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** An acclaimed educator presents hands-on advice on teaching that meets today’s emphasis on learning outcomes and assessment

** Informed by the most up-to-date research on how people learn

** For all instructors in higher education--as well as high school teachers

Laurie Richlin has been running a workshop on course design for higher education for over fifteen years, modifying and improving it progressively from the feedback of participants, and from what they in turn have taught her.

Her goals are to enable participants to appropriately select teaching strategies, to design and create the conditions and experiences that will enable their students to learn; and in the process to develop the scholarly scaffold to document their ongoing course design and achievements.

This book familiarizes readers with course design elements; enables them to understand themselves as individuals and teachers; know their students; adapt to the learning environment; design courses that promote deep learning; and assess the impact of the teaching practices and design choices they have made. She provides tools to create a full syllabus, offers guidance on such issues as framing questions that encourage discussion, developing assignments with rubrics, and creating tests.

The book is packed with resources that will help readers structure their courses and constitute a rich reference of proven ideas.

What Laurie Richlin offers is a intellectual framework, set of tools and best practices to enable readers to design and continually reassess their courses to better meet their teaching goals and the learning needs of their students..
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Formerly a SkyLight Publication.

Assessment has emerged as one of the major components in the restructured school. "Alternative," "performance," and "authentic assessment" are on the lips of every educator, administrator, and consultant in the country

Renowned author and educator Kay Burke supplies teachers with a wide range of alternative assessments that can be implemented easily and immediately into their classrooms, takes readers step-by-step in building a conceptual understanding of this approach, and demonstrates practical applications of assessment strategies.

Teachers will gain insight into:

• Building observation checklists
• What metacognitive reflection is and how to use it
• Developing a unit plan using a multiple intelligences grid
• Designing performance tasks and rubrics
• When and where to use learning logs and journals
• New ways to assess student interviews and conferences
• A more effective approach to using grades
• Constructing better teacher-made tests

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"The Program Evaluation Standards is a 'must-have' book for anyone responsible for reviewing evaluation proposals, planning and conducting evaluations, managing evaluation projects, or judging the merit and worth of evaluations once completed. For experienced practitioners, it provides a set of values and principles by which to guide successful practice, that is, a set of criteria that determines whether educational evaluations are trustworthy and fair. The Standards sets expectations of the design and implementation of educational evaluation for all practitioners in all types of educational arenas, even those involved in social programming endeavors. For newcomers and those less experienced who may be responsible for commissioning and using evaluations, the Standards supplies a useful framework of generating a list of questions to raise about any evaluation plan or final report in an effort to assess its pros and cons. The book is an invaluable 'how-to' resource for graduate students venturing out into the field, and it instills a sense of what it means to be a responsible evaluator. For clients or consumers, the book offers advice on what they should expect of an evaluation. In my work setting, all new hires entering our evaluation unit are immediately given a copy of the book, a practice that I would recommend to any group that provides evaluation services. "Each standard is explained in just a few pages using a format that makes the book easy to read and navigate through. It is crisply written with user-friendly language. . . . The extra examples provide a greater range of applicability, thereby strengthening the book. . . . There are newly added navigational and cuing devices that improve the ability of the reader to scan and move through the book more effectively. . . . The Standards will continue to be an important sourcebook for scholars, practitioners, and administrators working in educational program evaluation. "The second edition provides evaluators and users of evaluation with practical guidelines for planning, implementing, and judging evaluations in educational and social programming. This new edition is further strengthened by more diverse illustrative cases, a supporting bibliography, and guidelines that reflect some of the changes that have occurred in evaluation over the past decade. Its wide appeal for seasoned practitioners, as well as for those less experienced, suggests that the second edition will continue to make a significant contribution to the preparation and practice of evaluators and administrators working in educational and social program evaluation." --Journal of Educational Measurement "Although they were developed primarily for the field of education, these standards can be applied to a broader range of evaluation settings. . . . The Program Evaluation Standards offer a pragmatic, 'how-to,' user-friendly guide to program evaluation. . . . We found that simply reading the standards for evaluation is an excellent training exercise for legislative program evaluators. Basing formal staff training on the evaluation standards may be more effective. Actual implementation of the standards in ongoing projects would constitute a sound basis for ensuring quality and uniformity of program evaluations. We strongly encourage you to at least explore these standards for use in your organization." --Linda Triplett and Kathleen Sullivan in NLPES News Aimed at providing a guide for evaluating educational and training programs, projects, and materials in a variety of settings, these 30 standards were compiled by the Joint Committee from knowledge gained from the professional literature as well as from years of experience by educators and evaluation specialists. The 30 standards are categorized into four groups corresponding to the four attributes of sound and fair program evaluation: utility, feasibility, propriety, and accuracy. Each standard is accompanied by an overview of intent, guidelines for application, common errors, and one or more case illustrations of the standard's application. The book also includes information on how to use the standards in terms of the major tasks of a program evaluation: deciding whether to evaluate; designing an evaluation; collecting information; analyzing information; and reporting, budgeting, contracting, managing, and staffing an evaluation. Anyone who commissions or conducts an evaluation, or who uses evaluation results to improve education and training in schools, universities, medical and health care fields, the military, business and industry, the government, and law will find these NEW standards a "must-have" tool. Sponsored by The Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation consisting of: American Association of School Administrators American Educational Research Association American Evaluation Association American Federation of Teachers American Psychological Association Association for Assessment in Counseling Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Canadian Evaluation Society Canadian Society for the Study of Education Council of Chief State School Officers Council on Postsecondary Accreditation National Association of Elementary School Principals National Association of Secondary School Principals National Council on Measurement in Education National Education Association National School Boards Association.
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This easy-to-read resource for child care providers and educators presents the most effective ways to evaluate the growth and development of the children they teach. The assessment methods can be implemented in any existing program. This resource includes information about portfolios, developmental checklists, supplemental forms, and a discussion of the importance of assessment..
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The Consultant's Big Book of Reproducible Surveys and Questionnaires is a value-packed collection of 50 easy-to-use diagnostic tools consultants can use to collect data from their clients, quickly make needs assessments, and offer diagnoses. Never before has such a comprehensive, user-friendly collection of surveys and questionnaires been available to consultants.

