The Mismeasure of Education
ISBN: 9781623963910 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With new student assessments and teacher evaluation schemes in the planning or early implementation phases, this book takes a step back to examine the ideological and historical grounding, potential benefits, scholarly evidence, and ethical basis for the new generation of test based accountability measures. After providing the political and cultural contexts for the rise of the testing accountability movement in the 1960s that culminated almost forty years later in No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, this book then moves on to provide a policy history and social policy analysis of...
With new student assessments and teacher evaluation schemes in the planning or early implementation phases, this book takes a step back to examine the...
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186,39 zł |
The Mismeasure of Education (Hc)
ISBN: 9781623963927 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With new student assessments and teacher evaluation schemes in the planning or early implementation phases, this book takes a step back to examine the ideological and historical grounding, potential benefits, scholarly evidence, and ethical basis for the new generation of test based accountability measures. After providing the political and cultural contexts for the rise of the testing accountability movement in the 1960s that culminated almost forty years later in No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, this book then moves on to provide a policy history and social policy analysis of...
With new student assessments and teacher evaluation schemes in the planning or early implementation phases, this book takes a step back to examine the...
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338,86 zł |
Valuing Assessment in Science Education: Pedagogy, Curriculum, Policy
ISBN: 9789400766679 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the relationships between assessment, measurement and evaluation. It also explores assessment philosophies and practices in relation to the science curriculum and scientific literacy.
This book examines the relationships between assessment, measurement and evaluation. It also explores assessment philosophies and practices in relatio...
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543,49 zł |
Cases on Assessment and Evaluation in Education
ISBN: 9781466626218 / Angielski / Twarda / 698 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the demand to maintain a competitive advantage, the assessment and evaluation of education is vital in measuring the knowledge and skills of the students, community, and educational system as a whole by providing educators with the facts needed to enhance and improve the learning process. Cases on Assessment and Evaluation in Education presents a collection of case studies describing the methods used to assess an education course, what factors to assess, as well as which factors determine the success of these factors. This casebook aims to bring together different research perspectives...
With the demand to maintain a competitive advantage, the assessment and evaluation of education is vital in measuring the knowledge and skills of the ...
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982,44 zł |
Designing Assessment for Quality Learning
ISBN: 9789400759015 / Angielski / Twarda / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings together internationally recognised scholars with an interest in how to use the power of assessment to improve student learning and to engage with accountability priorities at both national and global levels. It includes distinguished writers who have worked together for some two decades to shift the assessment paradigm from a dominant focus on assessment as measurement towards assessment as central to efforts to improve learning. These writers have worked with the teaching profession and, in so doing, have researched and generated key insights into different ways of... This book brings together internationally recognised scholars with an interest in how to use the power of assessment to improve student learning an... |
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582,32 zł |
Study!: A Guide to Effective Learning, Revision and Examination Techniques
ISBN: 9780415269957 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whether entering higher education straight from school, or returning to study later in life, students need to develop effective study skills to get the most out of a course. Whatever the subject, this book will help to achieve the aims of the student by offering practical advice and useful techniques for successful study. These skills are not always taught as part of courses because of time restriction, but with an increased performance emphasis for lecturers they are vital to the success of the course. In addition to this with more and more people returning to education and... Whether entering higher education straight from school, or returning to study later in life, students need to develop effective study skills to get... |
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Improving Assessment Through Student Involvement: Practical Solutions for Aiding Learning in Higher and Further Education
ISBN: 9780415308212 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The assessment of students an activity central to the role of any professional in further and higher education, and is an area that is the subject of constant innovation and debate.
This book provides a scholarly account of the many facets of assessment, with a particular focus on student involvement. Peer and self-assessment are powerful assessment tools to add to the existing tutor-based methods of assessment and feedback, and this book is a comprehensive guide to the the methods and issues involved. Practical and accessible in style, yet grounded in research and rich in... The assessment of students an activity central to the role of any professional in further and higher education, and is an area that is the subject of ...
