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2013-09-28T09:16:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone~ To make this a user-friendly resource for all of us, here are some tips: 1) Sign in at the top right (you can use your HTH gmail login and password) and click on New Post. You'll need to create a separate post for each article/book/chapter you review. 2) Enter the title of the article/book/chapter as the title of your post. 3) Make sure your post includes the full APA citation

Tips for Finding What you Need in the Library

2012-09-16T14:06:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone~ Please share the "tips" you discovered for using databases and finding great articles/books by adding a comment to this post. This way, we can all look back here for quick reminders of what worked best! S

Take Three Steps Toward Giving Up Control

2012-01-17T21:44:00.000-08:00

Pink, Daniel H. (2009) Take Three Steps Toward Giving Up Control. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. (pp165-166). New York, NY: Penguin Group. Annotation by Melissa Han Summary/Analysis Pink lists three practical ways that a “boss” of a company or group can relinquish control. One way is to involve people in goal-setting. When people are involved in the process of creating

Wait Time

2012-01-17T19:32:00.000-08:00

Henkin, R. (1998). Who's invited to share?: using literacy to teach equity and social justice. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.“A large body of research supports the idea that if teachers wait three to five seconds after asking a question or before calling on a student, higher-level learning will occur. Even more importantly, if teachers can wait three to five seconds when students have stopped

The Trouble With Rubrics

2012-01-04T22:28:00.000-08:00

Annotation written by Christine Ingmanson NARAIAN, S. (2011), Pedagogic Voicing: The Struggle for Participation in an Inclusive Classroom. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 42: 245–262. Summary/Analysis: In this article Naraian conducted a study in an Urban first grade classroom that had full immersion of students with physical and communication disabilities.

Foundations for Inquiry: Reviewing the Research

2011-09-25T18:13:00.000-07:00

Weinbaum, A. (2004). Foundations for inquiry: reviewing the research. In Teaching as inquiry: asking hard questions to improve practice and student achievement (pp. 13-30). New York: Teachers College Press. Summary/Analysis: This chapter outlines the reasons why inquiry and collaboration are not the norm in American schools and it explains why it should be a reality. I was drawn to this

Transdisciplinary Approaches to Bilingual Student Assessment: Creating Authentic Reflections of Meaningful Learning Opportunities

2011-09-25T16:48:00.000-07:00

Gort, M. (2008). Transdisciplinary approaches to bilingual student assessment creating authentic reflections of meaningful learning opportunities. In D. M. Moss, T. A. Osborn, & D. Kaufman (Authors), Interdisciplinary education in the age of assessment (pp. 134-154). New York: Routledge. Summary/Analysis: This chapter starts with a brief history of assessments that have used to determine English

How Are We Disposed to Be Creative?

2011-09-25T16:30:00.000-07:00

Annotation by Kathleen Blough .Cohen, Alfie. (2005). Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason. New York, NY: Atria Summary / Analysis:Alfie Cohen continues his work dissecting adult roles in discipline and consequences.Chapter titles include Withholding Love, Too Much Control, What Holds Us Back and Choices for Children . there is an appendix on different

Radical Reflections.

2011-07-15T18:15:00.000-07:00

Fox, Mem. (1993). Radical Reflections: passionate opinions on teaching, learning and living. New York, NY: Harcourt Summary / Analysis:This summary pertains to a chapter entitled “Notes from the Battlefield. Toward a theory of why people write”. Fox describes various writing situations, primarily though anecdote, explaining the forces that cause people to enjoy writing,

High Tech High Mentor Training

2011-07-13T22:56:00.000-07:00

Btsa induction. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/a/hightechhigh.org/induction Summary: The website is High Tech High's hub for their BTSA induction program. As part of their program, I attending mentor training on November 11, 2010. The agenda included a review of the intern and induction programs, a CSTP self assessment, and role-playing observations. For the role play,

Website: California State Teacher Performance Assessment

2011-07-13T22:45:00.000-07:00

California commission on teacher credentialing. (2011, April 19). Retrieved from http://www.ctc.ca.gov/educator-prep/TPA.html Summary: This is the Commission's website for accessing information about the Teacher Performance Assessment, which all Multiple and Single Subject teaching candidates must complete in order to earn their preliminary credential. The site has flyers for administrators,

