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A Think-Aloud Approach to Writing Assessment

Author : Sarah Beck
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807777323
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book A Think-Aloud Approach to Writing Assessment written by Sarah Beck and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The think-aloud approach to classroom writing assessment is designed to expand teachers’ perspectives on adolescent students as writers and help them integrate instruction and assessment in a timely way. Emphasizing learning over evaluation, it is especially well-suited to revealing students’ strengths and helping them overcome common challenges to writing such as writer’s block or misunderstanding of the writing task. Through classroom examples, Sarah Beck describes how to implement the think-aloud method and shows how this method is flexible and adaptable to any writing assignment and classroom context. The book also discusses the significance of the method in relation to best practices in formative assessment, including how to plan think-aloud sessions with students to gain the most useful information. Teachers required to use rubrics or other standardized assessment tools can incorporate the more individualized think-aloud approach into their practice without sacrificing the rigor and consistency more regulated approaches require. “Details how both students and teachers can benefit from engaging in this practice, and does so in ways that allow readers to adapt it to their own situations.” —Peter Smagorinsky, University of Georgia “This is the first truly new way of thinking about assessing writing that I have encountered in a long time.” —Heidi L. Andrade, University at Albany–SUNY “An invaluable guide for using think-aloud formative assessments to gain insight into student writing development. Every high school and college writing instructor should read it!” —Amanda J. Godley, University of Pittsburgh

A Think-Aloud Approach to Writing Assessment

Author : Sarah Beck
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807759509
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (595 download)

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Download or read book A Think-Aloud Approach to Writing Assessment written by Sarah Beck and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The think-aloud approach to classroom writing assessment is designed to expand teachers’ perspectives on adolescent students as writers and help them integrate instruction and assessment in a timely way. Emphasizing learning over evaluation, it is especially well-suited to revealing students' strengths and helping them overcome common challenges to writing such as writer’s block or misunderstanding of the writing task. Through classroom examples, Sarah Beck describes how to implement the think-aloud method and shows how this method is flexible and adaptable to any writing assignment and classroom context. The book also discusses the significance of the method in relation to best practices in formative assessment, including how to plan think-aloud sessions with students to gain the most useful information. Teachers required to use rubrics or other standardized assessment tools can incorporate the more individualized think-aloud approach into their practice without sacrificing the rigor and consistency more regulated approaches require. Book Features: Introduces a new method of writing assessment that is more effective and flexible for differentiating instruction than assessments based on rubrics. Emphasizes equity for all learners, including English learners and students with specific learning challenges. Offers recommendations and guidelines based on research-based best practices in all aspects of writing: process, instruction, assessment, and development. Designed to be used by individual teachers as well as teachers working collaboratively to develop their pedagogical content knowledge for teaching writing.

Assessing Disciplinary Writing in Both Research and Practice

Author : Wright, Katherine Landau
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1668482630
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (684 download)

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Book Synopsis Assessing Disciplinary Writing in Both Research and Practice by : Wright, Katherine Landau

Download or read book Assessing Disciplinary Writing in Both Research and Practice written by Wright, Katherine Landau and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assessing Disciplinary Writing in Both Research and Practice tackles the challenge of measuring writing skills in specific content areas, which is crucial for preparing students to communicate as field experts and for their future careers. Edited by Katherine Wright, Associate Professor of Literacy and Language at Boise State University, and Tracey Hodges, Founder and Lead Consultant of The Empowering Advocate, this book provides solutions by bringing together validated measures and practical assessment strategies that can be used in both research and instruction. The book's theoretical foundations cover multimodal disciplinary writing, assessing disciplinary writing versus content-area writing, and using assessment as a tool for disciplinary writing instruction. Practical methods for assessing writing in social studies, science, mathematics, English and language arts, and other genres at the elementary, middle, and high school levels are included, as well as assessment strategies for specific populations of students such as undergraduate students, English learners, gifted and talented students, special needs students, and incarcerated students. This highly valued reference is essential for academic scholars, K12 teachers, and educational researchers who want to improve writing instruction and research in content- and discipline-specific areas. By providing validated measures and methods for assessing disciplinary writing, this edited book helps bridge the gap between research and practice and enables practitioners to better measure student growth and improve writing instruction. This publication is the first step towards advancing research and improving writing instruction in content- and discipline-specific areas.

Thinking Tools for Young Readers and Writers

Author : Carol Booth Olson
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807758949
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Thinking Tools for Young Readers and Writers written by Carol Booth Olson and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2018-04-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why take a cognitive strategies approach to helping young readers and writers to think big? -- Best practices in reading and writing instruction for students in grades 2-8 -- Reading and writing narrative texts -- Reading and writing informative/expository texts -- Reading and writing opinion, persuasive, interpretive, and argumentative texts.

