Download or read book Improving the Textbook Selection Process written by M. Jean Young and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving the textbook selection process case studies of the textbook adoption guidelines project written by Janice A. Dole and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Overview of Suggested Procedures for Improving Methods of Textbook Selection written by University of the State of New York. Bureau of Elementary Curriculum Development and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving the Textbook Selection Process written by M. Jean Young and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This booklet addresses the question of what is wrong with textbooks and then shows how textbooks can be improved through the selection process. A conceptual scheme is proposed as the basis of the selection process. Specific attributes and features to look for when selecting textbooks, based on this conceptual scheme, are discussed. Five categories of selection criteria are discussed: (1) needs analysis; (2) subject-matter content; (3) social content; (4) readability; and (5) instructional design. A 35-item bibliography is included. (SI)
Download or read book Guide for Textbook Selection written by Cooperative Council on Inservice Education. Committee on Textbook Selection and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Make It Stick written by Peter C. Brown and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer concrete techniques for becoming more productive learners. Memory plays a central role in our ability to carry out complex cognitive tasks, such as applying knowledge to problems never before encountered and drawing inferences from facts already known. New insights into how memory is encoded, consolidated, and later retrieved have led to a better understanding of how we learn. Grappling with the impediments that make learning challenging leads both to more complex mastery and better retention of what was learned. Many common study habits and practice routines turn out to be counterproductive. Underlining and highlighting, rereading, cramming, and single-minded repetition of new skills create the illusion of mastery, but gains fade quickly. More complex and durable learning come from self-testing, introducing certain difficulties in practice, waiting to re-study new material until a little forgetting has set in, and interleaving the practice of one skill or topic with another. Speaking most urgently to students, teachers, trainers, and athletes, Make It Stick will appeal to all those interested in the challenge of lifelong learning and self-improvement.
Download or read book Textbooks and Quality Learning for All written by Unesco and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2006 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focused on the dual aspects of access and quality, this publication discusses the role of textbooks in facilitating quality education for all. The book consists of reviews of the international perspectives as well as case studies on Brazil, Russian Federation, and Rwanda. It also documents strategies that could help to optimise procedures of textbook development, production, and evaluation; enhance textbooks' pedagogical impact; improve teachers' selection of textbooks; and raise textbook supply efficiently.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Educational Research written by Harold E. Mitzel and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Science Teaching Reconsidered written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-03-12 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective science teaching requires creativity, imagination, and innovation. In light of concerns about American science literacy, scientists and educators have struggled to teach this discipline more effectively. Science Teaching Reconsidered provides undergraduate science educators with a path to understanding students, accommodating their individual differences, and helping them grasp the methodsâ€"and the wonderâ€"of science. What impact does teaching style have? How do I plan a course curriculum? How do I make lectures, classes, and laboratories more effective? How can I tell what students are thinking? Why don't they understand? This handbook provides productive approaches to these and other questions. Written by scientists who are also educators, the handbook offers suggestions for having a greater impact in the classroom and provides resources for further research.
Download or read book Teaching Them to Read written by Dolores Durkin and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reissued as part of the Allyn & Bacon Classics in Education series, Durkin's landmark text on balanced reading instruction where reading equates with comprehension features a new Foreword by Dick Allington. As we begin the 21st Century, Allyn & Bacon joins with renowned scholars to recognize the contributions its texts have made to the field of education. Allyn & Bacon Classics in Education honors those authors and books that have made significant advancements in student understanding and appreciation of the discipline. Each title in the series begins with a new, in-depth Foreword, written by one of today's top scholars, which contains a brief biography of the text's author and analyzes the text's historical and enduring contributions. Cohesive, engaging, and generous with carefully selected content, Teaching Them to Read, Sixth Edition, is a modern classic in the field. Grounded in solid research and practice, this outstanding text gives your students specific suggestions on how to promote literacy in ways that are interesting and meaningful for students. The content covered is comprehensive but not overwhelmingit shows, with some deliberate repetition and periodic summaries, what is most important. This Classics Edition features a new Foreword by renowned scholar Dick Allington of The University of Florida at Gainesville.
