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Improving Student Learning One Teacher at a Time, 2nd Edition

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Jane E. Pollock, Laura J. Tolone 

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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.

Table of contents

ASCD Member Book

Dedication

Acknowledgments

The Big Four

Teacher Voice: Gary Nunnally

Curriculum Design from Standards to Units to Daily Lessons

About the authors

Jane Pollock, coauthor of ASCD bestseller Classroom Instruction That Works, works worldwide with teachers, coaches and principals on curriculum, instruction, assessment, and supervision. Her work results in improved student achievement at the classroom and school levels.

A former classroom and ESL teacher, Pollock worked as a district administrator and Senior Researcher for McREL Research Laboratory. She is president of Learning Horizon.

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Laura Tolone has served students for the past 25 years in the United States and worldwide school communities as a teacher, an athletic coach, a librarian, an administrative leader, and a consultant. She specializes in building student-centered cultures that improve learning. Laura spent the past 15 years in the Dominican Republic working with teachers to incorporate standards-based strategies into daily practices of teaching and learning.

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Book details

Product No.
117013
ISBN
978-1-4166-2969-6
Release Date
December 2020
Page Count
144
Member Book
Yes

Topics in this book

Curriculum

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    References and Resources

    Bloom, B. (Ed.). (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives. New York: David McKay.

    Brown, P. C., Roediger, H. L., & McDaniel, M. A. (2014). Make it stick: The science of successful learning. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

    Common Core State Standards Initiative. (2010a). Common Core State Standards for English language arts. Washington, DC: National Governors Association and CCSSO. Retrieved from http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/

    Common Core State Standards Initiative. (2010b). Common Core State Standards for mathematics. Washington, DC: National Governors Association and CCSSO. Retrieved from http://www.corestandards.org/Math

    Cooney, W., Cross, C., & Trunk, B. (1993). From Plato to Piaget. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

    Dean, C. B., Ross-Hubbell, E., Pitler, H., & Stone, B. (2012). Classroom instruction that works: Research-based strategies for increasing student achievement (2nd ed.). Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

    Duke, N. K., & Pearson, P. (2002). Effective practices for developing reading comprehension. In A. E. Farstrup & S. J. Samuels (Eds.), What research has to say about reading instruction (3rd ed., pp. 205–242). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

    English, F. W. (1986, December–1987, January). It's time to abolish conventional curriculum guides. Educational Leadership, 37, 50–52. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/journals/ed_lead/el_198612_english.pdf

    Gagne, R. M. (1965). The conditions of learning. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

    Glass, G. V., & Hopkins, K. D. (1984). Statistical methods in education and psychology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

    Goldberg, E. (2009). The new executive brain: Frontal lobes in a complex world. New York: Oxford University Press.

    Goodlad, J. I. (1984). A place called school. New York: McGraw-Hill.

    Guskey, T. R. (2018, February 4). Multiple grades: The first step to improving grading and reporting. Education Week. Retrieved from https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/leadership_360/2018/02/multiple_grades_the_first_ step_to_improving_grading_and_reporting.html

    Hattie, J. (2009). Visible learning: A synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement. New York: Routledge.

    Hunter, M. (1982). Mastery teaching. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

    Mager, R. (1962). Preparing objectives for programmed instruction. Atlanta, GA: CEP Press.

    Marzano, R. J., Pickering, D. J., Arredondo, D. E., Blackburn, G. J., Brandt, R. S., Moffett, C. S., & Pollock, J. E. (1992). Dimensions of learning teacher's manual. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

    Marzano, R. J., Pickering, D. J., & Pollock, J. E. (2001). Classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

    New York State Education Department. (2016). Curriculum and instruction. Albany: Author. Retrieved from www.nysed.gov/curriculum-instruction

    Ornstein, A., Levine, D., & Gutek, G. (1993). Foundations of education (5th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

    Palmer, P. (2007). The courage to teach. 10th Anniversary Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

    Pearson, P. D., & Gallagher, G. (1983, July). The instruction on reading comprehension. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 8(17), 317–344.

    Pollock, J. E. (2012). Feedback: The hinge that joins teaching and learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

    Pollock, J. E., & Hensley, S. (2018). The i5 approach: Lesson planning that teaches thinking and fosters innovation. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

    Rothstein, R. (1998). The way we were? The myths and realities of America's student achievement. New York: Century Foundation Press.

    Schimmer, T., Hillman, G., & Stalets, M. (2018). Standards-based learning in action: Moving from theory to practice. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree.

    Snyder, T. (Ed.). (1993). 120 years of American education: A statistical portrait. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/pubs93/93442.pdf

    Stigler, J. W., & Hiebert, J. (1999). The teaching gap. New York: Free Press.

    Stigler, J. W., & Stevenson, H. W. (1992). The learning gap. New York: Summit Books.

