Curriculum-Based Education : Teaching and Decision Making

Name: Curriculum-Based Education : Teaching and Decision Making
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ISBN: 9780534164287

ISBN-10: 0534164285

ISBN-13: 9780534164287

Edition: 2nd

Authors: Kenneth W. Howell, Sheila L. Fox, Mada K. Morehead

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This curriculum-based approach to assessment examines teacher-made tests and curriculum as they relate to a childs success or failure, rather than looking at formal, standardized tests. Using a step-by-step approach, the authors show teachers how to work with the curriculum and adapt it to meet the childs needs, how to assess in an ongoing way, and how to recognize when curriculum change is warranted. Designed to show readers how to think like evaluators -- rather than just telling them what to do during an evaluation -- the book encourages active participation on the part of the reader. Emphasizing decision making over measurement, and uniting the functions of evaluation and instruction,…

Book details

List price: $46.50
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 526
Size: 7.99" wide x 9.21" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English

Kenneth W. Howell is an assistant professor at Prairie View A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in history form Texas A&M University and also taught there as a visiting assistant professor. He is the author ofTexas Confederate,Reconstruction Governor: James Webb Throckmortonand coauthor ofThe Devil’s Triangle: Ben Bickerstaff, Northeast Texans, and the War of Reconstruction inTexasandBeyond Myths and Legends:ANarrative History of Texas.




Things to Think About



Teacher Thought Processes



Thinking About Learning and Students



Thinking About the Curriculum



Thinking About Instruction



Evaluation and Decision Making



Things to Know About



Tools for Decision Making



Fundamentals of Evaluation



Fundamentals of Instruction



Eligibility Decisions



Things to Do



Reading Comprehension



Decoding



Language



Written Expression



Written Mechanics



Mathematics



Social Skills



Task-Related Skills


Appendix A. Survival Statistics


Appendix B. Teaching Actions from TIES


Appendix C. Specifications for Mathematics


Glossary


References


Name Index


Subject Index