Student Ebooks
Building Shared Responsibility for Student Learning
Who is responsible for student learning? Walk into an effective school and ask this question of anyone-a teacher, a student, the principal, a parent volunteer, a secretary-and you’ll get the same answer: “I am.
How to Use Problem-Based Learning in the Classroom
Problem-based learning (PBL) helps students build problem-solving skills, while learning the content necessary to apply them. Student work begins with an ill-defined problem, which links something important in the student's daily life to the classroom.
Linking Teacher Evaluation and Student Learning
In Linking Teacher Evaluation and Student Learning, researchers Pamela D. Tucker and James H. Stronge show that including measures of student achievement in teacher evaluations can help schools focus their efforts to meet higher standards.
Multiple Intelligences and Student Achievement
Finally, a book about multiple intelligences (MI) theory that answers the questions that all educational innovations must ultimately address: 'What are the results on student achievement?' 'How were those results achieved?
Principals and Student Achievement
What are the direct and indirect influences of principals on student achievement? How do successful principals motivate others? What kinds of relationships do they have with parents, students, and staff?
Student Achievement Through Staff Development, 3rd Edition
Here’s a book that erases--forever--any doubt that better staff development can lead to higher student achievement and spells out which kinds of professional development are most apt to produce substantial gains in student learning, in relatively short periods of time.