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How should I use technology in my courses? What impact does technology have on student learning? Is distance learning effective? Should I give online tests and, if so, how can I be sure of the integrity of the students' work? These are some of the questions that instructors raise as technology becomes an integral part of the educational experience. In Quick Hits for Teaching with Technology, award-winning instructors representing a wide range of academic...
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Are you looking for a comprehensive guide to harness the power of ChatGPT technology and incorporate it into your classroom? ChatGPT In Education: Enhancing learning with AI-Powered Technology is the perfect guide for educators who want to use ChatGPT to revolutionize their classroom experience. Learn the basics of how to use ChatGPT, as well as how to choose the right tools and best practices for implementation. Plus, get first-hand accounts from...
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This book contains four essays written over twenty-eight years ago while I was teaching writing and literature in the secondary school classroom. The four essays I have included here, published in various English journals over the years, represent what I once believed were original and effective approaches to teaching writing and literature.I do not wish to make apologies for the unpolished prose style of the essays or for arguments I once would have...
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A Short Guide to Academic Writing de-mystifies the process of writing and describes everything that is needed to write in an academic and professional style. Contained are instructions related to the writing process and what the product should look like. Written in a crisp, concise style, Andrew Johnson makes these ideas easily accessible to readers of all levels of writing experience. This text contains information that is appropriate for any undergraduate...
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Shifting to standards-based learning is a big change. Rely on Planning and Teaching in the Standards-Based Classroom to help you move forward with clarity and confidence. Authors Jeff Flygare, Jan K. Hoegh, and Tammy Heflebower have created a must-have guide for teachers that delivers straightforward, practical tools and detailed instructions for everything from lesson planning to proficiency scales to parent communication.
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In Curating Inquiries, Grant Lewis shares his knowledge of curriculum design and inquiry learning garnered from more than 20 years of experience in multiple primary schools both in Australia and internationally. This book explores how schools and teachers can develop a conceptual framework that scaffolds the learning journey while developing inquiries worth learning about.
From looking at how to map curriculum across a year or longer using the framework,...
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Are you committed to teaching, but feeling ineffective?
• Do you feel like you're exhausting yourself in the classroom, and still not impacting at the level of your potential?
• Do you dream of bringing out the best in every student, but lack the know-how?
• Do you want to stop comparing yourself to other teachers and start leveraging your uniqueness to make a difference?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this is the guide...
9) Global High School Classrooms: Unveiling the Tapestry of Learning: Challenges, Triumphs, and the Fut
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Embark on an intellectual journey with "Global High School Classrooms: Unveiling the Tapestry of Learning," a riveting exploration of the dynamic world of high school education on a global scale. In this groundbreaking work, the intricate threads of education weave a tapestry that transcends borders, uncovering the complexities, challenges, and triumphs within classrooms worldwide.Dive into the first chapters, where the geographical variation in high...
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A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning is an inviting conversation with a learned scholar about the content of an authentic liberal arts education. It surveys ideas and books central to the tradition of humanistic education that has fundamentally shaped our country and our civilization. This accessible volume argues for an order and integration of knowledge so that meaning might be restored to the haphazard approach to study currently dominating higher...
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Building anti-racist, anti-oppressive and decolonized teaching and learning practices through transforming knowledge, lesson preparation, classroom management, teaching strategies and assessment. Why Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning Practices? Why Now?"In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist" - Angela Davis"Justice is what love looks like in public" - Cornel West This workbook is a tool of love and justice....
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Embark on a gripping journey through the shadows of history with "The Deadliest Assassins Throughout History," a fascinating exploration of the most lethal individuals who have shaped the course of history from the shadows. We tell these stories in a fun way, easy to understand and captivating graphics. This meticulously researched book delves into the dark world of assassins, revealing:the lives,tactics,and legaciesof the figures who mastered the...
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This edition of the popular book No Fear Coding offers current research, updated tools and more cross-curricular connections for K-5 teachers to integrate into their classes.
Coding has become an essential skill for finding solutions to everyday problems, while computational thinking (CT) teaches reasoning and creativity, and offers an innovative approach to demonstrating content knowledge and seeing mathematical processes in action. No Fear Coding...
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To study history is to learn about oneself. And to fail to grasp the importance of the past-to remain ignorant of the deeds and writing of previous generations-is to bind oneself by the passions and prejudices of the age into which one is born. John Lukacs, one of today's most widely published historians, explains what the study of history entails, how it has been approached over the centuries, and why it should be undertaken by today's students....
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Teaching Africa introduces innovative strategies for teaching about Africa. The contributors address misperceptions about Africa and Africans, incorporate the latest technologies of teaching and learning, and give practical advice for creating successful lesson plans, classroom activities, and study abroad programs. Teachers in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences will find helpful hints and tips on how to bridge the knowledge gap and motivate...
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En el presente texto se presentan una serie de actividades que pueden servir al profesor del primer semestre de matemáticas en bachillerato. Son problemas que, usados adecuadamente, introducen a temas como: expresión simbólica, números naturales y enteros, divisibilidad, entre otros. Sin embrago, la intensión principal, es ayudar al joven en el estudio de estas. La matemática siempre ha sido, ella misma, un problema para la mayoría...
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Getting inspiration for design projects is an important starting stage. The guidebook "How To Get Inspiration From Nature" provides in-depth information on how designers can take inspiration from Mother Nature and make their designs more appealing and beautiful. The book covers a vast range of topics that explain nature's influence on design.Here is a glimpse of a few topics covered in this ebook:1: The Influence of Nature in Design2: Design-Nature...
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¿Alguna vez has estado muy seguro de una idea y resultó ser falsa? ¿Porque la habías aprendido en el colegio? ¿Porque te lo había dicho una Inteligencia Artificial?
¿Te has cuestionado la veracidad de lo que sabías hasta ahora? ¿No? De eso va este libro. No de preguntas cuya respuesta desconoces, sino de preguntas cuya respuesta científica crees conocer (y, por lo tanto, no cuestionas) y de por qué sucede esto.
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No nation in modern history has had a more powerful sense of its own distinctiveness than the United States. Yet few Americans understand the immensely varied sources of that sense and the fascinating debates that have always swirled around our attempts to define "America" with greater precision. All too many have come to regard the study of their national history as tedious, just as they fail to embrace the past as something in which they must be...
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