Website: Looking at Student Work

2011-07-13T22:34:00.000-07:00

Looking at student work. (2000). Retrieved from http://http://lasw.org/ Summary: This website was created by a an "association of individuals and educational organizations that focus on looking at student work grew out of a meeting on "Examining Student Work and School Change" held in Chicago in October 1998, hosted by the Chicago Learning Collaborative and the Annenberg Institute for School

The Power of Protocols

2011-07-13T18:39:00.000-07:00

P.J. McDonald, N. Mohr, A. Dichter, & E.C. McDonald. (2003). The power of protocols: an educator's guide to better practice. New York, NY: Teachers College Pr. Summary: This book is a collection of 24 tried-and-true protocols that are appropriate for a variety of educational contexts: using outside resources, working on problems of practice, and exploring student work. The authors carefully

Mentoring Matters

2011-07-13T18:18:00.000-07:00

Lipton, L., Wellman, B., & Humbard, C. (2003).Mentoring matters: a practical guide to learning-focused relationships, 2nd edition. Sherman, CT: Mira Via. Summary: This book is almost a workbook of usable resources, references, and best practices for mentoring relationships with new teachers. The focus of the book is on breaking down the components of a successful mentoring relationship in

Building an Intentional School Culture

2011-07-13T17:18:00.000-07:00

F., C, & Fulton, D. (2007). Building an intentional school culture: excellence in academics and character. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Pr. Summary: This book is the result of the authors' "work in improving school culture for more than sixty schools across the county." The book is broken down into five sections, each with anecdotes/sample schools as well as usable resources: Building an

The Hardest Questions Aren't On the Test

2011-07-13T16:26:00.000-07:00

Nathan, L., (2009). The Hardest Questions Aren't on the Test. Boston: Beacon Press. Summary: Nathan founded the Boston Arts Academy, a charter high school serving a high needs student body, in 1998. Her book gives honest insight into the workings of a school, boiling it down to the culture and vision of a school--what gives it its heart and soul. The book is broken into three sections:

Beating the Odds in Urban Schools

2011-06-11T12:43:00.000-07:00

Vargas, B, & Brizard, Jean-Claude. (2010). Beating the odds in urban schools. Education Week, 30(10), Retrieved from http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/11/03/10vargas.h30.html?r=1327874528 Summary: The authors make the case that we too often focus on what has not worked for students rather than what has. The focus is on a specific study of students from high-risk situation who do not drop

Classwide Peer Tutoring

2011-06-04T10:43:00.000-07:00

Maheady, L. & Gard, J. (2010). Classwide Peer Tutoring: Practice, theory, research, and personal narrative. Intervention in School and Clinic 46 (2), 71-78. Summary-- The article focused on classwide peer tutoring strategies for the elementary school classroom. The author worked closely with an elementary school teacher who modeled a spelling list peer tutoring strategy. In the article, the

Real Men Don’t Ask For Directions

2011-06-04T10:01:00.000-07:00

Wright, R. R. (2003). Real Men Don’t Ask For Directions: Male student attitudes toward peer tutoring. Journal of College Reading and Learning, 34 (1), 61-75. Summary-- This article focused on college students and their attitudes towards requesting help from a math tutoring session. The researcher interviewed students of both genders and asked them why and when they asked for help. The author

The Great Sorting

2011-05-31T15:30:00.000-07:00

Lehman, Nicholas. "The Great Sorting." The Atlantic Monthly; September, 1995. Volume volume 276, No. 3; pages 84-100. Retrieved from: http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/95sep/ets/grtsort2.htm Summary and reflection forthcoming.

Interim Assessments: A User’s Guide

2011-05-31T15:25:00.000-07:00

Marshall, Kim. (2011, May 31). Interim Assessments: A User’s Guide. Phi Delta Kappan September 2008. Retrieved from http://www.pps.k12.pa.us/143110127103415203/lib/143110127103415203/Interim_Assessments_-_A_Users_Guide_(Marshall_9-08).pdf Summary and reflection forthcoming.