Download or read book How to Increase Reading Ability written by Albert Josiah Harris and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tyranny of the Textbook written by Beverlee Jobrack and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Tyranny of the Textbook, a retired educational director, gives a fascinating look behind-the-scenes of how K-12 textbooks are developed, written, adopted, and sold. Readers will come to understand why all the reform efforts have failed. Most importantly, the author clearly spells out how the system can change so that reforms and standards have a shot at finally being effective"--
Download or read book The Sourcebook for Teaching Science Grades 6 12 written by Norman Herr and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-08-11 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sourcebook for Teaching Science is a unique, comprehensive resource designed to give middle and high school science teachers a wealth of information that will enhance any science curriculum. Filled with innovative tools, dynamic activities, and practical lesson plans that are grounded in theory, research, and national standards, the book offers both new and experienced science teachers powerful strategies and original ideas that will enhance the teaching of physics, chemistry, biology, and the earth and space sciences.
Download or read book Research on the Textbook Selection Process in the United States of America written by Michael G. Watt and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this article was to review published research literature about procedures used to select textbooks in the USA. The contents of books, collected works, reports and journal articles were analysed, and summaries of the contents were then organised chronologically to present a commentary on the topic. The results showed that procedures for selecting textbooks arose in the states in the late nineteenth century. By the early twentieth century, a balance between the numbers of states using state-level or local-level adoption procedures had been established, and a geographic pattern of north-eastern and mid-western states using local-level adoption and south-eastern, southern and western states using state-level adoption had emerged. Although early studies researching this phenomenon were limited to tabulating various provisions in selection policies, more recent studies have identified important differences between groups operating within these two types. Research examining the intent of state-level adoption has identified that its practice is most closely associated with controlling the cost of textbooks. Other research suggests that populous state-level adoption states influence the content of textbooks used across the USA. Research examining this phenomenon at the local level has identified complexity and diversity among selection procedures, but failed to identify a typical pattern from these data. Research comparing the differences and effects between local-level selection procedures in state-level and local-level adoption states has identified that the only significant effect is related to the cost of textbooks. [This article was published in "IARTEM e-Journal," 2:1 (2009) by the International Association for Research on Textbooks and Educational Media.].
Download or read book Textbook Quality written by Ivan Ivić and published by V&R unipress GmbH. This book was released on 2013 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about textbooks, textbook quality and quality standards of textbooks. From a theoretical point of view, in the light of Bahtin's theory of speech genres, school textbooks are seen as a specific, complex genre, defined by the addressee. At the same time, this approach requires us to see textbooks as a cultural product. From an educational point of view, textbooks are, according to Vygotsky's theory of cultural development, a key socio-cultural aid to cognitive development in school years. Forty-three quality standards are operationally defined and explained. They can be used for compiling textbooks, for textbook accreditations, for textbook evaluation and for selection by teachers.
Download or read book The Textbook as Discourse written by Eugene F. Provenzo, Jr. and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-01-24 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the social, political and cultural content of elementary and secondary textbooks in American education. It focuses on the nature of the discourses—the content and context—that represent what is included in textbooks.
Download or read book Studied Ignorance written by Herbert N. Foerstel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite concerted efforts from our educators, administrators, and government, American education continues to struggle. The author of this work argues that the decline can be traced to censored curricula, inaccurate textbooks, test-driven evaluations, and increasing poverty among the student population. Under the definition of "failure" specified in the No Child Left Behind Act, more than 80 percent of American schools could currently be labeled as failing, while the quality of American education overall and our students' performance continue to rank unfavorably against international competition. This book examines the crisis in American education and identifies how weaknesses in textbooks, teaching, and testing have created the crisis facing American education—a topic that dramatically affects students, teachers, and parents. Author Herbert N. Foerstel exposes the textbook "wars" that began a century ago and rage on with even more venom today. His book traces the legal basis for curricular censorship that dates back 75 years; identifies the bizarre process by which shoddy textbooks have been written, published, and come to be widely accepted; and documents the disastrous effect that reliance on these materials has had on the curriculum. Foerstel also supplies a careful assessment of the current political debate over education reform and of the proposed solutions to these problems.