Assessing Comprehension Thinking Strategies

Author : Ellin Keene
Publisher : Shell Education
ISBN 13 : 1425804365
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Assessing Comprehension Thinking Strategies written by Ellin Keene and published by Shell Education. This book was released on 2006 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assesses students' thinking about a text by asking them to pause during reading to think aloud.

Four Square for Writing Assessment - Secondary

Author : Judy Gould
Publisher : Teaching and Learning Company
ISBN 13 : 1429118202
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (291 download)

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Download or read book Four Square for Writing Assessment - Secondary written by Judy Gould and published by Teaching and Learning Company. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new addition to the popular Four Square series helps prepare students for the writing assessment. Students will learn an organized, Four Square approach for brainstorming, as well as a simple three-step revision process to use on their initial drafts. On assessment day, teachers cannot confer with students, and students cannot assist one another. The writer must have a method to deliver their best writing on demand. That writing needs to be organized, focused, detailed, and engaging. The writer needs a plan on assessment day, and the Four Square plan is the best way to get the job done.

Teaching to Exceed in the English Language Arts

Author : Richard Beach
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000605760
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Teaching to Exceed in the English Language Arts written by Richard Beach and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timely, thoughtful, and comprehensive, this text directly supports pre-service and in-service teachers in developing curriculum and instruction that both addresses and exceeds the requirements of English language arts standards. It demonstrates how the Common Core State Standards as well as other local and national standards’ highest and best intentions for student success can be implemented from a critical, culturally relevant perspective firmly grounded in current literacy learning theory and research. The third edition frames ELA instruction around adopting a justice, inquiry, and action approach that supports students in their schools and community contexts. Offering new ways to respond to current issues and events, the text provides specific examples of teachers employing the justice, inquiry, and action curriculum framework to promote critical engagement and learning. Chapters cover common problems and challenges, alternative models, and theories of language arts teaching. The framework, knowledge, and guidance in this book shows how ELA standards can not only be addressed but also surpassed through engaging instruction to foster truly diverse and inclusive classrooms. The third edition provides new material on: adopting a justice, inquiry, and action approach to enhance student engagement and critical thinking planning instruction to effectively implement standards in the classroom teaching literary and informational texts, with a focus on authors of color integrating drama activities into literature teaching informational, explanatory, argumentative, and narrative writing supporting bilingual/ELL students using digital tools and apps to respond to and create digital texts addressing how larger contextual and political factors shape instruction fostering preservice teacher development

Seeing the Spectrum

Author : Robert Rozema
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807777293
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Seeing the Spectrum written by Robert Rozema and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 1 in 59 children being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), odds are that students on the spectrum will be in many classrooms across every subject area.Seeing the Spectrum argues that secondary English teachers are uniquely equipped to prepare students with autism for future success, both in school and in life. Writing for preservice and current English language arts teachers, Robert Rozema offers practical, evidenced-based strategies for teaching literature, informational texts, writing, and communication to students on the spectrum. These strategies are appropriate for inclusive classrooms with both neurotypical students and students with autism. The final chapter includes a complete unit plan on Of Mice and Men, illustrating how curriculum focused on commonly taught literary works can be reimagined to accommodate the needs and draw on the strengths of students on the spectrum. “I appreciate this book. I appreciate the gift Robert Rozema has given me. My thinking and teaching will now be more diverse, more consciously competent, more compassionate, and therefore more vital.” —From the Foreword by Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, distinguished professor of English Education, Boise State University, and author of “You Gotta BE the Book” “Seeing the Spectrum examines real young people and daily classroom interactions to help teachers better understand the mental and emotional processing of their autistic spectrum students and devise assignments to scaffold their success. Rozema knows what matters in English: reading literature, developing empathy, understanding complex ideas and interpersonal relationships, writing to express complicated ideas. The diverse tools, strategies, and ideas he describes foster inclusiveness, compassion, and success for all students.” —Allen Webb, professor of English, Western Michigan University

Arts Integration in Diverse K–5 Classrooms

Author : Liane Brouillette
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807761575
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis Arts Integration in Diverse K–5 Classrooms by : Liane Brouillette

