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Learning and Teaching Real World Problem Solving in School Mathematics
A Multiple-Perspective Framework for Crossing the Boundary
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
The ultimate aim of this book is to identify the conceptual tools and the instructional modalities which enable students and teachers to cross the boundary between school mathematics and real world problem solving. The book identifies, examines, and integrates seven conceptual tools, of which five...
The Art and Craft of College Teaching
A Guide for New Professors and Graduate Students
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
The second edition of Rotenberg’s popular guide to college teaching includes additional material on teaching in a digital environment, universal design, and teaching diverse students. As in the first edition, the book provides a hands-on, quick-start guide to the complexities of the college classroom...
Beyond the Flannel Board
Story-Retelling Strategies across the Curriculum
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Prime for course adoption
Teaching tool across many domains of child development
Story retelling is a skill that is measured in Common Core, NAEYC accreditation, and Teaching Strategies GOLD
Contains real-life examples and activities
Provides examples of how to integrate...
by Edgar Stones
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
The purpose of this book is to promote discussion about educational objectives generally and objectives in the teaching of educational psychology in particular. To this end, Part 1 contains a review of the literature concerned with these two subjects, and also reports on investigations into the views...
It’s Not About Grit
Trauma, Inequity, and the Power of Transformative Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Speaking out against decades of injustice and challenging deficit perceptions of young learners and their families, It’s Not About Grit pulls back the veil, revealing the social systems that marginalize and stigmatize mostly poor, urban students of color and their communities. At the same time,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2009
Praise for the previous edition:
'This is a text that should accompany every student teacher of English and find its way on to the shelf of all practising teachers. This book excited me. It is written in a style that makes you want to try out activities and take up challenges. This book will...
Your Teacher Training Companion
Essential skills and knowledge for very busy trainees
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
The second edition of Your Teacher Training Companion is your one-stop-shop for the essential knowledge and skills you need to pass your course with confidence. Guiding you through your time in school and your studies, it will ensure you develop both the practical teaching skills and academic skills...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Courses in computer programming combine a number of different concepts, from general problem-solving to mathematical precepts such as algorithms and computational intelligence. Due to the complex nature of computer science education, teaching the novice programmer can be a challenge. Innovative Teaching...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
This book explores terminology, frameworks, and research being conducted worldwide on virtual manipulatives. It brings together international authors who provide their perspectives on virtual manipulatives in research and teaching. By defining terminology, explaining conceptual and theoretical frameworks,...
by David Rock, Douglas K. Brumbaugh
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Solidly grounded in up-to-date research, theory and technology, Teaching Secondary Mathematics is a practical, student-friendly, and popular text for secondary mathematics methods courses. It provides clear and useful approaches for mathematics teachers, and shows how concepts typically found...
Teaching Information Fluency
How to Teach Students to Be Efficient, Ethical, and Critical Information Consumers
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Teaching Information Fluency describes the skills and dispositions of information fluency adept searchers. Readers will receive in-depth information on what it takes to locate, evaluate, and ethically use digital information.
The book realistically examines the abilities of Internet searchers...
Unplugging the Classroom
Teaching with Technologies to Promote Students' Lifelong Learning
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
Unplugging the Classroom: Teaching with Technologies to Promote Students' Lifelong Learning provides techniques to help teaching and learning in an age where technology untethers instruction from the classroom, from semester seat-time, and from a single source of expertise.
The book brings...
by Lynn Ahlgrim-Delzell Ph.D., Stephanie Al Otaiba Ph.D., Jill Allor
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
How can today’s educators teach academic content to students with moderate and severe developmental disabilities—while helping all students meet Common Core State Standards? This text has answers for K-12 teachers, straight from 37 experts in special and general education. A followup...
The Qualities of a Master Teacher Today
What’s Essential in Reaching All Students
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
The profession of teaching has experienced radical change over the past several years. The movement away from traditional teaching styles has opened up the classroom to exciting and innovative learning experiences. Every day students participate in activities that elicit higher order thinking skills...