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This is a rating scale designed mainly for completion by the reception teacher in the first half-term of school entry. It provides a standardized screening procedure to identify and monitor those children at risk of having, or developing, special educational needs, as well as a `numerical' baseline which can be used for all children in evaluating their subsequent progress. The Code of Practice requires schools to assess children with special educational needs at Stage I. This index leads in to the Key Stage I National Curriculum, and is standardized on a multi-ethnic population in a wide range of urban schools. Norms are provided for ages 4:6 to 5:0, with guidance for interpreting the scores of older and younger children. ... Read more

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Listening is a core skill within the English curriculum and the main medium for classroom learning, but it is difficult to assess objectively. The "Listening and Literacy Index" (ISBN 0-340-77529-7) is a standardized test of listening, reading and spelling for use with class groups of six- to nine-year-olds. This teacher's handbook offers advice on how to use the tests, and provides a diagnostic profile and norms, as well as detailed practical guidelines for scoring, interpretation and teaching follow-up. ... Read more

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We know that teachers make a profound difference in the lives of students and are the single most important school-related influence on student achievement. When it comes to teacher selection, district and building-level administrators are challenged to predict what kind of teacher a candidate will be, based on information collected through an application and one or two interviews.

In this book, James H. Stronge and Jennifer L. Hindman explain how to take the guesswork out of hiring decisions. Their Teacher Quality Index (TQI) is a structured, research-based interview protocol built on the quality indicators explored in Stronge’s best-selling Qualities of Effective Teachers. Here, educators with hiring responsibilities will find interview questions that reveal what they most need to know about teacher candidates and question-specific, descriptive rubrics that support consistent evaluation of candidates’ responses. The Teacher Quality Index is the easiest, most reliable way to see that new hires possess both the personal qualities essential to effective teachers and the requisite proficiencies in classroom management, instructional planning and delivery, and the monitoring of student progress and potential.

An accompanying CD-ROM provides forms and scoring rubrics for both screening interviews and building-based interviews. The question sets are presented in multiple configurations: variations for experienced and novice teachers as well as "interviewer’s choice" formats, which allow for additional customization. Protocol guidelines, succinct discussions of underlying research, and response-rating exercises ensure readers will come away with the rationale, know-how, and tools to implement this teacher-selection process and, ultimately, increase the overall effectiveness of their teaching staff. ... Read more

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An introduction to the process of selecting a classroom teacher who will be understanding, relate to, and educate their students
The Teacher Quality Index: A Protocol For Teacher Selection by James H. Stronge (Heritage Professor in the Education Policy, Planning, and Leadership Area at the College of William and Mary in Williams Burg, Virginia) and education consultant Jennifer L. Hindman is an informed and informative introduction to the process of selecting a classroom teacher who will understand, relate to, and educate their students. With its focus on hiring methodology and interviewing protocols using the "Teacher Quality Index" as the easiest, most reliable and informative way to achieve the standards of the interviewing school, The Teacher Quality Index is very strongly recommended reading, especially for district superintendents, elementary and high school building administrators, and faculty members involved in the hiring process for acquiring the services of new teachers.
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Everything you need to create exciting thematic science units can be found in these handy guides. Developed for educators who want to take an integrated approach, these guides contain resource lists, reading selections, and activities that can be easily pulled together for units on virtually any science topic. Chapters identify and describe comprehensive teaching resources (nonfiction) and related fiction reading selections, then detail hands-on science and extension activities that help students learn the scientific method and build learning across the curriculum. ... Read more

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Finally, there's a guide to children's books by Native American writers. This unique source book covers titles in print for fiction, folklore, drama, poetry, and nonfiction, complete with ISBNs, subject headings, reviews, awards, authors, and illustrators. A handy resources section steers readers to useful websites and organizations, while a chapter on publishers lists contact information. A thorough index includes tribes and translators.

· Enrich the learning process with multicultural literature

· Identify and locate hard-to-find resources by Native American authors

· An invaluable selection aid for public and K-12 librarians

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A handy index rounds out this useful guide
Compiled and arranged by Sherry York, Children's And Young Adult Literature By Native Americans is a resource guide developed especially for children's librarians, and lists quality books recommended for young readers which are by and about Native Americans. Each individual entry is mentioned with information concerning the title, author, publisher, a brief summary, general subjects covered, recommended interest and reading levels, a list of places in which reviews about this book are to be found, and more. A handy index rounds out this useful guide. Children's And Young Adult Literature By Native Americans is a highly recommended addition to both Library Science and Native American Studies reference collections. ... Read more

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The literature on the grading of student writing encompasses numerous topics, such as student peer review, psychometrics, student-teacher conferences, portfolios, collaborative learning, and English-as-a-Second-Language. There is much debate over what grading entails and how grading should be done. As a result, research on grading is both complex and voluminous, and the topic is of central importance to composition studies. This reference book offers a thorough overview of the extensive body of literature on grading, which also includes entries for works published between 1970 and 1996. The entries are grouped in topical chapters dedicated to theoretical and practical concerns, and each citation is accompanied by an annotation that summarizes the work. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author within each section, and the volume includes author and subject indexes. ... Read more

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Breaking Tradition is a fascinating supplement to any language methods course as it analyzes the hotly contested debate between grammar-based approaches to language teaching and more communicative schools of thought. The author's historical framework provides new perspectives on the current debate about approaches to language teaching.The writing style is engaging. ... Read more

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The book arrived earlier than I expected considering it was during the holidays.It came in great shape as well. Thanks ... Read more