Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Together: Reflective Assessments for Middle and High School Mathematics and Science

by Arthur K. Ellis, David Denton

Overview

This book offers easy-to-use classroom strategies for middle and high school Mathematics and Science classrooms. They demonstrate how teaching, learning, and assessment are inseparable and seamless. Each strategy will engage your students in activity and reflection, consuming little class time, costing nothing, and uniting the three dimensions of education through reflective practice.

The chapters begin with a reflective teaching strategy, followed by classroom examples. Guiding icons will help you coordinate and implement each strategy. Chapters conclude with a set of learning community discussion questions to guide personal growth as well as faculty discussions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138162822
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/19/2017
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Arthur K. Ellis is Professor of Education and Director of the Center for Global Curriculum Studies at Seattle Pacific University. Before that, he was Professor of Education at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Ellis taught elementary and middle school in Oregon and Washington before completing his doctorate at the University of Oregon. He also holds honorary doctorates from the University of the Russian Academy of Education and is a Corresponding Professor at three universities in Russia. He also works closely with the College of Education and Department of Philosophy at Zhejiang University in China. Several of his books have been published in Russian, Chinese, and Korean versions. Among his more recent publications is a study of Service Learning published by the Japanese Research Institute of Higher Education.

Table of Contents

Strategy 1 I Learned; Strategy 2 Think Aloud; Strategy 3 The Week in Review; Strategy 4 Post It Up; Strategy 5 Jigsaw; Strategy 6 Key Idea Identification; Strategy 7 Authentic Applications; Strategy 8 Parents on Board; Strategy 9 Search for Meaning; Strategy 10 I Can Teach; Strategy 11 Write It Down; Strategy 12 Learning Illustrated; Strategy 13 Clear and Unclear Windows; Strategy 14 Letting Questions Percolate; Strategy 15 Record Keeping; Strategy 16 Pyramid Discussion;