Amy L Driscoll

Locust Valley (Images of America)

Locust Valley, a hamlet on the North Shore of Long Island with Quaker roots, grew from an agrarian settlement into a tight-knit community in the exclusive Gold Coast enclave. With its natural beauty, great estates, and elite clubs, Locust Valley and the surrounding villages of Lattingtown, Matinecoc...

Making Outreach Visible: A Guide to Documenting Professional Service and Outreach

Faculty professional service/outreach won’t get the respect and reward accorded other forms of scholarship until it can be documented and subjected to peer review. This companion volume to Lynton’s Making the Case for Professional Service delivers specifics for developing such a review process. The ...

Early Childhood Education, Birth-8: The World of Children, Families, and Educators, MyLabSchool Edition (3rd Edition)

Through the presentation of detailed case studies, this book illustrates and integrates the foundations, key concepts, and developmentally appropriate practices of early childhood education, while fostering professional development. Written to bring the reader into the child's world, the third editi...

Cases in Early Childhood Education: Stories of Programs and Practices

This cognitively-oriented text focuses on learning and instruction, discussing specific applications of learning theories and drawing examples from educational situations and problems. It illustrates concepts concretely, with a variety of examples from primary school to corporate training.

Universal Teaching Strategies, MyLabSchool Edition (4th Edition)

The Fourth Edition continues its emphasis on bridging the gap between theory, research, and practice with a clear and concise style that teachers will surely enjoy integrating into their own classrooms. This text presents teaching from three specific actions–organizing, instructing, and assessing–...

Universal Teaching Strategies (4th Edition)

The Fourth Edition continues its emphasis on bridging the gap between theory, research, and practice with a clear and concise style that teachers will surely enjoy integrating into their own classrooms. This text presents teaching from three specific actions-organizing, instructing, and assessing-an...

Taking Ownership of Accreditation: Assessment Processes that Promote Institutional Improvement and Faculty Engagement

This book demonstrates how a participatory approach to assessment and accreditation in their new forms creates a synergy for learner-centered education. It is a guide to approaching the accreditation process from a campus-wide perspective of ownership--illustrated by rich descriptions of how faculty...

Developing Outcomes-Based Assessment for Learner-Centered Education: A Faculty Introduction

The authors--a once-skeptical chemistry professor and a director of assessment sensitive to the concerns of her teacher colleagues--use a personal voice to describe the basics of outcomes-based assessment. The purpose of the book is to empower faculty to develop and maintain ownership of assessmen...

Universal Teaching Strategies

Cases in Early Education: Stories of Programs & Practices

Universal Teaching Strategies

Early Childhood Education, Birth-8: The World of Children, Families, and Educators

Early Childhood Education, Birth-8: The World of Children, Families, and Educators

Universal Teaching Strategies

Early Childhood Education, Birth-8: The World of Children, Families, and Educators

Early Childhood Education, Birth-8: The World of Children, Families, and Educators