This new book is based on both an extensive literature review and on the author's long experience in the testing field. It is a timely contribution in this era of burgeoning testing programs, especially in a computer-based environment.

Developing Baseline Communication Skills is a practical resource designed to fit with baseline assessments in primary school. The second edition contains a programme of games and activities to foster personal and social development, and promote language and literacy skills in 3-5 year olds.

Meant for students starting university, this book and accompanying Online Resources present the skills needed to cope with the expectations of study at a Higher Education level. It is aimed at helping you become an independent learner. It concentrates on the trends towards self-learning and takes an 'active learning' approach within the text.

This textbook for pre-service teachers gives pragmatic guidance on the major aspects of literacy teaching, as well as how to draw insight from research and apply it in diverse classrooms.

Following the great success of the earlier books, this fourth book in the Mathematics Recovery series equips teachers with detailed pedagogical knowledge and resources for teaching number to 7 to 11-year olds.

Beautifully written text that discusses key issues surrounding developmental psychology in the early years

This book provides a wide-ranging and in-depth theoretical perspective on dialogue in teaching. It explores the philosophy of dialogism and explains its importance in teaching and learning. The authors present the core concepts of dialogism as a social theory of language and consider the implications of these ideas for pedagogy.

Author Tony Humphreys provides innovative and practical ways to bring about a more positive climate within staffrooms and classrooms.

This updated edition includes a generous selection of user-friendly strategies that help teachers assess struggling learners, students with special needs, children who are performing at grade level, and advanced learners. Included are practical tools that improve student performance and help them take responsibility for their own learning.