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  • ONLINE LEARNING vs FACE-TO-FACE
    Posted August 24, 2009 by Rachel Wadham

    ONLINE LEARNING vs FACE-TO-FACE A government study comparing student learning from online courses to learning from face-to-face classroom courses, found that online might be slightly better — with some caveats based on the different dimensions of the two types of learning experiences.  Here are some of the findings that struck me as the most interesting.  [...]

  • Testing and Assessment: New Book
    Posted June 29, 2009 by Rachel Wadham

    The future of test-based educational accountability / edited by Katherine E. Ryan and Lorrie A. Shepard Call Number: LB 3051 .F88x 2008

  • New books on Action Research
    Posted May 21, 2009 by Rachel Wadham

    Collaborative action research : developing professional learning communities / edited by Stephen P. Gordon ; foreword by Emily F. Calhoun Call Number: LB 1028.24 .C655 2008 Practical action research : a collection of articles / Richard A. Schmuck, editor Call Number: LB 1028.24 .P73 2009

  • Quote from Louis L’Amour
    Posted March 20, 2009 by Rachel Wadham

    Actually, all education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you education. What you receive is like the outlines in a child’s coloring book. You must fill in the colors yourself. — Louis L’Amour

  • CONGRESS IN THE CLASSROOM 2009
    Posted March 6, 2009 by Rachel Wadham

    CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: CONGRESS IN THE CLASSROOM 2009 * Deadline: April 15, 2009 * Congress in the Classroom is a national, award-winning education program now in its 17th year. Developed and sponsored by The Dirksen Congressional Center, the workshop is dedicated to the exchange of ideas and information on teaching about Congress. We designed Congress [...]

  • New Titles on Gender and Education
    Posted March 3, 2009 by Rachel Wadham

    Policy discourses, gender, and education : constructing women’s status / Elizabeth J. Allan ISBN: 9780415381680 (hardback : alk. paper) Call Number: LC 212 .A45 2008 Gender and education : an encyclopedia / edited by Barbara J. Bank ; Sara Delamont and Catherine Marshall, associate editors ISBN: 9780313333439 (set : alk. paper) Call Number: Social Science [...]

  • Interesting sites for academics
    Posted February 6, 2009 by Rachel Wadham

    Here are two new interesting sites for academics: Academia.edu is a “tree of academics around the world” that helps academics keep track of new people and papers in their field: http:// www.academia.edu/ Citeulike is is a free service to help you to store, organise and share the scholarly papers you are reading. When you see [...]

  • New Books On Science Education
    Posted January 30, 2009 by Rachel Wadham

    Designing coherent science education : implications for curriculum, instruction, and policy / edited by Yael Kali, Marcia C. Linn, and Jo Ellen Roseman ; foreword by Robert Tinker Call Number: LB 1585.3 .D467 2008 Making science curriculum matter : wisdom for the Reform road ahead/ Barbara Brauner Berns, Judith Opert Sandler, editors Call Number: LB [...]

  • Clearninghouse Guide To Reducing Behavior Problems
    Posted January 7, 2009 by Rachel Wadham

      The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) invites you to look at our newest practice guide, Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom. This guide provides five concrete recommendations for promoting positive student behavior in elementary schools. Designed for elementary school educators and school- and district-level administrators, the guide offers prevention, implementation, and schoolwide strategies [...]