James Stronge: 19 books
Planning, Instruction, and Assessment
Effective Teaching Practices
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2013
This entry in the James H. Stronge Research-to-Practice Series focuses on specific strategies teachers can use to improve the quality of their instruction. Studies have shown teacher quality to be the top indicator of student achievement, with the effects of good teachers apparent even as students...
Supportive Learning Environment, The
Effective Teaching Practices
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2013
This entry in the James H. Stronge Research-to-Practice Series focuses on the characteristics of teachers who create supportive learning environments for their students. By conveying a sense of immediacy, credibility, and caring, they communicate to students in both verbal and nonverbal ways that...
Student Achievement Goal Setting
Using Data to Improve Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
The first book in the James H. Stronge Research-to-Practice series focuses on improving student achievement through academic goal setting. It offers the tools and plan of action to use performance data to improve instructional practice and increase student achievement.
Evaluating What Good Teachers Do
Eight Research-Based Standards for Assessing Teacher Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
This book is based on author James H. Stronge's 20-plus years of consulting with school districts and other educational organizations in designing, piloting, and training educators in the use of teacher-performance evaluation systems. Its primary purpose is to help both teachers and their evaluators...
Effective Teachers=Student Achievement
What the Research Says
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
Research has shown that there is no greater influence on a student's success than the quality of his or her teacher. This book presents the research findings which demonstrate the connection between teacher effectiveness and student achievement. Author James Stronge describes and explains the value-added...
by Pamela Tucker, James Stronge, Christopher Gareis
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
This book and Compact Disk show school leaders how to develop teacher portfolios and put them into action. They will provide confidence and credibility as you engage in:
- "high stakes" summative evaluations
- initial hiring, tenure, and other key personnel decisions
- fostering a school...
by James Stronge, Pamela Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Easy-to-use, authoritative, and flexible, the tools in this book and CD-ROM have been developed over the last 15 years and have been field tested in over 500 schools. These tools will empower you to do your evaluations based on current thinking and best practices.
West Meets East
Best Practices from Expert Teachers in the U.S. and China
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
The United States and China: two nations drastically different in demographics, history, political structures, and education systems. Despite these differences, educators in each country have discovered they have much to learn from one another. The United States looks east and is captivated by the...
by James H. Stronge
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Every teacher seeks to be an effective teacher. Every teacher wants to have a positive, remarkable, and lasting influence on students' lives.
But what makes for an effective teacher? What role does teacher preparation play in teacher effectiveness? What do effective teachers do during planning,...
Principal Evaluation
Standards, Rubrics, and Tools for Effective Performance
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
James H. Stronge's latest book offers a detailed framework for principal evaluation based on copious research and extensive field work. The book includes a comprehensive set of standards as well as rubrics, forms, and resources for use from the design stage through to implementation and beyond.
by James H. Stronge, Xu Xianxuan
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
For years, students in the United States have lagged behind students in many other countries on such measures of achievement as the PISA and TIMSS assessments. In an increasingly globalized world, such a gap is worrisome. Armed with statistics, examples, and cautionary tales from Scandinavia to Japan,...
The Teacher Quality Index
A Protocol for Teacher Selection
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2006
A research-based interview protocol built on the quality indicators explored in Stronge's best-selling Qualities of Effective Teachers.
by James H. Stronge, Xianxuan Xu
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2015
Cultivate meaningful learning schoolwide. Taking a practical approach to instructional planning, the authors outline research-based planning tools and illustrate how teachers, leaders, and administrators can use these tools in everyday practice. Discover powerful strategies and guidelines for developing...
by James H. Stronge, Xianxuan Xu
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Expertly motivate and engage all students. Taking a practical approach to differentiated instruction, the authors outline research-based strategies and illustrate how teachers, coaches, and administrators can use them to enhance their everyday practices. Explore ways to implement differentiated learning...
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