Advancing Student Achievement

Advancing Student Achievement

by Herbert J. Walberg
Advancing Student Achievement

Advancing Student Achievement

by Herbert J. Walberg

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Overview

A renowned educator-psychologist explains how children learn and how family, classroom, and school practices can help them learn more effectively. In addition to drawing on studies of learning outcomes, the author reveals economic research on teacher education and school choice that challenges many popular assumptions.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780817949518
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
Publication date: 03/01/2010
Series: Hoover inst press Publication
Edition description: New
Pages: 118
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Herbert J. Walberg is a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of its Task Force on K–12 Education, is University Scholar and emeritus professor of education and psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research focuses on educational productivity and human accomplishments.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

1. Introduction
2. Causes of Learning
3. Principles of Learning
4. Families
5. Incentives
6. Teachers
7. Classroom Practices
8. School Policies
9. New Technologies
10. Creative Destruction

About the Author
About the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education
Index

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