Todd Stanley Boeken

Each book in the 10 Performance-Based Projects series provides 10 ready-made projects designed to help students achieve higher levels of thinking and develop 21st-century skills. Projects are aligned to the Common Core State Standards, allowing students to explore and be creative as well as gain enduring understanding. Each project represents a type of performance assessment, including portfolios, oral presentations, research papers, and exhibitions. Included for each project is a suggested calendar to allow teacher scheduling, mini-lessons that allow students to build capacity and gain understanding, as well as multiple rubrics to objectively assess student performance. The lessons are presented in an easy-to-follow format, enabling teachers to implement projects immediately. Grades 3-5

Focusing on hands-on learning, this collection offers ten engaging STEM projects tailored for middle school students. Each project is crafted to enhance critical thinking and foster essential 21st-century skills, all while immersing students in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. These ready-made activities aim to inspire creativity and collaboration among learners in grades 6-8.

A Teacher's Toolbox for Gifted Educationprovides teachers with 20 field-tested strategies to use with gifted students that can be implemented almost immediately. This book: Features a quick-start guide to each strategy, followed by in-depth tips and implementation ideas. Includes strategies for reading lists, enrichment activities, project-based learning, tiered station rotations, and more. Is ideal for any educator who works with gifted students. Includes strategies that can be used across subject areas and grade levels. Helps teachers provide enrichment opportunities beyond the core curriculum. This book is perfect for differentiating instruction, promoting rigor and depth and complexity, and supporting educators' professional learning.

This guide provides educators with a comprehensive framework for developing performance-based assessments tailored to 21st-century skills. It covers the creation and implementation of these assessments, including strategies for teaching students to design their own. Additionally, the book emphasizes the importance of establishing an appropriate classroom environment and offers insights on effective evaluation methods, ensuring that both teachers and students can engage in meaningful assessment practices.

Focusing on hands-on learning, this resource offers ten engaging STEM projects tailored for students in grades 2-3. Each project is designed to enhance critical thinking and foster essential 21st-century skills, all while immersing young learners in the concepts of science, technology, engineering, and math.

When Smart Kids Underachieve in School: Practical Solutions for Teacherstakes a look at the 10 most common reasons why some smart, advanced, and gifted students do not reach their achievement potential. Reasons for underachievement range from social-emotional needs, lack of proper programming, not being challenged, and potential learning disabilities. Each chapter discusses a different cause and three practical strategies that can be used to overcomeit. Useful for teachers, counselors, gifted coordinators, and administrators, this book is an easy-to-read, must-have resource for any educator looking to identify, understand, and reverse underachievement. Grades K-12

Focusing on hands-on learning, this book offers ten performance-based STEM projects tailored for fourth and fifth graders. Each project aims to elevate critical thinking and foster essential 21st-century skills while engaging students in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. These ready-made activities are designed to inspire creativity and problem-solving in young learners.

The 10 Performance-Based Projects series offers ten structured projects aimed at enhancing students' critical thinking and 21st-century skills. Each project aligns with the Common Core State Standards, encouraging exploration and creativity while fostering a deeper understanding of the material.

Develop your students' critical thinking skills and prepare them to perform competitively in the classroom, on state tests, and beyond. In this book, Moore and Stanley show you how to effectively instruct your students to think on higher levels, and how to assess their progress. As states implement the Common Core State Standards, teachers have been called upon to provide higher levels of rigor in their classrooms. Moore and Stanley demonstrate critical thinking as a key approach to accomplishing this goal. They explore the benefits of critical thinking and provide the tools you need to develop and monitor critical thinking skills in the classroom. Topics

Focusing on authentic, real-world learning, this book explores case-based learning as a prominent educational strategy, particularly in fields like medicine and law. It emphasizes how this approach effectively helps students master complex knowledge by engaging them in practical scenarios.