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The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.
When published in 1981, The Mismeasure of Man was immediately hailed as a masterwork, the ringing answer to those who would classify people, rank them according to their supposed genetic gifts and limits.And yet the idea of innate limits—of biology as destiny—dies hard, as witness the attention devoted to The Bell Curve, whose arguments are here so
...4) The personality brokers: the strange history of Myers-Briggs and the birth of personality testing
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"An unprecedented history of the personality test that has achieved cult-like devotion, devised a century ago by a pair of homemakers and found today in boardrooms, classrooms, and beyond. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the most popular personality test in the world. It has been harnessed by Fortune 100 companies, universities, hospitals, churches, and the military. Its language--of extraversion vs. introversion, thinking vs. feeling--has inspired...
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My weird school daze volume 7
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Ella Mentry School counselor Dr. Brad believes wisecracking A.J. may be a genius and subjects him to some very weird tests to find out for sure.
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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Assessment for learning: putting it all together brings all elements of formative assessment into one practical classroom-oriented series for both primary and secondary teachers. The playlist contains video clips of interviews of teachers and students and classroom footage highlighting all aspects of Assessment for Learning including oral feedback, strategic questioning, self-assessment, peer feedback and annotated examples of written feedback. There...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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Suggested resources to assist in the implementation of Assessment for learning strategies, and to encourage an exploration of the thinking behind those strategies, are available as follows: Each video focuses on a particular aspect of Assessment for learning.
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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Assessment for learning: strategic questioning explores the link between questioning and assessment for learning. It contains video clips of interviews with teachers about their use of questioning, and classroom footage showing teachers implementing aspects of strategic questioning. Assessment for learning: strategic questioning focuses on ten key aspects of the formative use of questioning in the classroom: Preparing key questions, Asking closed...
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The perfect score volume 1
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Told from different viewpoints, five sixth-graders, facing various challenges and under pressure to do well on statewide assessment tests, agree to a plan for acing the tests.
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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English
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Assessment for learning: effective feedback explores elements of effective feedback, including teacher feedback to students about their work. It contains video footage of primary and secondary teachers: talking about feedback in general providing oral feedback to their students. It also contains interviews with students about the kind of feedback that they find helpful, and samples of student work accompanied by examples of written teacher feedback....
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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Assessment for learning: peer feedback and student self-assessment explores some of the ways in which teachers can encourage self-assessment by students. As a precursor to self-assessment, it also examines the role that can be played by peer feedback in the classroom. Video clips of interviews with teachers and students examine self-assessment and peer feedback, while classroom footage and a number of tools can be used by teachers in the classroom...
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"Some low-frequency sounds--such as noise from storms or truck engines--can make you feel dizzy and nauseated. An index finger's light touch can stop people from losing balance. You are more prone to trip when you think someone is watching you. A breakthrough in improving balance as we age might just come through the study of the Achilles tendon. A person gets "falling down drunk" due to a tiny structure in the inner ear that floats when it becomes...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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What are the features of a school change model? Can these characteristics be captured and shared with other schools? How can all members of the school community work together to effect change? In this four-part series, teachers and administrators explore specific ideas for implementing an apprenticeship literacy model that includes on-the-job experiences in five critical areas: assessing change over time in reading and writing progress colleague coaching...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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Most high school students in the United States are required to pass a series of exams in order to earn a high school diploma. From coast to coast, more and more states are using these high stakes tests in an effort to reverse the supposed rising tide of mediocrity in our public schools and close the achievement gap between socioeconomic and racial groups. The film, Children Left Behind, is about the well-intended purposes that are driving this movement...
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Very short introductions volume 39
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Some people appear to be smarter than others, but how do we measure intelligence? Why do some people have better thinking powers than others? What does intelligence predict about people's health and social outcomes? This "Very Short Introduction" uses the best, large-scale psychological data to answer important questions about intelligence, such as how environment, genes, brain structure, gender, and age affect people's thinking skills. It asks whether...
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REA's PARCC Assessments: ELA Literacy - Grades 9-12 Study Guide
Take Control of the Common Core with REA's New Study Guide!
The educational landscape is changing and REA is at the forefront of the new PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) assessments that millions of students will soon face. This targeted study guide is designed for teachers and students in PARCC states, and is fully-aligned with...
Take Control of the Common Core with REA's New Study Guide!
The educational landscape is changing and REA is at the forefront of the new PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) assessments that millions of students will soon face. This targeted study guide is designed for teachers and students in PARCC states, and is fully-aligned with...
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