. The book is clearly structured around the ways in which teachers actually teach, with QR coded web ... Read more

$59.99 NZD

Best-selling author Shirley Clarke provides a wealth of high quality ideas, practical strategies, classroom examples and whole-school case studies for teachers in primary and secondary schools.The most comprehensive of Shirley Clarke's titles includes extensive examples and realia, in full colour. The book is clearly structured around the ways in which teachers actually teach, with QR coded web
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Key Concepts for Understanding Curriculum

by Colin Marsh ...

Series series Teachers' Library
Key Concepts for Understanding Curriculum is an invaluable guide for all involved in curriculum matters. Now fully updated, this revised and enlarged fourth edition provides not only a solid grounding in the subject but also covers the latest trends and issues affecting the field. Written in Marsh's clear and accessible style, the book details the strengths, weaknesses and controversies around ... Read more

$113.92 NZD

Key Concepts for Understanding Curriculum is an invaluable guide for all involved in curriculum matters. Now fully updated, this revised and enlarged fourth edition provides not only a solid grounding in the subject but also covers the latest trends and issues affecting the field. Written in Marsh's clear and accessible style, the book details the strengths, weaknesses and controversies around
... Read more
Provision and Progress for Two Year Olds

by Chris Dukes, Maggie Smith ...

‘The number of two-year-olds entering our settings has been increasing over the last few years, and with the government set to continue with the expansion of free places, more and more practitioners will be caring for children in this age range for the first time. For those who still think in terms of the ′terrible twos′, this book serves as a vital and urgent wake-up call. Whether experienced ... Read more

$112.11 NZD

‘The number of two-year-olds entering our settings has been increasing over the last few years, and with the government set to continue with the expansion of free places, more and more practitioners will be caring for children in this age range for the first time. For those who still think in terms of the ′terrible twos′, this book serves as a vital and urgent wake-up call. Whether experienced
... Read more
Coordinating English at Key Stage 1

by Narinderjit Gill, Jenny Tyrrell ...

Series series Subject Leaders' Handbooks
This handbook has been specially written for primary teachers who have responsibility for coordinating English at Key Stage 1. It goes step by step through every stage of coordinating English in primary schools and provides valuable information for teachers who are new to being a subject leader, as well as those with more experience. Full of accessible advice and suggestions for improving practice ... Read more

$104.43 NZD

This handbook has been specially written for primary teachers who have responsibility for coordinating English at Key Stage 1. It goes step by step through every stage of coordinating English in primary schools and provides valuable information for teachers who are new to being a subject leader, as well as those with more experience. Full of accessible advice and suggestions for improving practice
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Improving Student Engagement and Development through Assessment

Theory and practice in higher education

Edited by Lynn Clouder, Christine Broughan, Steve Jewell, Graham Steventon ...

With a unique focus on the relationship between assessment and engagement this book explores what works in terms of keeping students on course to succeed.Against a backdrop of massification and the associated increase in student diversity there is an escalating requirement for personalized, technology driven learning in higher education. In addition, the advent of student fees has promoted a ... Read more

$106.33 NZD

With a unique focus on the relationship between assessment and engagement this book explores what works in terms of keeping students on course to succeed.Against a backdrop of massification and the associated increase in student diversity there is an escalating requirement for personalized, technology driven learning in higher education. In addition, the advent of student fees has promoted a
... Read more
Verbal Comprehension Workbook for the WISC-V

by The Test Tutor ...

Verbal Comprehension Workbook for the WISC-V is a specialized resource created to help children aged 6 to 16 prepare for the Verbal Comprehension subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fifth Edition (WISC-V). This workbook provides over 180 verbal exercises designed to strengthen skills in the Information, Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Similarities subtests. By offering focused ... Read more

$102.57 NZD

Verbal Comprehension Workbook for the WISC-V is a specialized resource created to help children aged 6 to 16 prepare for the Verbal Comprehension subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fifth Edition (WISC-V). This workbook provides over 180 verbal exercises designed to strengthen skills in the Information, Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Similarities subtests. By offering focused
... Read more
Examining What We Do To Improve Our Schools

Eight Steps from Analysis to Action

by Sandra Harris, Julie Combs, Stacey Edmonson ...

This book shows school leaders how they can infuse their daily practice with an examination of the actions they take to improve their schools. It identifies eight steps that inform the school improvement process and boost student achievement. These steps provide a framework for examining school improvement as part of a genuine process with meaning and value for all those involved. ... Read more

$70.25 NZD

This book shows school leaders how they can infuse their daily practice with an examination of the actions they take to improve their schools. It identifies eight steps that inform the school improvement process and boost student achievement. These steps provide a framework for examining school improvement as part of a genuine process with meaning and value for all those involved.
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White Rose Maths

by Jennifer Clasper, Mary-Kate Connolly, Emily Fox, James Lansdale-Clegg, Caroline Hamilton, Ian Davies ...

