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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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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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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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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

$121.52 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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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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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

$44.99 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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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
... Read more
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
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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Assessment Tools and Systems

Meaningful Feedback Approaches to Promote Critical and Creative Thinking

by Barbara J. Smith ...

Feedback matters for everyone committed to school improvement. Rather than tweaking flawed assessment tools, it is time to consider developing more meaningful feedback systems the impact the critical masses that make up the school community. Cultivating new assessment approaches for students, staff, as well as non-instructional staff, teacher-leaders, principals, superintendents, trustees and ... Read more

$49.99 NZD

Feedback matters for everyone committed to school improvement. Rather than tweaking flawed assessment tools, it is time to consider developing more meaningful feedback systems the impact the critical masses that make up the school community. Cultivating new assessment approaches for students, staff, as well as non-instructional staff, teacher-leaders, principals, superintendents, trustees and
... Read more
Unlocked

Assessment as the Key to Everyday Creativity in the Classroom (Teaching and Measuring Creativity and Creative Skills)

by Katie White ...

Creativity enhances the quality of our lives, encouraging us to look deeper, search wider, and explore multiple perspectives. With Unlocked by Katie White, you'll discover how to effectively connect creativity and assessment of creativity within any classroom setting. A variety of practical ideas and tools helps you design rich, authentic learning experiences that encourage inquiry and creative ... Read more

$68.99 NZD

Creativity enhances the quality of our lives, encouraging us to look deeper, search wider, and explore multiple perspectives. With Unlocked by Katie White, you'll discover how to effectively connect creativity and assessment of creativity within any classroom setting. A variety of practical ideas and tools helps you design rich, authentic learning experiences that encourage inquiry and creative
... Read more
Higher Education and Intellectual Retrogression

The Neoliberal Reign

by Arup Maharatna ...

This monograph critically analyses the historical evolution of ideas, perceptions and principles on higher education and unravels a few of its interlinked aspects – content, quality, standard, massification, privatization and commercialization. It presents both original and penetrative critique of neoliberal ideas and policies reigning higher education since World War II. The volume argues that ... Read more

$108.99 NZD

This monograph critically analyses the historical evolution of ideas, perceptions and principles on higher education and unravels a few of its interlinked aspects – content, quality, standard, massification, privatization and commercialization. It presents both original and penetrative critique of neoliberal ideas and policies reigning higher education since World War II. The volume argues that
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Service-Learning and Social Justice Education

Strengthening Justice-Oriented Community Based Models of Teaching and Learning

Edited by Dan Butin ...

This volume offers a crucial resource for those interested and involved in linking schools and higher education with communities to foster justice-oriented curriculum and instruction. Noted scholars explore the connections, limits, and possibilities between service-learning and social justice education. Exemplary models, unexpected hurdles, and synthesis of justice-oriented research are some of ... Read more

$77.99 NZD

This volume offers a crucial resource for those interested and involved in linking schools and higher education with communities to foster justice-oriented curriculum and instruction. Noted scholars explore the connections, limits, and possibilities between service-learning and social justice education. Exemplary models, unexpected hurdles, and synthesis of justice-oriented research are some of
... Read more
Mastering Formative Assessment Moves

7 High-Leverage Practices to Advance Student Learning

by Brent Duckor, Carrie Holmberg ...

How do you know if students are with you at the beginning, middle, and end of a lesson? Can formative assessment offer a key to better teaching and learning during instruction? What if you could blend different formative assessment moves in your classroom, with intention and care for all students, to help make better instructional decisions on the fly and enjoy more teachable moments?Educators ... Read more

$67.99 NZD

How do you know if students are with you at the beginning, middle, and end of a lesson? Can formative assessment offer a key to better teaching and learning during instruction? What if you could blend different formative assessment moves in your classroom, with intention and care for all students, to help make better instructional decisions on the fly and enjoy more teachable moments?Educators
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When Reform Meets Reality

The Power and Pitfalls of Instructional Reform in School Districts

Edited by Jonathan A. Supovitz ...

An insightful inside perspective on the implementation of instructional improvement measures in a large urban K–12 district ... Read more

$51.99 NZD

An insightful inside perspective on the implementation of instructional improvement measures in a large urban K–12 district
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Dare to Crack

by VBcreations ...

Self-Assessment Tests is a comprehensive guide designed to help individuals gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their abilities. This eBook provides a collection of self-assessment tests covering various aspects of personal development, including personality traits, strengths and weaknesses, emotional intelligence, communication styles, and more.Readers will discover a range of self ... Read more

$8.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Self-Assessment Tests is a comprehensive guide designed to help individuals gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their abilities. This eBook provides a collection of self-assessment tests covering various aspects of personal development, including personality traits, strengths and weaknesses, emotional intelligence, communication styles, and more.Readers will discover a range of self
... Read more
Changes and Innovations in the Education Institutions

From Regulation to Empowerment

by Guorui Fan ...

Series Book 2 - China's Path to Education Modernization
The establishment and improvement of the education institution is an important factor to promote and guarantee the reform and development of the education system. From the perspective of institution analysis, this book shows the path and strategy of China’s educational modernization by combing and analyzing the process and elements of the educational institution changes in the past 40 years of ... Read more

$188.99 NZD

The establishment and improvement of the education institution is an important factor to promote and guarantee the reform and development of the education system. From the perspective of institution analysis, this book shows the path and strategy of China’s educational modernization by combing and analyzing the process and elements of the educational institution changes in the past 40 years of
... Read more
The Future of Evaluation in Society

A Tribute to Michael Scriven

Edited by Stewart I. Donaldson ...

Series series Evaluation and Society
The impetus for this volume lives in a rich and vibrant past. It is organized to honor one of the founders and most prolific contributors to the profession and transdiscipline of evaluation -- Professor Michael Scriven, and to illuminate the future of evaluation in society. Professor Scriven often shares stories of his meetings with Albert Einsten and the frame-breaking evaluation revolution he ... Read more

$87.16 NZD

The impetus for this volume lives in a rich and vibrant past. It is organized to honor one of the founders and most prolific contributors to the profession and transdiscipline of evaluation -- Professor Michael Scriven, and to illuminate the future of evaluation in society. Professor Scriven often shares stories of his meetings with Albert Einsten and the frame-breaking evaluation revolution he
... Read more
Individualized Child-Focused Curriculum

A Differentiated Approach

by Gaye Gronlund ...

Learn to integrate individualized curriculum into daily practice with this step-by-step guide. Using Developmental Studies, a new tool created and successfully field-tested by the author, implement a truly child-focused and individualizing curriculum, meeting each child where she or he is and ultimately making teaching easier and more rewarding. These user-friendly materials will help teachers ... Read more

$60.71 NZD

Learn to integrate individualized curriculum into daily practice with this step-by-step guide. Using Developmental Studies, a new tool created and successfully field-tested by the author, implement a truly child-focused and individualizing curriculum, meeting each child where she or he is and ultimately making teaching easier and more rewarding. These user-friendly materials will help teachers
... Read more

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