Better Elementary School - Hand-Tailored Education for All Kids

This book provides a pupil-centered, teacher-friendly approach where each youngster from his or her own starting point can advance up a school's curriculum ladder as far and as fast as the pupil's skills allow.

List of contents

Opening Thoughts
Chapter One: Schools and Basic Issues
Chapter Two: The Underserved
Chapter Three: Celebrating the Individual Child
Chapter Four:Age, Grade Level, and Peers
Chapter Five: The Consequences of Lumping
Diagnostics, Strategies, and Formats
Chapter Six: Tailoring Instruction: Getting Started
Chapter Seven: Authentic Performance-Based Assessment
Chapter Eight: Error Analysis
Chapter Nine:Formative Assessment
Chapter Ten: Tailored Education of All School Kids
Chapter Eleven: Format: Graded
Chapter Twelve: Format: Ungraded
Closing Thoughts

About the author

Joel Macht has spent nearly 40 years providing inservice presentations and direct services to teachers, principals, parents, and school children. He has taught courses that include the book's essentials in various U.S. universities and colleges within their educational psychology, special education, and/or psychology departments.

Summary

This book provides a pupil-centered, teacher-friendly approach where each youngster from his or her own starting point can advance up a school’s curriculum ladder as far and as fast as the pupil’s skills allow.

Product details

• Authors: Joel Macht, Macht Joel
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781475866452
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-6645-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational psychology, Educational strategies & policy, Education: examinations & assessment, Examinations & assessment