Classroom Practice Paperbacks

New and Published Books

1. Contemporary Psychometrics

   Edited by Albert Maydeu-Olivares, John J. McArdle

   Series: Multivariate Applications Series

   Contemporary Psychometrics features cutting edge chapters organized in four sections: test theory, factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and multivariate analysis. The section on test theory includes topics such as multidimensional item response theory (IRT), the relationship between IRT...

   Published April 30th 2013 by Psychology Press
2. Social Studies as New Literacies in a Global Society

   Relational Cosmopolitanism in the Classroom

   By Mark Baildon, James S. Damico

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   This book reconceptualizes social studies teaching and learning in ways that will help prepare students to live in "new times" – prepared for new forms of labor in the post-industrial economy, equipped to handle new and emerging technologies and function in the new media age, and prepared to...

   Published September 4th 2012 by Routledge
3. From Testing to Productive Student Learning

   Implementing Formative Assessment in Confucian-Heritage Settings

   By David Carless

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   Research evidence indicates that formative assessment is one of the most effective ways of enhancing student learning. It is, however, difficult to implement successfully, principally because what is tested through summative assessment has such a powerful influence on teacher and student actions....

   Published September 3rd 2012 by Routledge
4. Perspectives on Supported Collaborative Teacher Inquiry

   Edited by David Slavit, Tamara Holmlund Nelson, Anne Kennedy

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   Supported collaborative teacher inquiry (SCTI) describes the process of professional development in which teacher teams build collaborative structures for the purpose of inquiring into aspects of their own instructional practice. Professional development performed collaboratively and grounded in "...

   Published July 26th 2012 by Routledge
5. Active Learning and Student Engagement

   International Perspectives and Practices in Geography in Higher Education

   Edited by Mick Healey, Eric Pawson, Michael Solem

   This book examines significant issues in geography teaching and learning from the perspectives of an international network of academic geographers and postgraduate students. Drawing on classroom experiences and research in a wide variety of educational settings, the authors describe conceptually...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
6. Researching Primary Education: Methods and Issues

   Edited by Rosemary Webb

   This book increases understanding of, and provides inspiration for, the conduct of research in primary/elementary education. It discusses and evaluates the selection and development of research methods used for their own innovatory projects. They explore the relationship between their choice of...

   Published April 22nd 2012 by Routledge
7. Participatory Learning in the Early Years

   Research and Pedagogy

   Edited by Donna Berthelsen, Jo Brownlee, Eva Johansson

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   The early years are an important period for learning, but the questions surrounding participatory learning amongst toddlers remain under-examined. This book presents the latest theoretical and research perspectives about how ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) contexts promote democracy and...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
8. The Path of Speech Technologies in Computer Assisted Language Learning

   From Research Toward Practice

   Edited by Melissa Holland, F. Pete Fisher

   Series: Routledge Studies in Computer Assisted Language Learning

   This collection examines the promise and limitations for computer-assisted language learning of emerging speech technologies: speech recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, and acoustic visualization. Using pioneering research from contributors based in the US and Europe, this volume illustrates the...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
9. English Language Assessment and the Chinese Learner

   Edited by Liying Cheng, Andy Curtis

   'This volume addresses a very timely and important topic, and provides both broad and in-depth coverage of a number of large-scale English tests in China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, and about the Chinese learner.' – Lyle F. Bachman, From the Foreword Building on current theoretical and...

   Published October 5th 2011 by Routledge
10. Play, Creativity and Digital Cultures

    Edited by Rebekah Willett, Muriel Robinson, Jackie Marsh

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    Recent work on children's digital cultures has identified a range of literacies emerging through children's engagement with new media technologies. This edited collection focuses on children's digital cultures, specifically examining the role of play and creativity in learning with these new...

    Published August 14th 2011 by Routledge