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Performance-based learning for the multiple intelligences classroom
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Arlington Heights, IL : Skylight Professional Development, 1999
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9781575171678

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30000010057940 LC1032 B47 1999 Open Access Book Book
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Summary

Formerly a SkyLight publication.Transform your classroom into a community of active learners by integrating performance assessments into your curriculum. Performance-Based Learning for the Multiple Intelligences Classroomis the ultimate handbook for assessing student learning through performance learning tasks. This rich resource provides practical plans for theme-based activities that promote learning through doing. Each activity incorporates a wide range of tasks and skills across multiple content areas and can be modified for students of different abilities and grade levels. The book also illustrates how to make activities more meaningful by including parents, tapping community and Internet resources, and requiring students to engage in a structured reflection process. With a focus on the entire learning task-from prompt to self-reflection and assessment-Performance-Based Learning for the Multiple Intelligences Classroomoffers a full implementation plan for putting your students on the path to lifelong, hands-on learning.


Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Rationale
Introduction
1 Introduction to Performance Learning
Part I Basic Performances
2 Rotting Peels and Cores
3 Sound Bodies for Growing Minds
4 Learning Brains and Music Strains
5 Making Sense of Stories
Part II Intermediate Performances
6 "...To Form a More Perfect Classroom"
7 Cruising the Cortex: Sightseeing for Smarts
8 Perfectly Proportioned
Part III Advanced Performances
9 Patterning Neurons to Pattern Pictures
10 Half-Life in World Life
11 The Heart-Smart Gourmet
12 A Special Holiday: AttaGram Day
Bibliography
Index