Teaching Beyond the Test: Differentiated Project-Based Learning in a Standards-Based Age, Grades 6 & Up

by Phil Schlemmer M.Ed., Dori Schlemmer

Help students meet curriculum benchmarks while being challenged to learn more than just how to take tests. This resource presents proven strategies for differentiation (flexible grouping, choice boards, tiered assignments, and more) and a dozen projects that model the strategies. All projects are aligned with content standards and can be easily adapted for English/language arts, math, social studies, and science classes. Designed for use by any teacher who wants to do more than "teach to the test". Projects align with rigorous, comprehensive content standards for English/language arts, math, social sciences, and science. Digital content includes all customizable reproducible student forms plus four complete bonus projects.

Genres: Nonfiction, Education

256 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2007

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting ideas for projects but most are paper based and do not utilize technology in any way. This book was most useful in presenting differentiation ideas for the classroom and had plenty of ready-made strategies that you could use tomorrow. The focus project examples were best for middle school.