evaluation

Provides step-by-step procedures for specific performance tasks that may be used by teachers of English, reading, and English as a second language, and includes background on what performances tasks and rubrics are, as well as discussion of portfolios and the theory of multiple intelligences.

"Over the last 25 years, our longing for thinness has morphed into a relentless cultural obsession with weight and body image. You can't be a woman or girl (or, increasingly, a man or boy) in America today and not grapple with the size and shape of your body, your daughter's body, other women's bodies. Even the most confident people have to find a way through a daily gauntlet of voices and images talking, admonishing, warning us about what size we should be, how much we should weigh, what we should eat and what we shouldn't. Obsessing about weight has become a ritual and a refrain, punctuating our every relationship, including the ones with ourselves. It's time to change the conversation around weight. Harriet Brown has explored the conundrums of weight and body image for more than a decade, as a science journalist, as a woman who has struggled with weight, as a mother, wife, and professor. In this book, she describes how biology, psychology, metabolism, media, and culture come together to shape our ongoing obsession with our bodies, and what we can learn from them to help us shift the way we think. Brown exposes some of the myths behind the rhetoric of obesity, gives historical and contemporary context for what it means to be "fat," and offers readers ways to set aside the hysteria and think about weight and health in more nuanced and accurate ways"--.

Teaches how to find information on the Internet and to distinguish between reputable and disreputable sites.

Discusses the effectiveness of global recycling efforts and highlighting issues such as the dangers of recycling toxic or hazardous waste, the potential of blackwater treatment and the use of new sustainable building materials.

Final report of the National Commission on terrorist attacks upon the United States. The result of months of intensive investigations and inquiries by a specially appointed bipartisan panel. While the commission notes that future attacks are probably inevitable, a coordinated preventive effort along with a clear plan to respond with efficiency can offer Americans some hope in a post 9/11 world.

Gives tips and tricks to help readers evaluate multimedia content used to support literature and informational text using expert reader models and providing guided practice.

Shares a four-step assessment protocol--collect, analyze, synthesize, and develop--in order to improve the teaching and learning process in third through sixth grade classrooms.

Examines the controversy surrounding mammography, discussing how valid the screenings are, who should be screened, how frequently screenings should be done, and whether or not women should even be screened.

Discusses a variety of ways for librarians to develop their assessment and evaluation skills in order to best describe the strengths and weaknesses of their libraries' collection and resources.