    Tennessee Department of Education. (2016). Academic standards. Nashville: Author. Retrieved from www.tn.gov/education/instruction/academic-standards.html

    Tyler, R. (1949). Basic principles of curriculum and instruction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

    U.S. Department of Education National Committee on Excellence in Education. (1983). A nation at risk: The imperative for educational reform. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from www.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/index.html

    U.S. Department of Labor Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills. (1991, June). What work requires of schools: A SCANS report for America. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from http://wdr.doleta.gov/SCANS/whatwork/whatwork.pdf

    Online Resources

    Arkansas Academic Standards: http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/divisions/learning-services/curriculum-and-instruction

    History of CTE: https://www.acteonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Independent-Action_1826-1876.pdf

    Missouri Learning Standards: https://dese.mo.gov/college-career-readiness/curriculum/missouri-learning-standards

    National Center for Education Statistics Publications Search Page: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch

    National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM): http://nctm.org

    New York Standards: http://www.nysed.gov/curriculum-instruction

    Next Generation Science Standards: https://www.nextgenscience.org/standards/standards

    No Child Left Behind: www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml

    Tennessee Department of Education Academic Standards: www.tn.gov/education/instruction/academic-standards.html

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    References and Resources

    Bloom, B. (Ed.). (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives. New York: David McKay.

    Brown, P. C., Roediger, H. L., & McDaniel, M. A. (2014). Make it stick: The science of successful learning. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

    Common Core State Standards Initiative. (2010a). Common Core State Standards for English language arts. Washington, DC: National Governors Association and CCSSO. Retrieved from http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/

    Common Core State Standards Initiative. (2010b). Common Core State Standards for mathematics. Washington, DC: National Governors Association and CCSSO. Retrieved from http://www.corestandards.org/Math

    Cooney, W., Cross, C., & Trunk, B. (1993). From Plato to Piaget. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

    Dean, C. B., Ross-Hubbell, E., Pitler, H., & Stone, B. (2012). Classroom instruction that works: Research-based strategies for increasing student achievement (2nd ed.). Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

    Duke, N. K., & Pearson, P. (2002). Effective practices for developing reading comprehension. In A. E. Farstrup & S. J. Samuels (Eds.), What research has to say about reading instruction (3rd ed., pp. 205–242). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

    English, F. W. (1986, December–1987, January). It's time to abolish conventional curriculum guides. Educational Leadership, 37, 50–52. Retrieved from http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/journals/ed_lead/el_198612_english.pdf

    Gagne, R. M. (1965). The conditions of learning. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

    Glass, G. V., & Hopkins, K. D. (1984). Statistical methods in education and psychology. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

    Goldberg, E. (2009). The new executive brain: Frontal lobes in a complex world. New York: Oxford University Press.

    Goodlad, J. I. (1984). A place called school. New York: McGraw-Hill.

    Guskey, T. R. (2018, February 4). Multiple grades: The first step to improving grading and reporting. Education Week. Retrieved from https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/leadership_360/2018/02/multiple_grades_the_first_ step_to_improving_grading_and_reporting.html

    Hattie, J. (2009). Visible learning: A synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement. New York: Routledge.

    Hunter, M. (1982). Mastery teaching. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

    Mager, R. (1962). Preparing objectives for programmed instruction. Atlanta, GA: CEP Press.

    Marzano, R. J., Pickering, D. J., Arredondo, D. E., Blackburn, G. J., Brandt, R. S., Moffett, C. S., & Pollock, J. E. (1992). Dimensions of learning teacher's manual. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

    Marzano, R. J., Pickering, D. J., & Pollock, J. E. (2001). Classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

    New York State Education Department. (2016). Curriculum and instruction. Albany: Author. Retrieved from www.nysed.gov/curriculum-instruction

    Ornstein, A., Levine, D., & Gutek, G. (1993). Foundations of education (5th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

    Palmer, P. (2007). The courage to teach. 10th Anniversary Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

    Pearson, P. D., & Gallagher, G. (1983, July). The instruction on reading comprehension. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 8(17), 317–344.

    Pollock, J. E. (2012). Feedback: The hinge that joins teaching and learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

    Pollock, J. E., & Hensley, S. (2018). The i5 approach: Lesson planning that teaches thinking and fosters innovation. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

    Rothstein, R. (1998). The way we were? The myths and realities of America's student achievement. New York: Century Foundation Press.

    Schimmer, T., Hillman, G., & Stalets, M. (2018). Standards-based learning in action: Moving from theory to practice. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree.

    Snyder, T. (Ed.). (1993). 120 years of American education: A statistical portrait. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/pubs93/93442.pdf

    Stigler, J. W., & Hiebert, J. (1999). The teaching gap. New York: Free Press.

    Stigler, J. W., & Stevenson, H. W. (1992). The learning gap. New York: Summit Books.

    Tennessee Department of Education. (2016). Academic standards. Nashville: Author. Retrieved from www.tn.gov/education/instruction/academic-standards.html

    Tyler, R. (1949). Basic principles of curriculum and instruction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

    U.S. Department of Education National Committee on Excellence in Education. (1983). A nation at risk: The imperative for educational reform. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from www.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/index.html

    U.S. Department of Labor Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills. (1991, June). What work requires of schools: A SCANS report for America. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from http://wdr.doleta.gov/SCANS/whatwork/whatwork.pdf

    Online Resources

    Arkansas Academic Standards: http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/divisions/learning-services/curriculum-and-instruction

    History of CTE: https://www.acteonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Independent-Action_1826-1876.pdf

    Missouri Learning Standards: https://dese.mo.gov/college-career-readiness/curriculum/missouri-learning-standards

    National Center for Education Statistics Publications Search Page: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch

    National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM): http://nctm.org

    New York Standards: http://www.nysed.gov/curriculum-instruction

    Next Generation Science Standards: https://www.nextgenscience.org/standards/standards

    No Child Left Behind: www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml

    Tennessee Department of Education Academic Standards: www.tn.gov/education/instruction/academic-standards.html

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