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Designed to help middle and high school teachers, as well as students new to the rigor of college, Studying and Learning in a High Stakes World incorporates test preparation into classrooms without asking teachers to "teach to the test."
List of contents
Part I: Doing Better in Schools
Introduction
Chapter 1: How to avoid test panic
Chapter 2: How to develop a game plan
Part II: Preparing for all tests
Chapter 3: Strategies for test study
Chapter 4: Preparing for essay questions and tests
Chapter 5: Preparing for objective questions and tests
Part III: Taking Tests and Doing Better
Chapter 6: Getting it together on test day
Chapter 7: Taking the essay test
Chapter 8: Taking the objective test
Using Test Results to Inform Learning
Making Tests Work for Teachers
References
Appendix A: Answer to Test Prep Exercises
Appendix B: Reproducible Forms for Test Preparation and Study
Appendix C: Common Core State Standards Alignment to Studying and Learning (Table)
Appendix D: Glossary
About the author
Rona F. Flippo has taught in public schools and worked extensively with teachers at all grade levels. She is Professor of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and is also on the International Reading Association Board of Directors 2012-2015.
Rachel Gaines, a former middle school English teacher, is a Ph.D. student in Educational Psychology at University of Texas Austin, where she also teaches writing at the business school. She has published research on middle school writing.
Kathrine Crane Rockwell has worked as a Sheltered English Immersion teacher and an ESL interventionist in elementary and middle schools. She has published assessments developed for ELL students.
Kelly Cook teaches high school English and serves as department chair in her district. Previously, she supervised the writing lab at Mass Bay Community College.
Donna Marco Melia is a middle school English/language arts teacher who has designed multiple curriculum units and assessments based on the Common Core State Standards.
Summary
Designed to help middle and high school teachers, as well as students new to the rigor of college, Studying and Learning in a High Stakes World incorporates test preparation into classrooms without asking teachers to "teach to the test."