Download or read book Arts Integration in Diverse K–5 Classrooms written by Liane Brouillette and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2019-07-12 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Partnerships are now pervasive in global education and development, but are they creating equitable, cooperative, and positive relationships? Through case studies of prominent multistakeholder partnerships—including the Education Cannot Wait Fund and Global Partnership for Education—as well as a comprehensive analysis of the global education network, this book exposes clear power imbalances that persist in the international aid environment. The author reveals how actors and organizations from high-income countries continue to wield disproportionate influence, while the private sector holds a growing degree of authority in public policy circles. In light of such evidence, this book questions if partnerships truly ameliorate power asymmetries, or if they instead reproduce the precise inequities they are meant to eliminate. “This text offers a thoughtful look into both theoretical and practical issues surrounding arts integration as a viable strategy for increasing students’ achievement and access to higher education and career pathways. It is especially timely in the context of a widespread focus on equity and inclusion as teachers are facing more diversity in the classroom than ever before.” —Kristen Greer-Paglia, CEO, P.S. ARTS “This book, offering a rich buffet of art-based activities grounded in critical ideas about teaching and learning, includes topics as oral language development, visual thinking strategies, making meaning of narrative and informational texts, and expression through narrative and informational writing. An excellent guide to teachers aspiring to integrate the arts into their curriculum, it is both a delightful and useful read!” —Liora Bresler, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

Before Words

Author : Judith T. Lysaker
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807777005
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Before Words written by Judith T. Lysaker and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the author challenges reductive views of emergent literacy prevalent in many of today’s kindergarten and pre–K classrooms. As an alternative, Lysaker explains how reading wordless books with young children helps them to develop a range of comprehension abilities that are important for understanding narrative texts. Readers will find concrete methods to help them gauge, document, and respond to children as they make meaning of and respond to wordless books. Through description and analysis, the text reveals the undervalued richness of young children’s emergent comprehension and the intricate, purposeful nature of their specific early thinking activities. Before Words encourages readers to think about young children’s comprehension as complex meaning-making and suggests new ways of responding to the unique sense-making tools young children use during wordless book reading. Book Features: Demonstrates how young children develop reading comprehension abilities even before learning to read print.Expands on reading as more than just a technical skill.Engages the whole child and scaffolds their formation of relationships with other people, including peers, teachers, families, and communities.Nurtures students’ creativity, positive relationships with storytelling, and social-emotional growth.Offers guidance for building a wordless book library, including a selected list of books. “A breakthrough work. Prepare to have your mind opened to completely new terrain in children’s literate development.” —From the Foreword by Peter Johnston, The University at Albany–SUNY “Before Words is a kidwatcher’s delight! Her sensitive descriptions of reading conversations provide concrete strategies that will be welcome additions to both novice and experienced teachers’ toolkits!” —Deborah Wells Rowe, Vanderbilt University “Scholars of early childhood literacy development will find much of interest in this book.” —Nell K. Duke, University of Michigan

Translanguaging for Emergent Bilinguals

Author : Danling Fu
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807761125
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Translanguaging for Emergent Bilinguals written by Danling Fu and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translanguaging for Emergent Bilinguals is a thorough examination of the development, evolution, and current realities of educating emergent bilinguals in U.S. classrooms. Through engaging vignettes, readers follow the experiences of emergent bilinguals in a variety of monolingual settings, tracing the challenges encountered by both the students and the schools that serve them. The authors argue that the future of emergent bilingual education lies in an inclusive translanguaging pedagogy. By embracing home languages and cultures, this approach nurtures the development of multiple literacies, enabling individuals to thrive academically, socially, linguistically, and intellectually. The text begins by showing how the authors evolved from monolingual language educators to translanguaging educators and ends with concrete takeaways for successfully using this approach in different education settings. “This book offers an uplifting alternative view of the lives and education of language-minoritized students. The authors present here a practice-based approach to translanguaging for all types of teachers of emergent bilinguals.” —From the Foreword by Ofelia García, The Graduate Center, City University of New York “A fascinating volume offering practical as well as theoretical insights into translanguaging pedagogy.” —Li Wei, UCL Institute of Education, University College London “Contributes significantly to our understanding of the nature of translanguaging and its potential to transform the education of emergent bilingual students.” —James Cummins, University of Toronto

Amplifying the Curriculum

Author : Aída Walqui
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807776858
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Amplifying the Curriculum written by Aída Walqui and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an ambitious model for how educators can design high-quality, challenging, and supportive learning opportunities for English Learners and other students identified to be in need of language and literacy support. Starting with the premise that conceptual, analytic, and language practices develop simultaneously as students engage in disciplinary learning, the authors argue for instruction that amplifies—rather than simplifies—expectations, concepts, texts, and learning tasks. The authors offer clear guidance for designing lessons and units and provide examples that demonstrate the approach in various subject areas, including math, science, English, and social studies. This practical resource will guide teachers through the coherent design of tasks, lessons, and units of study that invite English Learners (and all students) to engage in productive, meaningful, and intellectually engaging activity. “This book offers the most detailed guide available for designing instruction for students categorized as ELLs. Theoretically grounded and informed by years of implementation and study, this work is without equal in the field. I recommend the book enthusiastically as required reading in all teacher preparation programs.” —Guadalupe Valdés, Bonnie Katz Tenenbaum Professor of Education, Stanford Graduate School of Education “Reflecting its title, this book is an amplification of what it means to provide the best learning opportunities for English Language learners. Drawing on classroom-based research, Amplifying the Curriculum offers many practical examples of intellectually engaging units and tasks. This innovative book belongs on the bookshelves of all teachers.” —Pauline Gibbons, UNSW Sydney “This timely book is a call to educators across the nation to integrate language, literacy, and disciplinary knowledge to improve the education of our new American students.” —Tatyana Kleyn, The City College of New York

