The New Taxonomy of Educational Objectives - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412936292 ISBN 13: 9781412936293

Publisher: Corwin, 2006

Synopsis

Thoroughly field-tested and used in a wide variety of educational environments, Marzano′s Taxonomy reflects the most current research and today′s movement to standards-based education.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert J. Marzano is senior scholar at Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) in Aurora, Colorado, associate professor at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and president of Marzano & Associates in Centennial, Colorado. He is the author of 25 books, 150 articles and chapters in books, and 100 sets of curriculum materials for teachers and students in Grades K–12. His works include What Works in Schools: Translating Research Into Action, School Leadership That Works, Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement, Classroom Management That Works, Classroom Instruction That Works, Classroom Assessment and Grading That Work, and A Different Kind of Classroom: Teaching With Dimensions of Learning.

During his 35 years in public education, Marzano has worked in every state multiple times as well as in a host of countries in Europe and Asia. The central theme in his work has been translating research and theory into practical programs and tools for K–12 teachers and administrators.

John S. Kendall is a senior director in research at McREL, where he directs a technical assistance unit that develops and provides standards-related services for schools, districts, states, and other organizations.

An internationally recognized expert in the development and improvement of standards for education, Kendall has consulted for more than 50 school districts and 14 state departments of education as well as education agencies in the U.S. territories and abroad. He has authored or coauthored six books and more than 30 monographs, technical studies, and articles published by American School Board Journal, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and National Association of School Boards, among others. He received his undergraduate and master’s degrees from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Kendall’s current research and technical assistance efforts include working with clients to establish performance standards for the classroom, developing standards for principals, and identifying the knowledge and skills that help students learn.

Review:

"Provides educators with a crisp, new lens to re-examine thinking and learning. Motivation and metacognition, two critical components, are now strategically and meaningfully integrated in a new taxonomy. This revised hierarchy takes us beyond Bloom toward a better understanding of educational theory and practice."
Author: Virginia Cotsis, Secondary Curriculum Specialist Published On: 2006-06-08

"Marzano′s Taxonomy will be of immediate and lasting use to curriculum developers, researchers, preparers of teachers and leaders, and practitioners involved in all aspects of standards-based learning. Timely, clearly written, easy to follow, and filled with strong examples and connections to Bloom′s Taxonomy." Author: Doug Harris, Co-Director Published On: 2006-05-26

"Educational leaders wishing to infuse greater complexity, rigor and substance into the curriculum will immerse themselves in The New Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. The beneficiaries will be teachers who will reach beyond their current achievements and students who will develop the intellectual prowess required to master the intricacies, dichotomies, and ambiguities of life in the 21st and 22nd centuries." Author: Arthur L. Costa, Professor Emeritus Published On: 2006-06-25

"Profound in its insights and challenging in its implications, Marzano′s Taxonomy will influence teaching, assessment, and accountability in every school. The authors force us to confront the gulf between current standards and testing regimes and the opportunity for sustained learning for which the Marzano′s Taxonomy will be the framework." Author: Douglas Reeves, CEO and Founder Published On: 2006-07-07

"A masterful synthesis, incorporating extensive analysis of state and national content standards with insights from cognitive psychology to produce a more contemporary educational schema. Like a new version of computer software, Marzano′s Taxonomy offers a significant upgrade to the classic work of Benjamin Bloom and his colleagues." Author: Jay McTighe, Author and Consultant Published On: 2006-07-07

"Provides fresh ideas and a set of ′thinking protocols′ to help us remember that a primary focus in education must be to develop the mental abilities of our students." Author: Lynn Erickson, Curriculum Design Consultant Published On: 2006-07-01

"A potent tool for designing educational objectives, developing assessments, making state standards more useful to teachers and students, designing curriculum, and formulating a thinking skills curriculum." Author: Carol Ann Tomlinson, Professor of Educational Leadership, Foundations, & Policy Published On: 2006-07-05

"Marzano and Kendall provide the necessary ingredients to help fulfill the rhetoric that all kids can learn―and at a high level of thinking! This book informs work on standards at the state and local levels and provides clear examples to assist teachers in their curriculum and assessment design work." Author: Bena Kallick, Educational Consultant & Vice President Published On: 2006-06-30

"Offers the field of education a well researched, well developed theory of curriculum design and assessment. Guidelines for expanding and extending student learning far surpass previous books of its kind." Author: Carol M. Roberts, Professor of Organizational Leadership Published On: 2006-08-15

"A pioneering approach to critical and higher order thinking skills with implications for designing educational objectives, framing curricula design, and implementing national standards and assessments. To prepare elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching a thinking-based curriculum, this book should be part of every undergraduate and graduate teaching program across the country." Author: Douglas Llewellyn, Professor, Science Education Published On: 2006-09-01

About this edition

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1412936292
• ISBN 13: 9781412936293
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Marzano Robert J., Kendall John S.