On excellence in teaching / [edited by Robert J. Marzano].

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Marzano, Robert J.
• Edward J. Lewis Book Fund.

Series:

• Leading edge (Bloomington, Ind.) ; 4.
• Leading edge ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Teaching.

Physical Description:

vii, 380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, IN : Solution Tree Press, [2010]

Summary:

On Excellence in Teaching brings the ideas and recommendations of many internationally renowned leaders in education into one resource for educators working to help students achieve at ever-higher levels. Each chapter contributes to a sound conceptual framework and offers strategies for improving instruction.

Contents:

• What's my job? : defining the role of the classroom teacher / Grant Wiggins
• Forty years of research on teaching, 1968-2008 : what do we know now that we didn't know then? / Thomas L. Good
• The artful science of instructional integration / Barrie Bennett
• Applying the science of learning to instruction in school subjects / Richard E. Mayer
• The incompatibility of high-stakes testing and the development of skills for the twenty-first century / David C. Berliner
• Teaching the thinking skills that higher-order tasks demand / Debra Pickering
• Conceptual designs for curriculum and higher-order instruction / Lynn Erickson
• Instructional cartography : how curriculum mapping has changed the role and perspective of the teacher / Heidi Hayes Jacobs
• Developing expert teachers / Robert J. Marzano
• Differentiating instruction in response to academically diverse student populations / Carol Ann Tomlinson
• Understanding by design and instruction / Jay McTighe
• Cultivating student appreciation of the value of learning / Jere Brophy
• The eight Cs of engagement : how learning styles and instructional design increase student commitment to learning / Harvey F. Silver and Matthew J. Perini
• The inner game of teaching / Robert J. Marzano and Jana S. Marzano.

Notes:

• Series title from jacket.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward J. Lewis Book Fund.

ISBN:

• 9781934009581
• 193400958X

OCLC:

416142204

Publisher Number:

99935615422

Online:

The Edward J. Lewis Book Fund Home Page