{"product_id":"9781571107480","title":"Better Answers, Second Edition: Written Performance That Looks Good and Sounds Smart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Student's writing skills are improving tremendously… Last year's fourth-graders started using the sandwich method mid-year and almost all of them scored in the highest possible category when they took the state's standardized English-language arts test just a few months later.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Wells Central Schools, NY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWells Central is just one of numerous schools that attribute their success to Ardith Davis Cole's Better Answers process. Since 2002, her book \u003ci\u003eBetter Answers\u003c\/i\u003e has offered teachers and school districts a powerful alternative to \"test-prep\" workbooks. It presents a dramatically different instructional model that helps students construct thoughtful test responses, but it also prepares them for any task requiring thorough, cogent answers to questions and prompts — both in and out of school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, with students tested more frequently than ever, and with teachers increasingly concerned about incorporating substantive test-taking skills into children's learning, Ardith Cole responds with a new updated and expanded edition of \u003ci\u003eBetter Answers\u003c\/i\u003e. Informed by Ardith's ongoing work in classrooms where students struggle over constructed-response tasks, the new edition makes the Better Answers \"sandwich\" even easier to implement. The book has also been significantly reorganized, as well as expanded to include two new chapters, \"Understanding the Prompt\" and \"What to do When.\" Also included is a resource-packed CD-ROM that contains everything teachers need to support their lessons and is a great tool for staff development:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elesson plans for text-based and self-based responses;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epower point slides, charts, and other visual supports;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esets of sample texts with prompts;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esample student responses;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eassessment forms;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eextensive bibliography of print and online resources.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Better Answers process is easy to grasp and uses a gradual-release instructional process that begins with teacher modeling, invites increasing amounts of student participation, and eventually moves students into independent response writing. The book clearly explains each element of the process and provides helpful activities, authentic classroom vignettes, and tips on how to handle typical stumbling blocks along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stenhouse Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47063653056752,"sku":"9781571107480","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781571107480_p0.jpg?v=1763795546","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781571107480","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}