Differentiated Assessment Strategies - One Tool Doesn''t Fit All

Informationen zum Autor Carolyn Chapman is an international educational consultant, author, and teacher who has taught in kindergarten to college classrooms. Her interactive, hands-on professional development training sessions challenge educators to use strategies that ensure success for learners of all ages. Chapman has written many books about differentiated instruction, multiple intelligences, multiple assessments, and the brain-compatible classroom. She is coauthor with Gayle Gregory of the landmark Corwin Press book Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn't Fit All. Rita King has more than 20 years of teacher training experience and administrative experience as principal and director of Middle Tennessee State University's teacher training program in the laboratory school. Most recently, she was an adjunct professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the university. She now consults internationally in the areas of multiple intelligences, practical applications of brain-based research, differentiated learning, reading and writing strategies, mathematics instruction, creating effective learning environments, and strategies for test success. She is the coauthor of Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Reading in the Content Areas , Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Writing in the Content Areas , and Differentiated Assessment Strategies: One Tool Doesn't Fit All . Klappentext Boost student achievement with easy-to-use formative assessment toolsThis new version of the bestseller provides research-based and practical formative assessment tools, strategies, and activities that simplify the process of identifying students’ strengths and needs. Updated features include a new chapter on exciting ways to engage learners in self-assessment; more tools for assessing before, after, and during learning; and approaches to help students take ownership of their own learning. The authors give teachers: Strategies for all grade levels and content areas Tools for interpreting ongoing assessment data for immediate intervention and planning Methods for determining learner preferences, cognitive styles, and multiple intelligences Tips for establishing a positive environment for assessment Zusammenfassung This updated edition includes a generous selection of user-friendly strategies that help teachers assess struggling learners! students with special needs! children who are performing at grade level! and advanced learners. Included are practical tools that improve student performance and help them take responsibility for their own learning. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments About the Authors 1. One Tool Doesn¿t Fit All: Introduction What Is Differentiated Assessment? Analyzing Your View of Differentiated Assessment Building the Toolbox to "Zap the Gaps" Assessment in the Age of Accountability What Is the Teacher¿s Role in Differentiated Assessment? Opening the Toolbox 2. Bringing Research and Best Practices to Differentiated Formative Assessment Processing Information and Memory Why Students Forget and Why They Remember Assist the Brain in Memory Processing Develop Intelligent Behaviors for Assessment Authentic Assessment Performance Feedback 3. Creating a Climate for Formative Assessment The Affective Domain and Assessment Emotions Emotional Intelligence Self-Efficacy Motivation for Assessment The Physical Environment Setting Climate Goals 4. Knowing the Learner Information Gathering Gardner¿s Multiple Intelligence Theory Exploring Goleman and Sternberg More Ways to View Learners Through Animals¿ Eyes Performance Level Titles for the Assessed Learner Summary 5. Exploring Self-Assessment What Is Self-Ass...

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Carolyn Chapman is an international educational consultant, author, and teacher who has taught in kindergarten to college classrooms. Her interactive, hands-on professional development training sessions challenge educators to use strategies that ensure success for learners of all ages. Chapman has written many books about differentiated instruction, multiple intelligences, multiple assessments, and the brain-compatible classroom. She is coauthor with Gayle Gregory of the landmark Corwin Press book Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn′t Fit All.Rita King has more than 20 years of teacher training experience and administrative experience as principal and director of Middle Tennessee State University′s teacher training program in the laboratory school. Most recently, she was an adjunct professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the university. She now consults internationally in the areas of multiple intelligences, practical applications of brain-based research, differentiated learning, reading and writing strategies, mathematics instruction, creating effective learning environments, and strategies for test success. She is the coauthor of Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Reading in the Content Areas, Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Writing in the Content Areas, and Differentiated Assessment Strategies: One Tool Doesn′t Fit All.

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• Authors: Carolyn Chapman, Carolyn M. Chapman, Carolyn M. King Chapman, Carolyn M. M. King Chapman, Chapman Carolyn M., Rita King, Rita S. King, Rita S. Chapman King, King Rita S.
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.01.2012
• EAN: 9781412996648
• ISBN: 978-1-4129-9664-8
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment