Shelly Frei - Teaching Mathematics TodayEnhance your professional resource library with this up-to-date, research-based guide featuring best practices based on solid research and proven methodology. This resource equips teachers with sound educational strategies and resources, and provides interactive elements while promoting a thorough understanding of mathematics and its importance. Designed for new teachers, pre-service educators, or anyone interested in current educational theory and best practices, this book is perfect for staff development sessions.
The Sky is Your Laboratory: Advanced Astronomy Projects for Amateurs
For the experienced amateur astronomer who is wondering if there is something useful, valuable, and permanent that can be done with his or her observational skills, the answer is, "Yes, you can!" This is the book for the experienced amateur astronomer who is ready to take a new step in his or her astronomical journey. Unfortunately, there is no modern text that points curious amateur astronomers to the research possibilities that are open to them.
The Think-Aloud Controversy in Second Language Research (Second Language Acquisition Research Series)
The Think-Aloud Controversy in Second Language Research aims to answer key questions about the validity and uses of think-alouds, verbal reports completed by research participants while they perform a task. It offers an overview of how think-alouds have been used in language research and presents a quantitative meta-analysis of findings from studies involving verbal tasks and think-alouds.
Writing in Foreign Language Contexts: Learning, Teaching, and Research
This book represents the most comprehensive account to date of foreign language (FL) writing. Its basic aim is to reflect critically on where the field is now and where it needs need to go next in the exploration of FL writing at the levels of theory, research, and pedagogy, hence the two parts of the book: 'Looking back' and 'Looking ahead'.
Issues related to gender and sexual diversity in schools can generate a lot of controversy, with many educators and youth advocates under-prepared to address these topics in their school communities. This text offers an easy-to-read introduction to the subject, providing readers with definitions and research evidence, as well as the historical context for understanding the roots of bias in schools related to sex, gender, and sexuality.
