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Active Learning and Student Engagement
International Perspectives and Practices in Geography in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This book examines significant issues in geography teaching and learning from the perspectives of an international network of academic geographers and postgraduate students. Drawing on classroom experiences and research in a wide variety of educational settings, the authors describe conceptually interesting...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Our innovative spirit and creativity lies beneath the comforts and security of today's technologically evolved society. Scientists, inventors, investors, artists and leaders play a vital role in the advancement and transmission of knowledge. Mathematics, in particular, plays a central role in numerous...
The Themes That Bind Us
Simplifying U.S. Supreme Court Cases for the Social Studies Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2018
Teaching U.S. Supreme Court cases can be a daunting task for any social studies teacher, but this book can ease that process. Carefully aligned with the NCSS’ Ten Themes, this teacher’s guide provides thirty-two high-interest U.S. Supreme Court cases edited to a more reader-friendly format while...
Successful Science and Engineering Teaching
Theoretical and Learning Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2017
The intent of this book is to describe how a professor can provide a learning environment that assists students in coming to grips with the nature of science and engineering, to understand science and engineering concepts, and to solve problems in science and engineering courses. The book is based...
Introducing Writing Across the Curriculum into China
Feasibility and Adaptation
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Dr. Wu Dan’s Introducing Writing Across the Curriculum into China is an important and provocative research study that is broadly international in scope. Of particular significance for education in China, this book provides a historical analysis of writing instruction in China and an original application...
A Splintered Vision
An Investigation of U.S. Science and Mathematics Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
A Splintered Vision: An Investigation of U.S. Science and Mathematics Education is the US report on the curriculum analysis component of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) which was sponsored by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement...
Bold Ventures - Volume 1
Patterns Among Innovations in Science and Mathematics Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
This book, based on detailed studies of eight innovations in mathematics and science education, has many insights to offer on current school reform. Since each innovation studied has taken its own unique approach, the set as a whole spans the spectrum from curriculum development to systemic reform,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
The book is divided in 3 sections, each containing several chapters: Section 1 includes chapters that identify and discuss several ethical issues along the food chain, with particular detail of issues in the food industry and in consumer behavior; Section 2 includes chapters that present the basis...
Teaching EFL Learners Shadowing for Listening
Developing learners' bottom-up skills
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Shadowing, an active and highly cognitive technique for EFL listening skill development, in which learners track heard speech and vocalize it simultaneously, is gradually becoming recognized. However, there remain a lot of mysteries and misunderstandings about it. This book uncovers shadowing in terms...
Metacognition in Science Education
Trends in Current Research
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Why is metacognition gaining recognition, both in education generally and in science learning in particular? What does metacognition contribute to the theory and practice of science learning?
Metacognition in Science Education discusses emerging topics at the intersection of metacognition...
Uncertainty and Graphing in Discovery Work
Implications for and Applications in STEM Education
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
This book deals with uncertainty and graphing in scientific discovery work from a social practice perspective. It is based on a 5-year ethnographic study in an advanced experimental biology laboratory. The book shows how, in discovery work where scientists do not initially know what to make of graphs,...
Geoscience Research and Education
Teaching at Universities
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Focusing on geoscience, this book applies a uniquely cross-disciplinary perspective to its examination of the relationship between scientific research and teaching at universities. Contributions show how the use of technology and innovative pedagogical design allows students at different stages of...
by Mary McIntosh
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
All you need to encourage a love and enthusiasm for reading and writing from a young age.
Benefit from the experience of key educators across the Caribbean regions who have carefully designed this resource to give your students exactly the right introduction to the Language Arts curriculum.
-Ensure...
by Gill Matthews
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
All you need to encourage a love and enthusiasm for reading and writing from a young age.
Benefit from the experience of key educators across the Caribbean regions who have carefully designed this resource to give your students exactly the right introduction to the Language Arts curriculum.
-Ensure...