Algebra 1: Concepts and Skills provides a balanced equation for student success. This Student Edition helps students work toward an understandable solution with standardized test preparation in every lesson. The Concepts and Skills program is committed to meeting the needs of all learning levels by providing an accessible approach that helps prepare students for success in algebra. Built-in learning support helps students master concepts one at a time. The texts include visual learning strategies, easy-to-follow examples, and help notes for homework, vocabulary, and problem solving. Practice problems gradually increase in difficulty. Numerous exercises reinforce concepts and ensure that students are ready for assessment success.
Building on her groundbreaking work in "Writing Superheroes, Anne Dyson traces the influence of a wide-ranging set of "textual toys" from children's lives--church and hip-hop songs, rap music, movies, TV, traditional jump-rope rhymes, the words of professional sports announcers and radio deejays--upon school learning and writing. Wonderfully rich portraits of five African American first-graders demonstrate how children's imaginative use of wider cultural symbols enriches their school learning."
What are the realities behind recent press reports suggesting that women students have taken over higher education, both outnumbering males and academically outperforming them? Does women's development during college diverge from the commonly accepted model of cognitive growth? Does pedagogy in higher education take into account their different ways of knowing? Are there still barriers to women's educational achievement?
Was Einstein Wrong? Quantum weirdness defies special relativity Also in this issue: • Nanotube Radios for Microbots • Fighting the TB Pandemic • A Concise Guide to Renewable Power • How Learning Preserves New Brain Cells • Detecting Secret Nuclear Tests
Project brings English to life through motivating topics within a structured learning environment.
It provides a clearly-structured, supportive framework of grammar with the flexibility to allow students to make their own discoveries.
Language is presented in stimulating, realistic contexts.
A high profile is given to skills development from the start of the course.
Cross-curricular project work encourages students to communicate in English about their own lives and experiences.
The strong cultural element helps students to establish a connection between language and life. Students are encouraged to learn about life in Britain and other English-speaking countries, as well as to explore differences and draw comparisons with their own cultures.
Strong emphasis is placed on learner independence: students are encouraged to think about their own learning and reflect on their progress.
The course is enriched by numerous songs, games, and puzzles which make language learning fun.
The fifth level, Project Plus, is a revision level with the emphasis on skills extension, in particular reading and speaking.
