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Achievement Gaps: An Introduction
This course explores the multiple causes for gaps in achievement, examines issues that ready children for learning, and considers how to enhance a childs readiness to learn. Learners will explore what... More
Achievement Gaps: The Path to Equity
This course explores the many factors that contribute to unequal patterns of achievement among different groups of students. One inescapable reality lies at the root of the problem: disparities in ach... More
An Introduction to Teaching English Language Learners
In this course, participants will review the traditional native vs. non-native speaker distinction and see why teaching English is so different from teaching other subjects. Innovative approaches like... More
Assessing Language Ability in Young Adults and Adults
This course explores why language assessment is important and considers how teachers can assess language skills on an ongoing basis. Course participants will learn how to design, construct, score, and... More
Assessment: Designing Performance Assessments, 2nd Edition
Second Edition. This course makes connections between student motivation and types of assessment used in the classroom. It also covers how to unpack learning standards and benchmarks, so that all asse... More
Assessment: Getting Started With Student Portfolios, 2nd Edition
Second Edition. In Assessment: Getting Started with Student Portfolios, you’ll explore the research behind implementing a portfolio assessment as well as practical ways to implement the portfolio asse... More
Assessment: Measurement That's Useful
This course provides the opportunity to think about current assessment practices and learn the key ingredients to any effective assessment. It presents an overview of exemplary assessment and is desig... More
Assessment: Promoting Assessment for Learning
First Edition. This course shows educators how to shift focus and use assessment for learning. Participants will explore the teacher behaviors that promote student learning and support sound assessmen... More
Bullying: Defining the Problem
First Edition. Please see "Bullying: Taking Charge, Second Edition" for the most current edition. Bullying is a universal problem. Although there has been a dramatic decline in the annual rate of viol... More
Bullying: Taking Charge, 2nd Edition
Second Edition. In Bullying: Taking Charge, you will explore what bullying is and why it is important to address it on the student, teacher, and school level. You will also learn some practical tools ... More
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