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Teachers use formative assessments to gather information about student knowledge. Then they adapt their instruction to address misunderstandings and shore up weaknesses. Formative assessments stand in contrast to summative assessments, which represent a summary of student knowledge at the end of a unit. Illustrate the variety of activities available:. Reteaching: Involves a different instructional approach and supervised practice. Learning centers: Real or virtual classrooms where students can perform we...
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Where theory meets practice and research trumps rhetoric. About Real Education Reform. Public education is a vital institution in the United States, and it must be improved in order to promote, protect, and ensure the well-being of individual citizens and the society as a whole. Over the years, many reforms have been proposed. What criteria should educators and legislators use to evaluate reforms? And which reforms should be selected and implemented? E-Learning and the Science of Instruction. Real Educat...
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Types of media include text, audio, and images. When multiple types of media are combined, the result is multimedia. Video is a familiar type of multimedia. A cognitive theory of learning includes conceptions of internal thinking processes in order to explain and predict how humans learn. Cognitive theories stand in contrast to behaviorist theories, which essentially ignore thinking processes that cannot be directly observed and measured. Visualize change over time. Transfer refers to students' ability t...
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Where theory meets practice and research trumps rhetoric. Welcome to Real Education Reform! This Web site reports on reforms that have been shown through research to greatly enhance student learning. You'll notice that all of the reforms relate to Curriculum and Instruction. Students acquire knowledge and skills when they participate in effective lessons, and the cornerstones of every effective lesson are a relevant curriculum and thoughtful, well-grounded instruction. HTML5 Logo by W3C.
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Where theory meets practice and research trumps rhetoric. Bloom, B.S. (1987). A response to Slavin's mastery learning reconsidered. Review of Educational Research. Clark, R.C., and Lyons, C. (2011). Graphics for learning: Proven guidelines for planning, designing, and evaluating visuals in training materials. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer. Clark, R.C., and Mayer, R.E. (2011). E-Learning and the science of instruction. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer. Guskey, T.R. (1996). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
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Where theory meets practice and research trumps rhetoric. Click a question to reveal its answer. Click again to hide the answer. Why ignore market-based reforms? Examples of market-based reforms include school choice, school competition, and teacher merit pay. Proponents of these reforms rarely emphasize the fact that their proposals are designed to indirectly improve Curriculum and Instruction. During a video interview. Q: Why not focus on better teachers or better curriculum or better principals? The I...
