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Collaborative Analysis of Student Work: Improving Teaching and Learning

Name: Collaborative Analysis of Student Work: Improving Teaching and Learning
Author: Georgea M. Langer
ISBN: 9780871207845

by Georgea M. Langer

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Overview

When teachers get together and apply their combined knowledge and experience to the challenges of teaching and learning, amazing things can happen. In this book, you'll find out how to set up collaborative analysis of student work in your school. Developed and refined with more than 100 elementary and secondary teachers, this adaptable system combines the best of action research, study groups, standardsbased learning, student assessment, teacher reflection, and portfolio assessment. The authors guide you through each component with concrete, detailed descriptions and authentic examples. You'll learn

ideas for setting up effective study groups
strategies for documenting students' progress toward learning standards
methods for reflecting on professional growth
ways to share the benefits with colleagues and students.

This system of professional inquiry challenges you to examine your beliefs about what students can do and helps you identify which teaching methods are working most successfully. You and your colleagues can acquire deeper insight into the link between your instruction and each student's learningand enhance your ability to help every student succeed.

Synopsis

A handson approach to staff development that challenges teachers to examine their beliefs about what students can do and helps them identify which teaching methods are working most successfully.