Excel Test Skills - Selective Schools and Scholarship Mathem atics Tests Year 5-6 is a comprehensive study guide for the select ive school and scholarship tests (usually undertaken in Year 6). The boo k contains hundreds of multiple choice questions based on the three majo r strands of maths - numeration, measurement and space - so students can prepare for exams with a minimum of stress and maximum resu lts. This book is intended to give you the opportunity of doing a variety of questions based on the three major strands of Mathematics (N umeration, Measurement and Space). The more familiar you are with the ma terial the more confident you will feel - and the better you will do in your tests. In this book your child will find: an in troductory section on how best to approach selective school and scholars hip test examinations hundreds of practice multiple choice ques tions answers to every question explanations that outl ine the thinking skills required for each question nine complet e practice tests

Originally published in 1994, this is a reprint of 19 practice papers in mathematics which follow the format used for year 6 selective and independent school testing and senior primary scholarship examinations. All are multiple-choice questions, conform to national curriculum guidelines and are based on previous papers. Answers included. Designed to complement 'Mathematics Tests for Selective and Independent Schools and for Scholarship Examinations'.

Originally published in 1992. This book brings together the work of a number of distinguished international researchers engaged in basic research on beginning reading. Individual chapters address various processes and problems in learning to read - including how acquisition gets underway, the contribution of story listening experiences, what is involved in learning to read words, and how readers represent information about written words in memory. In addition, the chapter contributors consider how phonological, onset-rime, and syntactic awareness contribute to reading acquisition, how learning to spell is involved, how reading ability can be explained as a combination of decoding skill plus listening comprehension skill, and what causes reading difficulties and how to study these causes.

Shifting faculty roles in a changing landscape Ernest L. Boyer's landmark book Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate challenged the publish-or-perish status quo that dominated the academic landscape for generations. His powerful and enduring argument for a new approach to faculty roles and rewards continues to play a significant part of the national conversation on scholarship in the academy. Though steeped in tradition, the role of faculty in the academic world has shifted significantly in recent decades. The rise of the non-tenure-track class of professors is well documented. If the historic rule of promotion and tenure is waning, what role can scholarship play in a fragmented, unbundled academy? Boyer offers a still much-needed approach. He calls for a broadened view of scholarship, audaciously refocusing its gaze from the tenure file and to a wider community. This expanded edition offers, in addition to the original text, a critical introduction that explores the impact of Boyer's views, a call to action for applying Boyer's message to the changing nature of faculty work, and a discussion guide to help readers start a new conversation about how Scholarship Reconsidered applies today.