Educational Texts

Written for teachers, Hitting the Mark (Pembroke Publishers) addresses the question of how to assess student performance fairly and accurately while attending to curricular outcomes and a wide range of student ability. This book offers time-saving approaches to anecdotal reporting as well as helpful suggestions for assessing both process and product, essential elements of assessment for and of learning.

ISBN 1-55138-062-5

Co-authored by Don Aker and Dave Hodgkinson, the grades 7-11 Language & Writing series (Nelson Thomson Learning) offers detailed explanations of elements and characteristics of literary genres and writing forms, and addresses language features such as mechanics, usage, grammar, and spelling. The use of real-world writing models presented in a workshop format enables students to learn about the elements of literary genres and writing forms in a concrete and meaningful manner.

ISBN (Grade 7) 0-17-606570-9
ISBN (Grade 8) 0-17-606572-5
ISBN (Grade 9) 0-17-618681-6
ISBN (Grade 10) 0-17-618711-1
ISBN (Grade 11) 0-17-619359-6

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