This book builds on the expanding knowledge of what works in classrooms and suggests approaches that can open up individual and group possibilities for science and mathematics instruction, suggesting ways that formative assessment practices can inform differentiated teaching, learning, and assessment.
Today's classrooms are equipped with ICT (information and communications technology) tools, and teachers are expected to use them. With equal emphases on theory and practice, Teaching Secondary English with ICT helps you if you're unfamiliar with the latest classroom technologies to develop your own lesson plans employing the digital tools available to them. Filled with case studies illustrating the ideas and strategies discussed, it explores all major areas of the English curriculum.
"The Lecturer's Toolkit" is the primary resource for all teachers in higher education, whatever their experience, who are seeking to improve their teaching skills. It is developed around detailed, practical guidance on the core elements of effective teaching in higher education and is packed with accessible advice and common sense. This fully updated edition covers key topics including: learning styles; assessment; lecturing; personal management skills; formative feedback; large and small group teaching; blended learning;
Mathematics Teaching and Learning Strategies in PISA
This report offers policy insights and stimulates new research to complement and further develop the recent OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) and the upcoming PISA 2012 assessment, which will again focus on mathematics. The report aims to identify instructional practices and learning strategies that contribute to increased achievement in mathematics and general knowledge. It then explains how these strategies may be related to different countries’ school system structures.