Get Smart!: Nine Sure Ways to Help Your Child Succeed in School - Hardcover

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Ronald Dietel, Ed.D., is an assistant director of the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) at UCLA. He has written articles and videos on educational topics and has served on the La Cañada (CA) Unified School District Governing Board. His two children attend school in California.

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Praise for Get Smart!

"With his extensive knowledge of what works in education, Ron Dietel presents a compelling series of proven approaches to student success in school. A must-read for teachers and parents as well as school-age children!"
Jim Kohlmoos, president, National Education Knowledge Industry Association (NEKIA)

"Wow, I wish Ron Dietel's book had been available when we were raising our children. The succinct and credible descriptions of real life experiences in nurturing children to become successful is a must read for all parents. A gem of a book!"
Gregory Bowman, superintendent, Burbank Unified School District, California

"This is a very positive book. Dietel shares hundreds of constructive ideas, including many from experts in education, of how parents may be involved with children's learning across the grades."
Joyce L. Epstein, director, Center on School, Family, andCommunity Partnerships, Johns Hopkins University

"Dietel has combined theory with parental experience to produce an eminently practical, hands-on guide. ?Any parent who wants to help a child learn will find Get Smart! an invaluable tool."
Kathy Seal, coauthor, Motivated Minds: Raising Children to Love Learning

"However well your child is doing in school today, he or she can get better by following Ron Dietel's Get Smart strategies."
Donna Elder, former principal, Corinne A. Seeds University Elementary School, and president-elect, National Association of Laboratory Schools

Aus dem Klappentext

What does it take for students to succeed in today's tough academic world of high-stakes testing and increased competition to get into the best colleges? A growing body of research shows that substantial increases in academic achievement are possible when parents, teachers, and students work in partnership. Student ability, while important, is not the forever factor in student success. Parents in particular have a very strong influence over what, how much, and how well their children learn in school.

How can parents help their children from preschool through high school keep up and succeed? In Get Smart! Nine Sure Ways to Help Your Child Succeed in School, Ron Dietel of the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing at UCLA, has synthesized the latest research on education and combined it with real-world strategies from leading education researchers to come up with the Get Smart Learning Model. He explains the nine components of the Model?ability, effort, attitudes and beliefs, school quality, teacher quality, school learning habits, home learning habits, evaluation, and communications?and gives practical advice on how parents can help children of any age and any ability, or disability, improve in each of these categories.

Any time is a good time to start your children on the road to academic success. So don't wait to help your child Get Smart!