Series series White Rose Maths
Created in partnership with White Rose Education, the GCSE Maths textbooks follow on seamlessly from the award-winning KS3 White Rose Maths student books. Using the White Rose approach to build confidence and deepen understanding, Foundation Student Book 1 covers Number, Algebra, and Ratio Proportion and Rates of Change.White Rose Maths GCSE textbooks use research-backed methods to guide students ... Read more

$15.99 NZD

Created in partnership with White Rose Education, the GCSE Maths textbooks follow on seamlessly from the award-winning KS3 White Rose Maths student books. Using the White Rose approach to build confidence and deepen understanding, Foundation Student Book 1 covers Number, Algebra, and Ratio Proportion and Rates of Change.White Rose Maths GCSE textbooks use research-backed methods to guide students
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School-Based Assessment in a Caribbean Public Examination

by Stafford A. Griffith ...

This work explores the historical, conceptual, theoretical and practical dimensions of school-based assessment (SBA) in a public examination. In part 1, Griffith offers the history and context for the exploration of the issues of SBA in a public examination and reviews the history and concept of public examinations and the evolution and mandate of the Caribbean Examinations Council as a public ... Read more

$42.77 NZD

This work explores the historical, conceptual, theoretical and practical dimensions of school-based assessment (SBA) in a public examination. In part 1, Griffith offers the history and context for the exploration of the issues of SBA in a public examination and reviews the history and concept of public examinations and the evolution and mandate of the Caribbean Examinations Council as a public
... Read more
What to Look for in Literacy

A Leader's Guide to High Quality Instruction

by Angela Peery, Tracey Shiel ...

Practical and rich in resources, this book provides a roadmap to monitoring, evaluating, and implementing effective literacy instruction in grades PK-12. Designed for district and school leaders as well as literacy coaches and consultants, this book contains all the strategies, guidance, and tools you’ll need to monitor the effectiveness of literacy instruction in your school or system. Top ... Read more

$87.34 NZD

Practical and rich in resources, this book provides a roadmap to monitoring, evaluating, and implementing effective literacy instruction in grades PK-12. Designed for district and school leaders as well as literacy coaches and consultants, this book contains all the strategies, guidance, and tools you’ll need to monitor the effectiveness of literacy instruction in your school or system. Top
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Assessment of Young Children

A Collaborative Approach

by Lisa B. Fiore ...

In an era where assessment mandates tend to minimize or dismiss individual differences and creativity, resulting in punitive outcomes or inertia, this essential guide provides teachers with a collaborative approach to assessment that emphasizes the importance of bringing children and families into the process.Now in its second edition, Assessment of Young Children explores both standardized and ... Read more

$110.12 NZD

In an era where assessment mandates tend to minimize or dismiss individual differences and creativity, resulting in punitive outcomes or inertia, this essential guide provides teachers with a collaborative approach to assessment that emphasizes the importance of bringing children and families into the process.Now in its second edition, Assessment of Young Children explores both standardized and
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Brain-Powered Lessons to Engage All Learners Level 3

by LaVonna Roth ...

Do you struggle with creating engaging lessons for third grade students? If so, Brain-Powered Lessons to Engage All Learners is your answer. This resource provides fun, appealing, and rigorous lessons based on brain-powered strategies. The eight strategies included in these lessons are designed around how the brain learns as a foundation. Students will look forward to using the strategies and ... Read more

$35.17 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Do you struggle with creating engaging lessons for third grade students? If so, Brain-Powered Lessons to Engage All Learners is your answer. This resource provides fun, appealing, and rigorous lessons based on brain-powered strategies. The eight strategies included in these lessons are designed around how the brain learns as a foundation. Students will look forward to using the strategies and
... Read more
Instruction and the Learning Environment

by James Keefe, John Jenkins ...

For leaders of elementary, middle, or high schools, this book shows how your school can excel in reaching students with diverse learning styles; providing "authentic" instruction and performance assessment; applying constructivist learning methodologies; and enhancing learning through alternative scheduling. ... Read more

$39.86 NZD

For leaders of elementary, middle, or high schools, this book shows how your school can excel in reaching students with diverse learning styles; providing "authentic" instruction and performance assessment; applying constructivist learning methodologies; and enhancing learning through alternative scheduling.
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