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According to author Mike Schmoker, there is a yawning gap between the most well-known essential practices and the reality of most classrooms. This gap persists despite the hard, often heroic work done by many teachers and administrators. Schmoker believes that teachers and administrators may know what the best practices are, but they aren’t using them or reinforcing them consistently. He asserts that our schools are protected by a buffer—a protective barrier tha… More >>
Results Now: How We Can Achieve Unprecedented Improvements in Teaching And Learning
Tags: Achieve, Improvements, Learning, Results, Teaching, Unprecedented
#1 by B. Shafer on May 6, 2010 - 2:06 pm
This book would be a great addition to a teacher’s professional library. Offers some great ideas for dealing with NCLB
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Martaluz R. Pozo on May 6, 2010 - 2:31 pm
“Results Now” is a great jumpstart on how to tie your curriculum achievement goals in with your school improvement.
Rating: 4 / 5
#3 by C. District on May 6, 2010 - 5:05 pm
This is an excellent book that supports teaching and learning, professional learning communities, power standards and data-driven decision making. If Reeves’ and Marzano’s work is intriguing, then Schmoker extends it. Every one of the staff in our district is reading this book as we implement our essential standards and assessments as part of our school improvement and student learning goals.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Joseph S. Maresca on May 6, 2010 - 7:19 pm
The author wastes no time in articulating what must
be done to improve student performance. Essentially,
teachers must assess students and use the data to
refine classroom strategies. Instead of simply
hiring outside help and purchasing reference books,
teachers must focus on what students must know
to succeed. To find this out, teachers and school
administrators need to research top schools and
find out why they are doing so well.
The data is out there for the taking.
Internally, the teachers have all the data on student
performance or lack thereof. This data must be
analysed by the teachers themselves. Teachers must
consult each other to arrive at a uniform strategy
aimed at finding out what works and what doesn’t.
Individual students must be challenged to learn
the technical/analytical subject matter utilizing
techniques that have a known rate of success in
comparable learning institutions.
Motivation is another aspect of learning. Students
must be made to understand the relationship between
the technical subject matter taught in the schools
and the attendant benefits of life-long learning.
The inter-relationship between education and life
skills has a strong connection to virtually all
of the quality of life issues most students experience.
This volume will help teachers and administrators
articulate the learning objectives and instructional
methodologies that can move a school dramatically
forward.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by jane strain on May 6, 2010 - 9:42 pm
An excellent resource. As an education instructor, I use this book as an outside resource for both graduate and undergraduate students. The students find it very helpful and practical. I will continue to use for a long time.
Rating: 5 / 5