Mel Silberman, Ph.D., is a bestselling author, speaker, and consulting psychologist known internationally as a pioneer in the areas of interpersonal intelligence, active learning, and facilitation/ consultation. Dr. Silberman is the president of Active Training, a provider of products, seminars, and publications.

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Get organized with grade-appropriate, classroom-tested rubrics and self-assessment checklists. These reproducible forms focus on reading and listening comprehension, story-character analysis, essays, letters, and more. Includes easy directions, scoring tips, planning forms, and follow-up strategies..
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The presumed link between mental disorder and violence has been the driving force behind mental health law and policy for centuries Legislatures, courts, and the public have come to expect that mental health professionals will protect them from violent acts by persons with mental disorders.
Yet for three decades research has shown that clinicians' unaided assessments of "dangerousness" are barely better than chance. Rethinking Risk Assessment: The MacArthur Study of Mental Disorder and Violence tells the story of a pioneering investigation that challenges preconceptions about the
frequency and nature of violence among persons with mental disorders, and suggests an innovative approach to predicting its occurrence. The authors of this massive project -- the largest ever undertaken on the topic -- demonstrate how clinicians can use a "decision tree" to identify groups of
patients at very low and very high risk for violence. This dramatic new finding, and its implications for the every day clinical practice of risk assessment and risk management, is thoroughly described in this remarkable and long-anticipated volume. Taken to heart, its message will change the way
clinicians, judges, and others who must deal with persons who are mentally ill and may be violent will do their work..
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More and more employees are having to sit psychometric tests as part of the interviewing process. On paper, a person's skills and experience may perfectly fit the job description, but the employer also wants to know things about the individual's personality: for example, their weak and strong points; whether they will fit in with the department; whether they can retain information quickly; and whether they have management potential or whether they will always require supervision.

This book is designed to help the individual master taking psychometric tests, and help them decide, before applying for a job, what their individual personality type is - extrovert, emotional, creative or assertive. Working through the tests will give the reader the ability to improve their skills in the key areas of lateral thinking, problem solving, and intelligence, and the book also provides a guide to assessing performance.

• Familiarity with the type of questions set in psychometric tests will give readers an idea of what to expect, and will help them relax in a test situation
• Authors are experts in psychometric and IQ testing and have written over 94 books on all types of tests
• More and more employers are using psychometric testing at interview - including government, education, industry, armed forces and commerce. There is a real need for this type of book to guide the potential employee through the structure of psychometric tests

Ken Russell and Philip Carter first met in 1984 through their membership of Enigmasig, a special interest group within British Mensa devoted to the setting and solving of puzzles. They published their first book as joint authors in 1987 and with the publication of this series will have over 100 titles to their credit ranging from quizzes, IQ testing and puzzles..
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