Research Guides: ENGL 1301 SO Harvey: Student success

Topics and Subtopics

What is the best way to help students succeed?

Topics and subtopics:

learning styles
learning environments
standardized testing
Montessori schooling
Home schooling
public vs. private school
Higher education debt
Financial aid
Tuition costs
Academic resources
Employability of college graduates

Books, Ebooks, and Videos from the Library

Pocket PAL by Barbara Prashnig
Call Number: LB1051 .P665 2006
ISBN: 9781855391499
Publication Date: 2006-12-16
Helping to maximise your pupil's potential

Here is a small sampling of what items are available from the South Campus Library on your topic. Books in the library are organized by subject, use the call numbers below to find more books on the same subject.

Cognitive Styles and Learning Strategies
Call Number: BF311 .R49 1998
ISBN: 1853464805
Publication Date: 1998-03-01
Cognitive style may well turn out to be the missing element in the study of individual differences. This text integrates and reviews research on style differences in learning and behaviour, and looks at how to assess style in adults and children.
Assessing Conditions to Enhance Educational Effectiveness by George D. Kuh; Jillian Kinzie; John H. Schuh; Elizabeth J. Whitt
Call Number: LB2343.32 .A76 2005
ISBN: 9780787982201
Publication Date: 2005-09-27
From the authors of Student Success in College, the book that describes the policies, programs, and practices of twenty colleges and universities that have created success-oriented campus cultures and learning environments'comes the next-step resource to help an institution assess whether these conditions exist. The authors present the Inventory for Student Engagement and Success (ISES), a self-guided framework for conducting a comprehensive, systematic, institutionwide analysis.
Student Success Secrets by Eric P. Jensen; Tom Kerr (Illustrator)
Call Number: LB1049 .J43 1996
ISBN: 9780812094886
Publication Date: 1996-07-01
The Case Against Standardized Testing by Alfie Kohn
Call Number: LB3060.3 .K64 2000
ISBN: 0325003254
Publication Date: 2000-09-08
The Case Against Standardized Testing will help readers respond to common questions and challenges - showing, for example, that: high scores often signify superficial thinking many leading tests were never intended to measure teaching or learning a school that improves its test results may well have lowered its standards to do so far more meaningful measures of student learning - or social quality - are available
Making Sense of Test-Based Accountability in Education by Laura Hamilton; Brian Stecher; Stephen P. Klein
Call Number: This book is available online, click the title above.
ISBN: 0833031619
Publication Date: 2002-11-18
Examining the state of the art in achievement testing and how testing and accountabiltiy can be used most effectively to promote positive educational outcomes.
Montessori Method by María Montessori
Call Number: LB775 .M7613 1988b
ISBN: 0805209220
Publication Date: 1988-10-30
This book is Montessori's own exposition of the theory behind her innovative educational techniques. She shows parents, teachers and administrators how to "free a child to learn through his own efforts".
Homeschooling by Noah Berlatsky
Call Number: South Social Issues LC40 .H6412 2010
ISBN: 9780737749687
Publication Date: 2010-06-18
Education by Mary E. Williams
Call Number: LA217.2 .E37 2000
ISBN: 0737701250
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
Standardized testing, No Child Left Behind, diversity, and character education are among the topics covered in this newly updated anthology. Chapters include: What is the State of Education? Are Alternatives to Public Education Viable? What Role Should Religious and Moral Values Play in Public Education? How Could Public Education Be Improved?
The Student Loan Scam by Alan Michael Collinge
Call Number: This book is available online, click the title above.
ISBN: 9780807042298
Publication Date: 2009-02-01
In this in-depth exploration and expos of the predatory nature of the student loan industry, Collinge argues that student loans have become the most uncompetitive and oppressive type of debt in American history. In this clarion call for social action, the author offers pragmatic solutions.
Debt by Christina Fisanick
Call Number: HG3756.U54 D43 2010
ISBN: 9780737742022
Publication Date: 2009-11-20

Search Terms

Use key terms to search the library databases. Search terms might include:

Learning styles
Learning environments
School dress codes
Standardized testing
Montessory schooling
Home schooling
Public education
Private education
Higher education debt
Financial aid
Tuition costs
Academic Resources (tutoring, counseling, etc.)
College graduates and jobs

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