Panel Finds Few Learning Gains from Testing Movement

2011-05-30T21:53:00.000-07:00

Sparks, S.D. (2011, May 26). Panel finds few learning gains from testing movement. Education Week,30(33), Retrieved from http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/05/26/33academy.h30.html?tkn=RQRFcUFQMtIHhrdq6WdmhBEHayfORwF4Y5sr&cmp=clp-edweek The author summarizes a study by the National Academies of Science concerning the impact of the current testing craze on student learning. The title sums

On Rhetorical Battleground, 'Reform' Proves Potent Weapon

2011-05-29T11:51:00.000-07:00

Citation: Cavanagh, S. (2011). On Rhetorical Battleground, 'Reform' Proves Potent Weapon. Education Week, 30, 1-25.Summary: This article specifically focuses on the rhetoric that we are using in education around 4 key words: reform, status quo, putting children first, educational bureaucracy. This examines the use of these words from both Republicans and Democrats, as well as from a wide

Enhancing Parent Leadership Through Building Social and Intellectual Capital

2011-05-29T11:04:00.000-07:00

Citation: Bolivar, J.M. & Chrispeels, J.H. (2010). Enhancing Parent Leadership Through Building Social and Intellectual Capital. American Educational Research Journal, 48, 4-38.Summary: This article was written by a UCSD professor and UCSD Doctoral student. They both have a shared interest in community building and school-family relationships. This article focuses on ways that parents,

Educating a Democracy

2011-05-27T09:59:00.000-07:00

Meier, D. (2000). Educating a Democracy. In J. Cohen & J. Rogers (Ed.), Will Standards Save Public Education (pp. 3-31). Boston, MA: Beacon. Meier discusses the challenges we face as a democracy when we are tyring to educate our students through the guise of a standards based instruction. With the current role of high-stakes testing in our public school system, Meier argues that this approach

The Magnificent Eight: AVID Best Practices Study

2011-05-27T09:57:00.000-07:00

Guthrie, L. F., & Guthrie G. P. (February, 2002). The Magnificent Eight: AVID Best Practices Study. Retrieved from:http://www.avid.org/dl/res_research/research_magnificenteight.pdf Guthrie and Guthrie are members of the organization CREATE (Center for Research, Evaluation and Training in Education), which was funded by the AVID center in 2001 to complete a study of the program’s best practices.

The BEST Mentoring Experience: A Framework for Professional Development

2011-05-05T18:59:00.000-07:00

ANNOTATION: The BEST Mentoring Experience: A Framework for Professional Development Kortman, S, & Honaker, C. (2001). The best mentoring experience: a framework for professional development. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt. SUMMARY OF THE WORKKortman and Honaker's book is based off of the mentor and induction teacher training program they developed for the College of Education at Arizona State

Why Gender Matters

2011-05-03T18:24:00.000-07:00

Sax, L. (2005). Why gender matters. New York: Random House.I found this to be a fascinating account of the differences in gender between young people. I was initially drawn to the book not necessarily for teaching purposes, but because I am a father of 2 young children of different genders. After reading Sax’s book I am happy to report that virtually everything that he describes as being a

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2011-04-27T09:17:00.001-07:00

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The Secrets of Mental Math: The mathemagician's guide to lightening calculation and amazing math tricks

2011-04-24T21:19:00.001-07:00

Benjamin, A & Shermer, M. (2006) Secrets of Mental Math: The mathemagician’s guide to lightening calculation and amazing math tricks. Three Rivers Press, New York.As the title states, this book explores how to amaze your friends, family, and students with rapid mental calculations. It gives tricks on how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide with ease. It also goes further and explains how one

Innumeracy:Mathematical illiteracy and consequences

2011-04-18T23:01:00.000-07:00

Paulos, John A. (1989) Innumeracy: Mathematical illiteracy and its consequences. Hill and Wang, New York.This is a wonderful book, which exposes how mathematical illiteracy has become wide spread. The author encourages the reader to get a quantitative view of the size of numbers and how to explore everyday probability and statistics. Paulos gives several examples of how lay people misapprehend

Implicit Theories of Intelligence Predict Achievement Across an Adolescent Transition: A Longitudinal Study and an Intervention

2011-04-17T21:02:00.000-07:00

Blackwell, L. S., Trzesniewski, K. H., & Dweck, C. S. (2007, January). Implicit Theories of Intelligence Predict Achievement Across an Adolescent Transition: A Longitudinal Study and an Intervention. Child Development, 78(1), 246-263.In this article, Carol Dweck and two of her colleagues lay out a basic treatment of their theories that lead to much of the popular research on “mindset” over the

Community Service Learning in the Curriculum

2011-04-16T20:09:00.000-07:00

Works CitedHoward, J. (1993). Community Service Learning in the Curriculum. In J. Howard, Praxis I: A Faculty Casebook on Community Service-Learning (pp. 101-104). Michigan: The Office of Community Service-Learning Press.Summary/Analysis: Author Jeffery Howard put together a “tool-kit” on how to implement community service learning in the curriculum. His tool-kit is aimed towards college