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237,65 zł |
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme: An Introduction for Teachers and Managers
ISBN: 9780415335379 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a respected qualification gaining increasing currency around the world, and which has been adopted by a wide variety of schools, both public and private. In the UK, growing dissatisfaction with the A-level system has led to an intense debate about alternative qualifications, and in many schools IB courses have been introduced alongside conventional A-level courses.
This practical introduction to the IB takes a balanced look at the pros and cons and features a wealth of advice from those actually involved in teaching and implementing it in schools.... The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a respected qualification gaining increasing currency around the world, and which has been adopted by a wide v...
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227,52 zł |
Assessing Children's Learning (Classic Edition)
ISBN: 9780415686730 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is my sincere wish that the teachers of those thousands of children, who increasingly are also teacher educators, read and learn from Assessing Children's Learning. The hope is that they will go on to make a reality of the 'imaginary but not impossible classroom' and make moral judgements and choices in the best interests of children. - Sue Swaffield, Senior Lecturer - Educational Leadership and School Improvement, University of Cambridge, UK Not all education books are worth a tired teacher's spare time. This one is. - Times Educational Supplement, from a review of the first edition Now...
It is my sincere wish that the teachers of those thousands of children, who increasingly are also teacher educators, read and learn from Assessing Chi...
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182,02 zł |
Beyond Testing (Classic Edition): Towards a theory of educational assessment
ISBN: 9780415689564 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'It is an exceptionally thoughtful assessment of assessment, and I am (along with anyone else who broods about education) much in your debt.' Jerome Bruner, personal communication with the author When this award-winning book was originally published in 1994, a review in the TES said: 'Beyond Testing is a refreshingly honest look at the dilemmas facing those who are trying to make educational assessment more supportive of high-quality learning for all pupils and students ... It contains powerful and practical messages for assessment developers,... 'It is an exceptionally thoughtful assessment of assessment, and I am (along with anyone else who broods about education) much in your debt.' |
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Cultural Validity in Assessment : Addressing Linguistic and Cultural Diversity
ISBN: 9780415999809 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is assessment and how is it a cultural practice? How does failure to account for linguistic and cultural variation among students jeopardize assessment validity? What is required to achieve cultural validity in assessment? This resource for practicing and prospective teachers - as well as others concerned with fair and valid assessment - provides a thorough grounding in relevant theory, research, and practice. The book lays out criteria for culturally valid assessment and recommends specific strategies that teachers can use to design and implement culturally valid classroom... What is assessment and how is it a cultural practice? How does failure to account for linguistic and cultural variation among students jeopardize a... |
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Civil Examinations and Meritocracy in Late Imperial China
ISBN: 9780674724952 / Angielski / Twarda / 401 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During China's late imperial period (roughly 1400-1900 CE), men would gather by the millions every two or three years outside official examination compounds sprinkled across China. Only one percent of candidates would complete the academic regimen that would earn them a post in the administrative bureaucracy. Civil Examinations assesses the role of education, examination, and China's civil service in fostering the world's first professional class based on demonstrated knowledge and skill. While millions of men dreamed of the worldly advancement an imperial education promised,... During China's late imperial period (roughly 1400-1900 CE), men would gather by the millions every two or three years outside official examination ... |
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Infant / Toddler Environment Rating Scale
ISBN: 9780807746400 / Angielski / Spiral bound / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Featuring a new spiral binding, the updated ITERS-R offers more practical assistance in the form of additional notes for clarification and an Expanded Score Sheet, which incorporates notes and tables to assist in scoring. However, the items and indicators remain the same as in the original ITERS-R. Designed for use in center-based child care programs for infants and toddlers up to 30 months of age, the ITERS-R can be used by program directors for supervision and program improvement, by teaching staff for self-assessment, by agency staff for monitoring, and in teacher training programs. The...
