Advancing student achievement / Herbert J. Walberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walberg, Herbert J., 1937-

Series:

Hoover Institution publication ; 568.

Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 568

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Academic achievement--United States.

Academic achievement.

Educational psychology--United States.

Educational psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (118 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Education Next Books/Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A renowned educator-psychologist explains how children learn and how family, classroom, and school practices can help them learn more effectively. In addition to drawing on studies of learning outcomes, the author reveals economic research on teacher education and school choice that challenges many popular assumptions.

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CAUSES OF LEARNING""; ""PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING""; ""Families""; ""INCENTIVES""; ""TEACHERS""; ""CLASSROOM PRACTICES""; ""SCHOOL POLICIES""; ""NEW TECHNOLOGIES""; ""CREATIVE DESTRUCTION""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHOR""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780817949532

0817949534