Methods category: 10193 books
Experiencing School Mathematics
Traditional and Reform Approaches To Teaching and Their Impact on Student Learning, Revised and Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2002
NORTH AMERICAN RIGHTS ONLY: This is a revised edition of Experiencing School Mathematics first published in 1997 by Open University Press, © Jo Boaler. This revised edition is for sale in North America only.
The first book to provide direct evidence for the effectiveness of traditional and reform-oriented...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Professional development of educators is an complex process through which teachers strive continuously for pedagogical improvement. In that sense, professional growth benefits learners and teachers while also promoting the quality of the schools, colleges, and academic departments where it takes place....
Integrating Innovation in Architecture
Design, Methods and Technology for Progressive Practice and Research
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
Today’s design professionals are faced with challenges on all fronts. They need not only to keep in step with rapid technological changes and the current revolution in design and construction processes, but to lead the industry. This means actively seeking to innovate through design research, raising...
Revitalizing Read Alouds
Interactive Talk About Books with Young Children, PreK–2
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
How can educators and other professionals caring for children extend the learning potential of read alouds? This book is designed to help teachers, special education specialists, and speech-language pathologists achieve two objectives: 1) how to interact with children around books in ways that are...
Applying Dialogic Pedagogy
A Case Study of Discussion-Based Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Recent academic research criticizes the effectiveness of traditional lecturing methods and instead shows the pedagogical effectiveness of active learning methods, especially discussion-based education. Drawing on the dialogic writings of Bakhtin, Freire, and Habermas, this study reviews the five primary...
by John Olive, Leslie P. Steffe
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2009
Children’s Fractional Knowledge elegantly tracks the construction of knowledge, both by children learning new methods of reasoning and by the researchers studying their methods. The book challenges the widely held belief that children’s whole number knowledge is a distraction from their learning...
Your Science Classroom
Becoming an Elementary / Middle School Science Teacher
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Your Science Classroom: Becoming an Elementary / Middle School Science Teacher, by authors M. Jenice "Dee" Goldston and Laura Downey, is a core teaching methods textbook for use in elementary and middle school science methods courses. Designed around a practical, "practice-what-you-teach"...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2019
National efforts have been made to encourage technology integration in teacher preparation with expectations for frequent and successful applications with K-12 learners. While online learning has become pervasive in many fields in education, it has been somewhat slow to catch on in K-12 settings....
by Xiufeng Liu
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2009
A concise science assessment text that helps K–12 teachers master the effective science assessment methods that lead to improved student learning
Presenting both traditional and innovative assessment methods integral to science teaching and learning, Essentials of Science Classroom Assessment...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
As an area of research that continues to develop, the study of linguistics worldwide presents the opportunity for the improvement of cross-cultural communication through education and research. Language educators are charged with the task of instructing students to effectively communicate across cultures...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018
The field of education is in constant flux as new theories and practices emerge to engage students and improve the learning experience. Globalization has created new challenges for mathematics educators as they are compelled to respond to the shifting patterns and practices of everyday life and stay...
by Speedy Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
The rudiments of Calculus methods are ordered with an immense degree of specificity. Formulaic applications of universal problems are often best solved with an easily illustrated reference. An annotated chart of the most common and universally-applied Calculus formulas and symbols is a handy way to...
Procurement in the Construction Industry
The Impact and Cost of Alternative Market and Supply Processes
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2006
Do recent moves in the construction industry towards collaborative working and other new procurement procedures really make good business sense? Procurement in the Construction Industry is the result of research into this question and it includes the first rigorous categorizing of the differences...
by Maria Montessori
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
This is, quite simply, one of the landmark books in the history of education. Written by influential Italian educator Maria Montessori (1870–1952), it describes a new system for educating young children based on materials and methods she originally developed to teach retarded students. The techniques...