Articles liés à Creating HighQuality Classroom Assignments

Creating HighQuality Classroom Assignments - Couverture souple

Matsumura, Lindsay Clare

 
9781578862078: Creating HighQuality Classroom Assignments

Synopsis

Research indicates that the quality of classroom assignments makes a difference in student learning. Moreover, assignment quality varies between teachers even within the same school and there is room for improvement in many of the assignments that teachers provide to students. Assignment quality, as described in this book, puts into practice powerful researchbased concepts for teaching. To support teachers in developing, reflecting on, and finetuning the assignments they create, this book presents a series of dimensions (or rubrics) with benchmark examples from elementary, middle, and high school classrooms. The purpose of these rubrics is to serve as diagnostic tools to assess the strengths and weaknesses of an assignment, as well as to guide the creation of new assignments for students. Questions also are included at the end of every chapter to guide reflection on a specific dimension of assignment quality. Topics cover:_

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l'auteur

Lindsay Clare Matsumura is a research associate at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on assessing instructional quality and tracing the influence of reform policies on classroom practice.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.