Advancing Student Achievement

Advancing Student Achievement

by Herbert J. Walberg
Advancing Student Achievement

Advancing Student Achievement

by Herbert J. Walberg

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780817949525
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
Publication date: 03/01/2010
Series: Hoover Institution Press Publication Series , #568
Edition description: 1st Edition
Pages: 118
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Herbert J. Walberg is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of its Task Force on K–12 Education, is University Scholar and emeritus professor of education and psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research focuses on educational productivity and human accomplishments.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgments ix

1 Introduction 1

2 Causes of Learning 13

3 Principles of Learning 21

4 Families 31

5 Incentives 49

6 Teachers 59

7 Classroom Practices 69

8 School Policies 81

9 New Technologies 85

10 Creative Destruction 97

About the Author 107

About the Koret Task Force on K–12 Education 109

Index 111

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