Education Sources
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Background Information: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Handbooks
Use these sources to define terms and concepts in education and locate important facts quickly. Consult encyclopedias at the beginning of a research project to obtain a concise overview of a concept, school of thought, or a particular educator's contribution to the field.The American Heritage English as a Second Language Dictionary
1st Floor, Reference 423 A5121a
This dictionary is specially designed to suit the need of intermediate of advanced English as a second language students and prepares them to use standard American dictionaries.
Assessing Learning in the Classroom
3rd Floor 371.271 M17a
This paperback explains why there is a need for ongoing assessment of student learning. The following topics are mentioned: large-scale versus classroom assessment, effective classroom assessment, assessment approaches and methods, evaluation methods and roles, communication and feedback methods. A glossary and references accompany the book.
Authentic Assessment: A Handbook for Educators
3rd Floor 371.26 H32a
This is a complete guide to authentic assessment, including information on portfolio assessment, scoring and grading, and implementing authentic assessment.
Children's Health
1st Floor, Reference 618.92003 C53c 2 vols.
This book provides an alphabetical listing of excerpts from articles dealing with a wide range of special education topics.
Concise Encyclopedia of Special Education
1st Floor, Reference 371.903 E56e
This book provides an alphabetical listing of excerpts from articles dealing with a wide range of special education topics.
Curriculum-Based Assessment: The Easy Way
3rd Floor 371.264 J76c
This book gives educators a highly specific, step-by-step approach to building curriculum-based assessment in the areas of reading word recognition, reading comprehension, content reading, mathematics, and written expression. Each chapter offers detailed, easy-to-read, and easy-to-follow instructions for the assessment construction process. Examples are also included.
Encyclopedia of American Education
1st Floor, Reference 370.973 U57e 3 vols.
These volumes provide paragraph-length definitions for many education-related terms. The appendices include a chronology and information on significant legislation relating to education. It also includes a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. which offer undergraduate and/or graduate programs in education.
Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education
1st Floor, Reference 372.2103 E56e
This book includes chapters on the historical and philosophical aspects of early childhood education and the early childhood curriculum. A chapter focusing on the early childhood educator is included as well.
Encyclopedia of Educational Research
1st Floor, Reference 370.78 E56e, 4 vols.
This is a collection of articles relating to all aspects of educational research. The entries are organized under sixteen topic headings, and these headings are broken down into more specific topics. A directory of those contributing articles is also given.
Encyclopedia of Family Life
1st Floor, Reference 306.85 E56e, 5 vols.
"Encyclopedia of the Family brings together ...up-to-date discussions of the full range of family issues that confront modern society in Canada and the United States. The set offers 452 alphabetically arranged essays addressing family subjects from a variety of perspectives. Essays define terms, discuss controversies, and cover historical trends and events, health concerns, laws, court cases, people, organizations, and much more."
Facts on File Dictionary of Education
1st Floor, Reference 370.3 S52f
This book provides concise listings of definitions of education-related terms.
Handbook of Child Psychology, 4 vols.
1st Floor, Reference 155.4 H236h
The fifth edition of this reference set offers in-depth exploration of the social, emotional, moral, perceptual, cognitive, linguistic and applied aspects of child psychology.
Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 7vols.
1st Floor, Reference 155.4 H236h
The fifth edition of this reference set offers in-depth exploration of the social, emotional, moral, perceptual, cognitive, linguistic and applied aspects of child psychology.
How Students Learn: Reforming Schools Through Learner-Centered Education
3rd Floor 371.102 H847h
Leaders in the psychological and educational communities suggest that successful school reform must not only uphold standards but also must recognize students' differences and unique learning styles. This volume examines current research on how students learn and presents the theoretical perspectives and research findings of leading authors in educational psychology.
The Large Print American Heritage Dictionary
1st Floor, Reference 423 L32L
This general dictionary is printed in large print. It includes a style guide, weights and measures, a guide to the metric system, metric conversion chart, and states of the U.S.
Learning About Education Through Statistics
1st Floor, Federal Documents ED 1.302:L 47/7/999
A small publication by the National Center for Education Statistics that provides information about the center, what they do, how they can be helpful statistically, services they provide, and other recent information has been published
The Literacy Dictionary: The Vocabulary of Reading and Writing
1st Floor, Reference 372.403 L77L
This volume is designed to aid in the understanding of terms dealing with literacy.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
1st Floor, Reference 423 M568m
This dictionary has been specially created to serve the needs of a broad audience who use English to communicate.
NTC's American English Learner's Dictionary: The Essential Vocabulary of American Language and Culture
1st Floor, Reference 423 N96n
This dictionary is designed specifically for persons who are seeking to improve their knowledge of the English language as it is used in the U. S. Sentences that include each word follow the definition.