Featuring a new spiral binding, the updated ITERS-R offers more practical assistance in the form of additional notes for clarification and an Expanded...
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162,52 zł |
Passing the Ict Skills Test
ISBN: 9780857252562 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All trainee teachers hoping to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) need to pass a computerised ICT skills test. The test is designed to ensure all those qualifying as teachers have a sound grasp of fundamental ICT skills such as databases, word processing and the Internet and can apply these in their work both in and out of the classroom.
This text outlines the test requirements and explains the basic subject knowledge essential to completing the test. The fourth edition is fully updated to comply with the latest TDA standards and includes new self-assessment questions.
All trainee teachers hoping to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) need to pass a computerised ICT skills test. The test is designed to ensure all tho...
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111,21 zł |
Working with Children: Assessment, Representation and Intervention
ISBN: 9781412908702 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written for professionals working with children and young people who require support, assessment or intervention at home or in school, this interdisciplinary book explores everything from the legislative background and foundations of ideas in the social sciences, to dealing with children's distress, fear or special needs in professional practice.
Written for professionals working with children and young people who require support, assessment or intervention at home or in school, this interdisci...
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227,52 zł |
Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers
ISBN: 9781555425005 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This revised and greatly expanded edition of the 1988 handbook offers teachers at all levels how-to advise on classroom assessment, including:
This revised and greatly expanded edition of the 1988 handbook offers teachers at all levels how-to advise on classroom assessment, including: |
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Statistical Approaches to Measurement Invariance
ISBN: 9781848728196 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book reviews the statistical procedures used to detect measurement bias. Measurement bias is examined from a general latent variable perspective so as to accommodate different forms of testing in a variety of contexts including cognitive or clinical variables, attitudes, personality dimensions, or emotional states. Measurement models that underlie psychometric practice are described, including their strengths and limitations. Practical strategies and examples for dealing with bias detection are provided throughout. The book begins with an introduction to the general... This book reviews the statistical procedures used to detect measurement bias. Measurement bias is examined from a general latent variable perspecti... |
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Applying Generalizability Theory Using EduG
ISBN: 9781848728295 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Intended to help improve measurement and data collection methods in the behavioral, social, and medical sciences, this book demonstrates an expanded and accessible use of Generalizability Theory (G theory). G theory conceptually models the way in which the reliability of measurement is ascertained. Sources of score variation are identified as potential contributors to measurement error and taken into account accordingly. The authors demonstrate the powerful potential of G theory by showing how to improve the quality of any kind of measurement, regardless of the discipline. Readers will...Intended to help improve measurement and data collection methods in the behavioral, social, and medical sciences, this book demonstrates an expande... |
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197,19 zł |
Academic Assessment and Intervention
ISBN: 9780415539197 / Angielski / Twarda / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Serving students with academic deficiencies necessitates communication and collaboration among professionals from several disciplines. Academic Assessment and Intervention brings together divergent approaches in order to demonstrate that scientific evidence, rather than biases or previous practice, must determine assessment practices that are selected and used for particular purposes. Similar to a handbook in its comprehensive topical coverage, this edited collection provides a contextual foundation for academic assessment and intervention; describes both norm-referenced and curriculum-based...
Serving students with academic deficiencies necessitates communication and collaboration among professionals from several disciplines. Academic Assess...
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910,32 zł |
Academic Assessment and Intervention
ISBN: 9780415539210 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Serving students with academic deficiencies necessitates communication and collaboration among professionals from several disciplines. Academic Assessment and Intervention brings together divergent approaches in order to demonstrate that scientific evidence, rather than biases or previous practice, must determine assessment practices that are selected and used for particular purposes. Similar to a handbook in its comprehensive topical coverage, this edited collection provides a contextual foundation for academic assessment and intervention; describes both norm-referenced and curriculum-based...
Serving students with academic deficiencies necessitates communication and collaboration among professionals from several disciplines. Academic Assess...
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419,71 zł |