Sound Instruction
Ready to Use Classroom Practice Volume II
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ISBN 0-9709895-1-2
Editors: Melinda R. Pierson, Ph.D., Kristin K. Stang, Ph.D., Ben Varner, Ph.D.

Delivery time:
End of July November 2009 for orders received prior to December 2008
End of August November 2009 for orders received in 2009
Contents

 Preface  /  5

 Assessment  /  7
Challenges to Effective Assessment of Learning  /  8
Peer Assessment and Role Play: A Winning Alliance  /  14
Assessment Strategies as Formative Evaluation  /  19
Self-Grading for Formative Assessment  in PBL  /  24
Validity of the DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency Test  /  29
Practice and Challenges of Formative Assessment  /  35
Self-Assessment: Grading or Knowing?  /  40
Service Learning and Student Performance  /  45
A Model for Comprehensive Assessment in the College Classroom  /  50

 Consultation and Collaboration  /  55
Collaborating for Information Literacy  /  56
Global Competency: An Interdisciplinary Approach  /  61
A Partnership for Literacy  /  68
Impact of Administrative Placement upon Programs  /  73
Detective Fiction and Forensics in Collaboration  /  78
Lit circles, collaboration and student interest  /  84
Business Liaison Collaboration: A Case Study  /  91
Lessons on Literacy: An Experience in Co-Teaching  /  97
Telling stories of our collaborative practice  /  103
A Winning Combination:  Collaboration in Inclusion  /  108
School Collaboration Research: Successes and Difficulties  /  113
“Does One Size Fit All?”: Culturally Responsive Collaboration  /  118
Two New Evaluation Instruments for Collaboration  /  123
Collaborative Voices: One University-School Model  /  128
Interpretive Processes in Collaborative Research  /  133
Successful Preparation of Teachers of Students with Disabilities  /  138
Improving Classroom Assessment Practices: A Collaborative Approach  /  144

 Online Learning and Technology  /  149
On-Line Courses: Recommendations for Teachers  /  150
Virtual Design Based Research  /  155
Student Expectations for Distance Education  /  160
Re-envisioning Asynchronous Communication  /  166
Forgotten Alumni: Online Learners as Donors  /  171
Promoting Faculty Commitment to Distance Learning  /  176
Student Perceptions of a Hybrid Course  /  182
Reversing Roles to Create an Online Course  /  187
Virtual Citizens: Online Service Learning  /  193
Cooperative learning in the online classroom  /  198
Online Strategies for Military Cadets   /   204
Environmental Factors in Small Business Computing  /  209
Distance Learning: College Students’ Perspectives  /  214
Practical Guide for Facilitating Online Courses  /  219

 Author Index  /  224




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July 2009