Performance-based Student Assessment
3rd Floor 70 N27 1996
This two volume work discusses authentic assessment, its effectiveness as a testing tool, and the effects of performance-based testing at state and national levels.
Restructuring Around Standards: A Practitioner's Guide to Design and Implementation
3rd Floor 379.158 F72r
A practical, hands-on guide to take you through the process of developing and implementing standards for your school or district. It brings together the tips and techniques needed to change the fundamentals of education in your school or district. Learn how to zoom in on the learner, build a curriculum's strength and quality, improve how teacher's teach the school's curriculum, and focus on the vital roles of teacher and student.
Students as Researchers: Creating Classrooms that Matter
3rd Floor 370.78 S93s
This book considers teachers and students as scholars/researchers who are first, and foremost, knowledge producers. It argues that a good education should prepare students as researchers who can 'read the world' in such a way that they can not only understand it but they can change it with regard to issues of social justice and equity. Theoretically grounding student research, pedagogy and student research, and a conclusion are the parts of this book.
Talent and Diversity: The Emerging World of Limited English Proficient Students in Gifted Education
GOV DOC ED 1.302:T 14/2
This publication focuses on some of the key issues that surround any substantive discussion of limited English proficient students and gifted education.
Talking About Tests: An Idea Book for State Leaders
1st Floor, Federal Documents ED 1.2:T 28/2
This publication presents ideas for state leaders on how to better inform parents about the issues surrounding changes in statewide assessments and how to better report the results of those assessments to parents so that they are more meaningful. Sections are divided into the following: perspectives, simplifying the message, making test results more meaningful, and "making things work" at the state level.
The Way We Were?: The Myths and Realities of America's Student Achievement
3rd Floor 371.01 R84w
The following are the contents of this book in regard to the title: our failing public schools, it just doesn't add up, evidence: then and now, national tests, improvement in the education of minority students, and getting back to basics. An index is included.
Why National Standards and Tests?: Politics and the Quest for Better Schools
3rd Floor 379.158 J54w
This book gives the reader a behind-the-scenes look at how Congress and the Executive Branch have wrestled with the issue of national standards and tests and reviews the major debates about whether or not there should be testable national standards for all American schools. Additionally, it presents an informative and provocative account of how national leaders in business and government encouraged setting higher academic standards by establishing national standards for the schools; proposing national tests to measure academic mastery by students; and aiding states and school districts to develop their own standards and tests.
Certification
Check the certification requirements in each state with these sources. You can also check state requirements online by following the link to State Teacher Certification Requirements on the Education WWW Resources page.
Requirements for Certification: Teachers, Librarians, Administrators for Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Junior Colleges
1st Floor, Reference 379.157 R42r
This reference work provides certification requirements in all fifty states and United States possessions and territories.
Teacher Quality: A Report on the Preparation and Qualifications of Public School Teachers
1st Floor, Federal Documents ED 1.126:99-80
This in-depth report looks at two broad elements that characterize teacher quality: teacher preparation and qualifications, and teaching practices. It focuses on the priority to improve the quality of teachers in every classroom.
Directories
Use these sources to locate concise information about K-12 schools in the United States and find professional organizations in the field of education.
Encyclopedia of Associations
1st Floor, Reference 061.3 E56e
This is a comprehensive source of detailed information concerning 22,000 nonprofit American membership organizations of national scope. This includes organizations for education and related disciplines.
Market Data Retrieval's CIC School Directories
1st Floor, Reference, 370.2573 M34mo
MDR's school directories are a comprehensive reference source for providing data on public school districts and schools, Catholic and other independent schools, and regional and county centers in all fifty states. Owens Library has MDR directories for Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and Ohio.
Patterson's Elementary Education
1st Floor, Reference 372.973 P31p
This directory includes listings for 13,000 public school districts, 63,000 public elementary schools and 13,000 private and Catholic elementary schools in the United States. It includes directory information for kindergarten schools, primary schools, intermediate schools, elementary schools, middle schools and K-12 schools.
Patterson's American Education
1st Floor, Reference 370 P31p
This directory includes entries for 11,100 public schools districts, 28,000 public secondary schools, 4,600 private and Catholic secondary schools and more than 6,000 post-secondary schools in the United States. It includes directory information for middle schools, junior high schools, junior-senior high schools, high schools, K-12 schools and vocational-technical schools.
Dissertation Sources
Locate dissertations on education topics with these reference sets. For a more in-depth description of these dissertation sources check out the Education Research Guide page.
Comprehensive Dissertation Index 1861-present
3rd Floor 015.73 D61c
This resource includes citations for most doctoral dissertations accepted in North America since 1861. It is an annual cumulation that indexes Dissertation Abstracts International by subject.
