Learning targets : helping students aim for understanding in today's lesson / Connie M. Moss, Susan M. Brookhart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moss, Connie M.

Brookhart, Susan M., author.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lesson planning.

Effective teaching.

Academic achievement.

School improvement programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 220 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Alexandria, Va. : ASCD, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on their extensive research and professional learning partner¬ships with schools across the United States, instruction and assessment experts Connie M. Moss and Susan M. Brookhart explain how using student-centered learning targets enables schools to raise student achievement and create a culture of evi¬dence-based, results-oriented practice. This practical guide includes reproducible planning forms to help teachers implement learning targets in their classrooms.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Why Should We Pursue Learning Targets?; Chapter 1. Learning Targets: A Theory of Action; Chapter 2. How to Design Learning Targets; Chapter 3. Sharing Learning Targets with Students; Chapter 4. Using Learning Targets to Feed Learning Forward; Chapter 5. Developing Assessment-Capable Students; Chapter 6. Using Learning Targets to Differentiate Instruction; Chapter 7. Using Learning Targets to Foster Higher-Order Thinking; Chapter 8. Using Learning Targets to Guide Summative Assessment and Grading

Chapter 9. A Learning Target Theory of Action and Educational Leadership: Building a Culture of EvidenceAction Tools; Action Tool A: Understanding Learning Targets; Action Tool B: Learning Target Classroom Walk-Through Guide; Action Tool C: Learning Target Lesson-Planning Process Guide; Action Tool D: Teacher Self-Assessment Targets and Look-Fors Guide; Action Tool E: Student Self-Assessment and IntentionalLearning Guide; Action Tool F: No More "Garbage In, Garbage Out": UnderstandingConnections Among Instruction, Assessment, andGrading; Glossary; References; Index; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-212) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786613721877

9781416614814

1416614818

9781280880568

1280880562

9781416614807

141661480X

OCLC:

828184613