Standards and Mastery Learning: Aligning Teaching and Assessment So All Children Can Learn - Softcover

J Gentile; James Lalley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761946152 ISBN 13: 9780761946151

Verlag: Corwin, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

The adage that practice, or rather the right kind of practice, makes perfect is quite apparent in this new definitive book that describes the concept of mastery learning in the classroom. Educators can instruct all students, regardless of their individual scholastic aptitudes, using the principles and philosophies of mastery learning. The key to this process is reinforcing and expanding initial learning through additional practice and higher-level exercises, enabling all students to reach high standards.Other key elements of this practical resource include:Usable ideas for educators and administrators on how to implement mastery learning in math, science, social studies, language arts, and other subject areas How to achieve mastery learning from a theoretical perspective How to assess effectiveness in achieving high standards Research evidence, details, features, and examples of good programs and lessons

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J. Ronald Gentile is a graduate of Penn State University (B.S., 1963, and M.S., 1964, in Psychology; and Ph.D., in 1967, in Educational Psychology) and has been teaching educational psychology at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, since 1969. Among his more than threescore publica­tions are the following continuing research interests: memory by fast versus slow learners; mastery learn­ ing, standards, and grading policies; and expanding the instructional repertoire. For Dr. Gentile and his wife, Dr. Kay Johnson-Gentile ("The Genteels"), expanding the instructional repertoire has included teaching teachers how to integrate music into the elementary school curriculum. In 1998, Dr. Gentile was promoted to the rank of SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Corwin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0761946152
• ISBN 13: 9780761946151
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Friedensallee 273; Hamburg; 22763; Deutschland