Introduction to Education: Understanding and Evaluating Education

Readings

• Ashby, Rosalyn, and Peter J. Lee, and Denis Shemilt. “ Putting Principle into Practice: Teaching and Planning .” How Students Learn: History in the Classroom . Edited by M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2005. ↗
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• Associated Press. “ School Chief: Mayors Need Control of Urban Schools .” USA Today , March 31, 2009. ↗
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• Center for Education. “ Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment .” The National Academies Press, 2001. ↗
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• Clement, John. “Students’ Preconceptions in Introductory Mechanics.” American Journal of Physics 50, no. 1 (1982): 66-71. ( PDF ) ↗
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• Committee on How People Learn. How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom . Edited by M. Suzanne Donovan and John D. Bransford. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2005. ↗
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• Cuban, Larry. Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom . Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780674006027. [ Preview in Google Books] ↗
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• Domin, Daniel S. “ A Review of Laboratory Instruction Styles .” Chemical Education Research 76, no. 4 (1999): 543. ↗
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• Gardner, Howard. “Multiple Intelligences After Twenty Years.” Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 21, 2003.
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• Greene, Brian. “ Put a Little Science in Your Life .” The New York Times , June 1, 2008. ↗
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• Guignon, Anne. “ Multiple Intelligences: A Theory for Everyone .” Education World , 1998. ↗
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• Hammer, David. “ More Than Misconceptions: Multiple Perspective on Student Knowledge and Reasoning, and an Appropriate Role for Education Research .” American Journal of Physics 64, no. 10 (1995): 1316-1325. ↗
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• Hoff, David J. “ Teaching, Standards, Test Found Not Aligned .” Education Week 21, no. 9 (2001): 6. ↗
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• Interactive Educational Systems Design, Inc. National Online Survey of District Technology Directors Exploring District Use of Web 2.0 Technologies: Executive Summary . 2009.
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• Kettler, Todd, and Marc Corliss. “ Mathematical Acceleration in a Mixed-Ability Classroom: Applying a Tiered Objectives Model .” Gifted Child Today 26, no. 1 (2003): 52. ↗
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• Medina, Jennifer. “ Class Size in New York City Schools Rises, but the Impact is Debated .” The New York Times , February 21, 2009, A29. ↗
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• Moring, Roseann. “Measure Would Allow Schools in Missouri to Adopt a 4-Day Week.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch , February 9, 2009, A5.
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• Minstrell, James, and Pamela Kraus. “ Guided Inquiry in the Science Classroom .” Chapter 11 in How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom . Committee on How People Learn. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2005. ↗
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• “ Pupils ‘Need Happiness Lessons .’” BBC News , March 3, 2007. ↗
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• Sampson, Hannah. “ Teachers Cutting Paper Usage: Kids Loving It .” Physorg.com , March 30, 2009. ↗
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• Saulny, Susan. “ Students Stand When Called Upon, and When Not .” The New York Times , February 24, 2009, A1 ↗
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• Schacter, John. “The Impact of Education Technology on Student Achievement: What the Most Current Research Has to Say.” Milken Exchange on Education Technology, 1999.
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• Stafford, Delia. “An Interview with Dr. Marilyn Jager Adams and Janie Feinberg-Applying Early Education Research to Middle and High School.” EducationNews.org , May 21, 2008.
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• Tomlinson, Carol Ann. “ Grading for Success (PDF) .” Educational Leadership 58, no. 6 (2001). ↗
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• Trowbridge, Leslie W., Rodger W. Bybee, and Janet Carlson-Powell. “Assessing Student Learning.” In Teaching Secondary School Science: Strategies for Developing Scientific Literacy . Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2004. ISBN: 9780132304504.
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• Vaznis, James. “ Boston Students Struggle under English-Only Rule .” The Tech, April 7, 2009. ↗
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• Wells, Valerie. “High School Task Force Gets Started: Superintendent Says Purpose is to Decide How to Deal with Old Buildings.” Herald-Review , February 4, 2009, A1.
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• Winebrenner, Susan. “ Gifted Students Need an Education, Too .” Educational Leadership 58, no. 1 (2000): 52-56. ↗
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