Learning Math With Calculators: Activities for Grades 3-8
Teachers interested in the whys and hows of incorporating calculators into math instruction will benefit enormously from this book. The first part addresses a broad range of questions and concerns raised by teachers. The second part consists of a collection of classroom-tested calculator activities that have been designed to develop children's number sense and problem-solving ability.
With the aim to present the basic principles of stress, rhythm and intonation, this 'oldie goldie' is a graded set of exercises for all stages of learning english. This book, first published in 1951, is the seventh impression dated 1961.
The Touchstone 3 Student's Book presents authentic English with a contemporary design, beautiful color photographs, and engaging illustrations. Lessons are centered on high-interest topics and make learning fun by maximizing the time students spend on interactive, personalized activities.
Studying Service-Learning: Innovations in Education Research Methodology
This volume represents a breakthrough discussion of the research issues surrounding innovative pedagogies. Using service-learning as its focus, it explores ways in which researchers and evaluators can study a teaching and learning approach that has multiple goals, including both academic and affective development. The chapter authors show how to study a topic that is multilayered, complex, and involves the ways in which individuals make meaning of their experiences.
Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn
Look around at today’s youth and you can see how technology has changed their lives. They lie on their beds and study while listening to mp3 players, texting and chatting online with friends, and reading and posting Facebook messages. How does the new, charged-up, multitasking generation respond to traditional textbooks and lectures? Are we effectively reaching today’s technologically advanced youth?
