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"There are not many things more exciting and entertaining than watching your favorite player charge toward the net, leap into the air, slam dunk, and score... Learn the details of these NBA players' backgrounds and such details as positions, teams, and best slam dunk moments."--Publisher.

Provides a detailed interview protocol for hiring teachers that includes questions and scoring rubrics designed to give administrators a sense of how effective a person will be as a teacher. Includes CD-ROM with sample forms and rubrics.

Lucy Crehan, frustrated at American education policy, decided to experience top-rated schools across the world to determine what gave those schools top marks. She returned with answers on how to make the American educational system better by modeling some of the policies she observed.

Ranks and profiles forty notable players for the Boston Celtics professional basketball team, providing a black-and-white photograph and describing each one's career and notable achievements.

A guide to rubrics for teachers in higher education, through the graduate level, explaining what rubrics are, their basic components, and how they can be used as grading and instructional tools, and including sample rubrics, as well as information on how to construct them.

Explores and presents debates about the greatest jersey numbers in sports history, comparing, for example, jersey number four--belonging to football with Brett Favre or hockey player Bobby Orr.

"[Argues that] traditional grading procedures are no longer applicable due to vast changes in pedagogy and assessment. While K12 teachers and administrators may feel hesitant about moving away from past practices or making profound changes in grading, and while it may be challenging, a change in mindset is essential for effective instruction and assessment. A standards-based mindset is needed to reshape the traditional grading paradigm. To help readers develop standards-based mindsets about grading, Schimmer proposes a grading paradigm based on a new approach to reporting student achievement. He then presents educators with steps they can actively take to positively alter grading and reporting in their classrooms."--Provided by publisher.

Shows teachers how to help students set learning goals, and reflect on and chart their learning progress. Also describes how teachers can use that reflection and self-assessment to develop targeted learning plans and determine student mastery. Includes practical tips, creative ideas, and sample reflections from real students.

Discusses volleyball with the rules of the game, exercises for athletes, and stories about the sport.

Discusses lacrosse with the rules of the game, exercises for athletes, and stories about the sport.