This ultimate guide to portfolios makes the process of developing and using portfolios easier and more rewarding for you and your students. Clear steps guide you through critical decisions in 10 major categories. Hands-on activities, discussion questions, and planning tools help you anticipate and address every key issue. Practical samples and easy-to-use templates and forms ensure that the portfolio process is meaningful to students and manageable...

"This title is a greatly expanded volume of the original Art and Science of Teaching, offering a framework for substantive change based on Marzano's 50 years of education research. While the previous model focused on teacher outcomes, the new version places focus on student outcomes, with strategies teachers can use to help students grasp the information and skills transferred through their instruction. Throughout the book, Marzano details the elements...

Author Jeffrey Hinebaugh provides an informative analysis of how classic board games that everyone has played and owns, not only provide great family entertainment but also develop core educational skills that have been proven to lead to academic achievement. This book provides valuable suggestions about how to use the games in their traditional format to cultivate skills as well as how to modify the games to enhance specific core skills and concepts.--[book...

If you think algebra has to be boring, confusing and unrelated to anything in the real world, think again! Written in a humorous, conversational style, this book gently nudges students toward success in pre-algebra and Algebra I. With its engaging question/answer format and helpful practice problems, glossary and index, it is ideal for homeschoolers, tutors and students striving for classroom excellence. It features funky icons and lively cartoons...