Information Age Publishing imprint: 1717 books
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
This Research in Organizational Sciences volume to explore and question the received wisdom of organizational sciences. The chapters in this volume (and the companion volume) seek to establish boundary conditions for important organizational constructs and processes. They illustrate the importance...
Computers and Their Impact on State Assessments
Recent History and Predictions for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
The Race To The Top program strongly advocates the use of computer technology in assessments. It dramatically promotes computerbased testing, linear or adaptive, in K12 state assessment programs. Moreover, assessment requirements driven by this federal initiative exponentially increase the complexity...
The Perfect Norm
How to Teach Differentially, Assess Effectively, and Manage a Classroom Ethically in Ways That Are
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Our goal in writing this book was to validate teachers for strong efforts in their life’s work. We often observe teachers’ frustrations with what they perceive to be a multitude of different “hot topics” in education that they must attend to now, but which they expect to come and go, like...
Instructional Technology
The Definition and Domains of the Field
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
The Association officially endorses this definition of Instructional Technology which has been developed over three years by the Committee on Definition and Terminology. The Association recognizes that other theoretical frameworks exist and that these are valid, but believes that these are part of...
by Steven W. Schmidt, Kathleen P. King
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Case studies have become a widelyused instructional tool in many educational environments. The use of case studies began in the 1950s at Harvard Business School. Today, they may be used as part of a course of study, or as the main focus of a course, to which other material is added. While the use of...
Stress and Quality of Working Life
Current Perspectives in Occupational Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
This book was developed for the 2005 International Stress Management Association Conference in Brazil. The original book was recently published in Portuguese, but because of the popularity of the topics and the worldrenowned stress scholars who contributed chapters, we are very pleased to have the...
Crossnational Information and Communication
Technology Policy and Practices in Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2003
On the Move
Mobile Learning for Development
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
This book integrates research, action research, best practice and case studies detailing how some educators have embraced the opportunities afforded by mobile learning. In particular, it brings together a range of scenarios, solutions and discussions relating to mobile learning in development and other...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Political rhetoric and popular concern about the presence in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe of immigrants from predominantly-Muslim societies has remained largely detached from the actual reality of the lives and the contributions of these immigrants and their children. The studies...
Podcasting for Teachers Revised 2nd Edition
Using a New Technology to Revolutionize Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
This book introduces and explains this important new technology from the perspective of educators. It also provides new insights into the ways that technology can provide solutions to instructional needs that have not been sufficiently addressed until now. Not only does it provide concrete explanations,...
Wise Social Studies in an Age of HighStakes Testing
Essays on Classroom Practices and Possibilities
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
The chapters in this volume illustrate how teachers are bringing creativity, higherorder thinking, and meaningful learning activities into particular school settings despite pressures of standards and testing. We chose the word wise for the title of this book, and we use it frequently to describe...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
The purpose of the volume is to explore the theory, development and use of visual displays and graphic organizers to improve instruction, learning and research. We anticipate five sections that address (1) frameworks for understanding different types of displays, (2) researchtested guidelines for...
An Awkward Echo
Matthew Arnold and John Dewey
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Matthew Arnold, 19th century English poet, literary critic and school inspector, felt that each age had to determine that philosophy that was most adequate to its own concerns and contexts. This study looks at the influence that Matthew Arnold had on John Dewey and attempts to fashion a philosophy of...
Critical Questions, Critical Perspectives
Language and the Second Language Educator
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
Critical Questions, Critical Perspectives: Language and the Second Language Educator is intended primarily for language educators, broadly conceived, and thus is appropriate for not only foreign language teachers, but also individuals teaching English to speakers of other languages in both Anglophone...