- A series of articles from the professional literature on learning – see syllabus and moodle.
- Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students by Cushman and students of What Kids Can Do, Inc. (2003). New Press. ISBN-13: 978-1565848023.
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Dweck (2008). Ballantine Books. ISBN-13: 978-0345472328.
- The Art of Changing the Brain: Enriching the Practice of Teaching by Exploring the Biology of Learning by Zull (2002). Stylus Publishing. ISBN-13: 978-1579220549.
- The Cultural Nature of Human Development by Rogoff, (2003). Oxford University Press. ISBN-13: 978-30195131338. **
- How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School by Bransford et al., (2000); and How Students Learn History Math & Science in the Classroom by Donovan & Bransford (2005). National Academies Press. NOTE: We will work with selected chapters from this series that are available on line. We will direct you to the chapters from the websites once we get going in the fall quarter. (To take a look at the books and pdf’s of the chapters: (1)Use links to above to locate book. (2) Hit Download free Pdf button. This will direct you to register with the publisher. (i.e. involves giving email and creating password). (3) then go to link for “pdfs chapters”).
- Smarter Together:Collaboration and Equity in the Elementary Math Classroom by Featherstone, Crespo, Jilk, Oslund, Parks, and Wood (2011) NCTM. ISBN # 978-0-87353-656-1
- Multiplication is for White People: Raising Expectations for Other People’s Children by Delpit (2012) New York: New Press. ISBN # 1595580468 **
- American Education by Joel Spring .(2009 or later) ISBN # 0073378682 . **
- Classroom Assessment for Student Learning: Doing It Right—Using It Well. by Chappuis, Stiggins, Chappuis, & Arter (2011) Pearson Education. NOTE: there are many versions of the book. Be sure to get the 2011 edition. **
- Understanding by Design. by Wiggins & McTighe (2005). ASCD. ISBN-13: 9781416600350. **
NOTES:
- The college’s bookstore returns books by Week 6 to publishers/distributors.
- TEXTS MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK (**) INDICATE THAT THIS READING WILL BE ASSIGNED IN OTHER QUARTERS IN THE PROGRAM IN ADDITION TO FALL 2012.