Four Square for Writing Assessment - Elementary

Author : Judy Gould
Publisher : Teaching and Learning Company
ISBN 13 : 1429118199
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (291 download)

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Download or read book Four Square for Writing Assessment - Elementary written by Judy Gould and published by Teaching and Learning Company. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new addition to the popular Four Square series helps prepare students for the writing assessment. Students will learn an organized, Four Square approach for brainstorming, as well as a simple three-step revision process to use on their initial drafts. On assessment day, teachers cannot confer with students, and students cannot assist one another. The writer must have a method to deliver their best writing on demand. That writing needs to be organized, focused, detailed, and engaging. The writer needs a plan on assessment day, and the Four Square plan is the best way to get the job done.

The Vulnerable Heart of Literacy

Author : Elizabeth Dutro
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807778087
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Vulnerable Heart of Literacy written by Elizabeth Dutro and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is trauma and what does it mean for the literacy curriculum? In this book, elementary teachers will learn how to approach difficult experiences through the everyday instruction and interactions in their classrooms. Readers will look inside classrooms and literacies across genres to see what can unfold when teachers are committed to compassionate, critical, and relational practice. Weaving her own challenging experiences into chapters brimming with children’s writing and voices, Dutro emphasizes that issues of power and privilege matter centrally to how attention to trauma positions children. The book includes questions and prompts for discussion, reflection, and practice and describes pedagogies and strategies designed to provide opportunities for children to bring the varied experiences of life, including trauma, to their school literacies in positive, meaningful, and supported ways. “This stunning book about trauma interrogates the very notion. Dutro excels at interweaving her stories with those of teachers and students and at challenging readers to find their way into the fabric. I recommend this book to teachers so that they might accept her challenge to explore and understand the importance of both witnessing and testimony in relation to trauma in literacy curriculum and pedagogy.” —Mollie Blackburn, The Ohio State University

Four Square Secondary Assessment

Author : Judy Gould
Publisher : Teaching and Learning Company
ISBN 13 : 1429118431
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (291 download)

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Download or read book Four Square Secondary Assessment written by Judy Gould and published by Teaching and Learning Company. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students will learn an organized, Four Square approach for brainstorming, as well as a simple three-step revision process to use on their initial drafts. On assessment day, teachers cannot confer with students, and students cannot assist one another. The writer must have a method to deliver their best writing on demand. That writing needs to be organized, focused, detailed, and engaging. The writer needs a plan on assessment day, and the Four Square plan is the best way to get the job done.

Letting Go of Literary Whiteness

Author : Carlin Borsheim-Black
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807777625
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (77 download)

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Book Synopsis Letting Go of Literary Whiteness by : Carlin Borsheim-Black

Download or read book Letting Go of Literary Whiteness written by Carlin Borsheim-Black and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rooted in examples from their own and others’ classrooms, the authors offer discipline-specific practices for implementing antiracist literature instruction in White-dominant schools. Each chapter explores a key dimension of antiracist literature teaching and learning, including designing literature-based units that emphasize racial literacy, selecting literature that highlights voices of color, analyzing Whiteness in canonical literature, examining texts through a critical race lens, managing challenges of race talk, and designing formative assessments for racial literacy and identity growth. “Sophia and Carlin’s book is startling in how openly and honestly it takes up the problem of how to teach about racism, using literature, in White schools. As I read, I kept marveling at how courageous and direct and clear their writing is.” —From the Foreword by Timothy J. Lensmire, University of Minnesota “Letting Go of Literary Whiteness unpacks the necessary responsibility of exploring race for all teachers. Borsheim-Black and Sarigianides center this work in English classrooms, exploring the kinds of literature, discussions, and difficult instructional decisions that teachers make every day. This book emphasizes that racial justice is a shared responsibility for teachers today and, through myriad practical examples, offers guidance for centering equity in schools.” —Antero Garcia, Stanford Graduate School of Education

The Language of Literacy Education

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004503390
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book The Language of Literacy Education written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an encyclopaedic reference of prominent literacy terms. Key terms with frequent misconceptions are debunked to provide a critical perspective. Citation of relevant theorists and research findings enables readers to further explore these topics.