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In this second edition of Improving Student Learning One Teacher at a Time , Jane E. Pollock and Laura J. Tolone combine updated research and real-world stories to demonstrate how it takes only one teacher to make a difference in student performance. Their approach expands the classic three-part curriculum-instruction-assessment framework by adding one key ingredient: feedback. This «Big Four» approach offers an easy-to-follow process that helps teachers build better curriculum documents with* Curriculum standards that are clear and well-paced, and describe what students will learn.* Instruction based in research, from daily lessons to whole units of study.* Assessment that maximizes feedback and requires critical and creative thinking.* Feedback that tracks and reports individual student progress by standards.Pollock and Tolone demonstrate how consistent, timely feedback from multiple sources can help students monitor their own understanding and help teachers align assignments, quizzes, and tests more explicitly to the standards. The Big Four shifts the focus away from the basics of what makes a good teacher toward what makes good learning happen for every student every day.

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The most important factor affecting student learning isn’t standards, textbooks, or testing–it’s teachers. And when it comes to improving learning, research has shown teachers what works. But the real challenge comes when it’s time to do what works and do it well. In this book, Jane E. Pollock explains how making the right adjustments in four critical areas of practice—curriculum, instruction, assessment, and feedback—can help any teacher improve student learning significantly. Here, you’ll find out how to – Create a classroom curriculum document that’s truly useful and incorporates robust concepts, generalizations, and procedures. – Plan instruction that’s focused on helping students become master learners who can apply information and skills, not just do schoolwork. – Design varied classroom assessments that yield evidence of mastery and pinpoint where further instruction is required. – Use criterion-based feedback to improve individual student achievement and refine instruction. Along with step-by-step procedures, practical guidelines, and specific models, this book features the voices of individual teachers who share their experience using the author’s “Big Four” approach. Like them, you may find it’s the missing link you need to transform your pedagogy and achieve unprecedented levels of both student success and professional satisfaction.

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