Studying and Learning in a High-Stakes World: Making Tests Work for Teachers

Rona F. Flippo

doi:10.5771/9781475812497

Summary

Designed to help middle and high school teachers, as well as students new to the rigor of college, Studying and Learning in a High Stakes World incorporates test preparation into classrooms without asking teachers to “teach to the test.” Instead, it enables teachers to focus on course content while simultaneously providing high quality, scaffolded study strategies. Whether they are facing a high stakes exam, or merely preparing students for a chapter quiz, the strategies modeled in this book allow teachers to “use” tests as platforms for students’ learning.

This book is divided into three parts that address how to:

•Get students organized and in the right frame of mind to study, learn, and take tests

•Study for essay and objective tests

•Answer essay and objective questions and take tests

Studying and Learning features close learning strategies, ESL Best Practices, and alignment to the Common Core State Standards in order to help teachers make tests work for them.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright Year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-1248-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-1249-7
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 146
Product Type: Monograph

1. CONTENTS No access
2. FOREWORD No access
3. PREFACE No access
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS No access
5. HOW TO USE THIS BOOK No access
6. INTRODUCTION No access
1. Chapter 1. HOW TO AVOID TEST PANIC No access
2. Chapter 2. HOW TO DEVELOP A GAME PLAN No access
1. Chapter 3. STRATEGIES FOR TEST STUDY No access
2. Chapter 4. PREPARING FOR ESSAY QUESTIONS AND TESTS No access
3. Chapter 5. PREPARING FOR OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS AND TESTS No access
1. Chapter 6. GETTING IT TOGETHER ON TEST DAY No access
2. Chapter 7. TAKING THE ESSAY TEST No access
3. Chapter 8. TAKING THE OBJECTIVE TEST No access
Appendix A. ANSWERS TO TEST PREP EXERCISES No access Pages 99 - 104
Appendix B. FORMS FOR TEST PREPARATION AND STUDY No access Pages 105 - 126
Appendix C. COMMON CORE ALIGNMENT: COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS (ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS ANCHOR STANDARDS) No access Pages 127 - 134
Appendix D. GLOSSARY No access Pages 135 - 138
REFERENCES No access Pages 139 - 142
INDEX No access Pages 143 - 144
ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS No access Pages 145 - 146