Full Description
"An excellent tool to help teachers address issues related to testing so that those factors do not hinder student success. With an easy format and clear, concise instructions, the book tells not only how but why."
—Jolene Dockstader, Middle School English Teacher
Jerome School District #261, ID
Prepare students to do their best on tests!
Today's educational climate demands a multitude of high-stakes, standardized tests not only to assess student achievement, but also to promote school and teacher accountability. Carolyn Chapman and Rita King help educators meet the challenge with this second edition of Test Success in the Brain-Compatible Classroom. This research-based resource is packed with practical tips and tools needed to change attitudes about testing and improve test readiness and performance.
Educators will find a wealth of useful ideas and suggestions for preparing students for tests, creating positive test environments, and helping students deal with test anxiety. The authors bridge the gap between formal test formats and the way each student learns, retains, and transfers information to tests. These techniques can be implemented in any subject across all grade levels. This second edition features strategies, activities, and tips to:
Prepare students mentally, physically, and emotionally as productive test-takers
Create an optimal testing environment
Help students attack passages and use problem solving for test success
Interpret test data for strategic, customized planning
Put these easy-to-implement techniques to work in your classroom throughout the year and transform each test experience into a celebration of achievement and learning.
Contents
Part I. Foreword by Robert Eaker
Part II. Acknowledgments
Part III. About the Authors
Part IV. Introduction
1. The Test Scene
2. Testing: A Word From the Experts
3. The Test-Taking Cast
4. Memory in Action: Learning the Part
5. Preparing the Performer: Internal Readiness for Tests
6. Setting the Environment for Testing
7. Test-Taking Skills and Strategies
8. Attacking Passages and Solving Problems
9. Placing Change in the Spotlight
Part V. Appendix
Part VI. References
Part VII. Recommended Reading for Test Success
Part VIII. Index