Dissertation Abstracts International
3rd Floor 015.73 D61d
This index is a monthly compilation of abstracts or summaries of dissertations submitted to Bell & Howell Information and Learning by more than 500 international institutions. Author, keyword, and subject indexing are available for Dissertation Abstracts International. Request an online search from 1993 to the present at the Library Services Desk.
Education Law
Use these sources to find legal information that pertains to schools and educators. You will also want to consult the Academic Universe Legal Research database to search for federal and state cases concerning education issues.
Deskbook Encyclopedia of American School Law
1st Floor, Reference 344.7307 D45d
This one volume source is an encyclopedic compilation of state and appellate court decisions which affect education.
School Law Reporter/National Organization on Legal Problems of Education
2nd Floor, Periodicals KF 4114 .N35 (current five years)
This service reports on federal and state law cases that pertain to education each month.
U.S. Supreme Court Education Cases
3rd Floor 344.7307 U58u
This source is a comprehensive guide to Supreme Court decisions that relate to education law.
Find Education Articles
For a list of periodical databases appropriate for education, link to the Find the Subject Database You Need page Curriculum & Instruction/Educational Leadership.Statistics
Use these compendiums of statistics to find education statistics about states and the nation as a whole. For links to Web versions of The Condition of Education and Digest of Education Statistics, follow the links available on Columbia University's Government Documents Ready Reference Collection.
1990 Census of Population and Housing
1st Floor, Reference GOV DOC C .223/23:990 CPH-5
The Census of population and housing contains selected statistical tables on educational attainment and school enrollment. A Web-based version is available at the Census Bureau site.
The Condition of Education
1st Floor, Reference GOV DOC ED 1.109
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) gathers and publishes information on the status and progress of education in the United States.
County and City Data Book
Reference 317.3 C85c (Most recent print edition)
This series contains United States education statistics such as educational attainment and school enrollment focusing on counties and cities.
Digest of Education Statistics
1st Floor, Reference GOV DOC ED 1.326
The primary purpose of the Digest is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from kindergarten through graduate school.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
1st Floor, Federal Documents C 3.134: (Most recent print edition)
As the national data book, this volume contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States, including data on educational attainment and school enrollment.
Tests and Measurements
Use these sources to find reviews of tests and measures and to determine how to acquire a test in print. For a more complete explanation of test and measurement sources for education check the Education Research Guide page.ERIC/AE Test Locator
This World Wide Web page allows you to search for citations of reviews of educational and psychological tests and measures that The Buros Institute of Mental Measurements and ProEd (book publisher) have included in their directories. In addition you can locate tests for the ETS collection with the ETS/ERIC Test file locator.
ETS Test Collection Catalog
1st Floor, Reference 016.37126 E85e 2 vols.
This set includes both unpublished research instruments and commercially-available tests and questionnaires owned by the test collection of the Educational Testing Service. Search for tests available in the ETS collection by using the ETS Test File locator.
Mental Measurements Yearbook
1st Floor, Reference 016.37126 M54m 12 vols.
This series contains the most extensive coverage of published standardized tests commercially available in the English-speaking world. There is a guide to the use of this set located in the Reference area. To search for tests listed in Mental Measurements Yearbook use the ERIC/AE Test Locator.
Test Critiques
1st Floor, Reference 150.287 T342t 8 vols.
This set produces one volume a year containing approximately 100 test reviews annually. The indexing is not as extensive as Mental Measurements Yearbook, and the reviews are not as descriptive. To ensure complete coverage of any one test, consult both sources. To search for tests listed in Test Critiques use the ERIC/AE Test Locator.
Tests in Print IV
1st Floor, Reference 016.37126 T3452t 1994
This is a supplement to Mental Measurements Yearbook and serves as a comprehensive index to in-print tests covered by the first eight Mental Measurements volumes. Tests in Print I-III are also available in Reference area.
Library Catalog
Use this link to identify and locate books, periodical titles and audiovisual materials that pertain to education topics available in Owens Library. The Library Catalog FAQs page contains hints for searching the Library Catalog by subject and keyword.
Owens Library Services
Interlibrary Loan Service
If a book or article is identified that is not available in Owens Library, request the item through Interlibrary Loan. There is a fee of $1.00 per article. Use the online interlibrary loan forms to send requests online.
Help with Research
Students can sign up for an individual appointment with library staff on the best approaches for doing library research. Ask for details at the Library Services Desk.
Teaching Resources Area
Holdings in the Teaching Resources Area include curriculum materials, field studies and research papers by graduate education students at Northwest Missouri State University, and videotapes.To locate curriculum materials, field studies, research papers or videotapes use tips on the Frequently Asked Questions page to search the Library Catalog.
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