| Performance-Based Learning: Aligning Experiential Tasks and Assessment to Increase Learning Contributor(s): Berman, Sally (Author) |
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ISBN: 1412953103 ISBN-13: 9781412953108 Publisher: Corwin Publishers OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2007 Annotation: ""Provides excellent, thorough examples of lessons for classroom use. The lessons follow a user-friendly pattern and include outstanding rubrics that can be adapted easily by the teacher.""???Debra Rose Howell, TeacherMonte Cristo Elementary, Granite Falls, WA ""Gives educators new to performance learning a broad collection of examples for using this model. The sample lessons are tied to learning standards and incorporate a myriad of different modalities.""???Rachel Moreno, Associate Professional SpecialistUniversity of Notre Dame "Motivate students and increase their achievement with high-interest learning tasks!" Teachers can promote long-lasting learning, build higher-order thinking skills, develop individual student accountability, and increase student achievement by incorporating performance learning tasks into the curriculum. In this second edition of "Performance-Based Learning," Sally Berman demonstrates how this model can be modified for learners at different grade and ability levels, and offers an abundance of sample lesson plans that show how to use performance-based learning throughout the content areas. The updated edition includes an expanded discussion of cooperative learning teams, a new section on how to design effective performance-based learning activities, and a collection of reproducible masters for planning and implementation. Chapters with lesson plans include: A performance task to use as is or adapt for specific student groupsThe curriculum standards related to the taskReflection guidelines to help students evaluate their learning Web resources for planning and implementing performance learning tasks New and veteran teachers alike will use thisdetailed resource again and again to plan activities that engage students and inspire them to become invested in their own learning. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General |
| Dewey: 371.39 |
| LCCN: 2006102776 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 8.58" W x 10.93" (1.16 lbs) 184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Offers sample lesson plans that promote performance-based learning throughout the content areas, plus rubrics, updated research, projects, and an expanded discussion of cooperative learning teams. |
Contributor Bio(s): Berman, Sally: - Sally Berman specializes in teaching educators how to use practical strategies that expand student teamwork, cognition, metacognition, and self-evaluation skills. She developed and tested many of her ideas during her 30 years of teaching science in a large Chicago-area high school. Berman regularly presents at workshops and conferences and has taught graduate courses for SkyLight Professional Development in conjunction with St. Xavier University and Cumberland University. |