In Understanding by Design by Wiggins and McTighe you are presented with the concept of "backwards design". This is where the authors encourage teachers to first find the level of understanding they want their students to meet and then use this point to create appropriate strategies and assessments that help meet the goal. It teaches a future educator to use out of the box ideas and even change the way tests are administered to get students to have a true passion for learning.
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In today's America, classrooms have become more diverse in all aspects such as ability levels and even in language. Sprencer Salend's book, Classroom Testing and Assessment for ALL Students shows any teacher or future teacher ways to create assessments that are suitable to the differing needs of students.
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The Growth Mindset Coach; A Teacher's Month-by-Month Handbook for Empowering Students to Acheive by Brock and Hundley is a book created to show teachers how to create strategies and assessments that are creative in a way that promotes students to feel the want to learn and have fun at the same time. This book also shows how to create lessons that empower student's to feel self-confident and feel that learning is the best way to achieve your goals.
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