Sentences with phrase «better than the textbooks»

Definitely better than the textbooks I've been reading!

They were, he realized, no better than the textbooks they sought to replace.

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This was a better way to learn the twists and turns of the body than studying anatomy in a textbook.

In my own teaching of theology I find it best to use, rather than a single textbook with a single point of view, a reader which presents several angles of interpretation on specifics and on the whole because it forces students confronting a plurality of systems to decide for themselves what the Scriptures say.

Cooperstown is going to become even more of a bland high - school - history textbook than it already is, distilled to names, numbers, and nothing more, with prominent figures and events removed to keep the idea of sanctity alive and well, rather than risk telling a story someone might not want to recall.

Evie was a much better textbook kind of delivery with the exception of being in a DOUBLE compound; yet still was an easier delivery than Diana.

It's a lot more work than sitting down with a textbook, but it's worth it when I see how she absorbs the information so much better.

If your kids are the type to engage in games rather than read their textbooks, then JumpStart may be the best way to teach them at home.

Sharon Lynch, a science education researcher at George Washington University, says e-books such as these may eventually become mainstream but adds that research needs to be done on whether or not they are actually better than traditional textbooks.

He is the author or coauthor of more than 80 journal articles, publications and abstracts, as well as several book chapters and textbooks.

Author or editor of six books and more than 400 articles, Dr. Weinberg is best known for his comprehensive cancer textbook, «The Biology of Cancer» 2nd edition.

There are some very basic rules that you have to follow, which are in all medical textbooks, and like I said, textbooks are a whole lot better than the medical practices.

Such lengths include the release of new guidelines to create better textbooks, including the use of high - quality colour photographs and measures that support pupils learning rather than simply teaching them how to pass tests.

Here you'll find more photos of the outdoor display, as well as the content that our ninth grade students were able to tackle through project - based learning rather than textbook - directed learning.

People use Khan Academy because it's better than looking at the answers to the odd problems in the back of the math textbook and trying to reverse engineer solutions.

Rather than today's system, which focuses on «input regulations» such as textbook mandates; seat time rules; cumbersome, outdated certification requirements; and professional development units, public officials should place greater emphasis on vastly improved data systems, better teacher evaluations, curricular quality, and meaningful accountability.

Your books are a lot better than regular textbooks.

Toppo's confidence overflows, as he recounts how games are so much better than the old textbook, chalk - and - blackboard methods.

With intuitive algorithms guided by well - researched learning processes, rather than electronic mock - ups of out - of - date textbook approaches; much of what «is imagined» is happening in classrooms today.

Students in the game - based version of the course performed significantly better on related standardized tests than their peers in textbook and descriptive - framing versions of the class.

In school settings they will undoubtedly — better than the traditional textbook exercises — motivate students to delve into mathematical problems.

But there might be other factors in play; research found a popular American math textbook is more challenging than South Korea's textbook, but South Korean kids still are much better at math.

The result is textbooks and instructional materials that offer a little bit of something to everyone, rather than a well - structured, cohesive, and effective program.

As advocated by Russ Whitehurst and Matt Chingos, the search for more effective curriculum materials can yield outsized bang - for - the - buck, because schools are already buying textbooks and better textbooks do not cost more on average than less effective ones.

In coming months, Fordham will point to some good examples of textbooks and other instructional materials that are aligned and high quality; other organizations are also gearing up (better late than never) to review curricular materials.

Indiana schools may be in a better position than most to implement the new standards because a number of districts have taken advantage of a rule change in 2009 that allowed them to purchase digital technology and devices with money from the state's textbook fund.

Good digital curriculum materials can and should be much more than just regular textbooks available in PDF format.

He gave the example of digital textbooks which can be updated as an example of how online technology could be better than traditional methods.

This higher order thinking skill can certainly help cement information from the textbook directly into your child's brain better than straight memorization can.

Unlike both generations of R8 the new TT RS Roadster does more or less read from the very well thumbed Audi dynamic textbook — huge grip and traction, plenty of body control and lots of stability, but gentle understeer beyond the limit and not much by way of excitement — but it does so while feeling lighter on its toes and more agile than ever before.

As people become more comfortable reading textbooks, magazines and newspapers on tablets (as many already have), they won't want to carry multiple devices around with them just so they can have a marginally better reading experience than the ever improving competing display technologies on tablets.

This fall, students can look forward to «web - based textbooks «that will not only be a lot cheaper than their paper counterparts, but can also turn out to be more advantageous with interactive aspects as well as special access options to appeal to those with disabilities.

Jones also spoke to GoodeReader about the possible reasons why digital textbooks have seen a greater adoption at the higher education level than in the public schools, namely that in those arenas that students are accustomed to paying for content, as well as the fact that they see the means to an end in this kind of investment towards their degrees and ultimately their careers.

Where better to show off such an app, which could include upgrades for interactive textbooks, than at this education event?

Ariel Diaz - Boundless could make an honest effort to support claims that «Boundless is better than your assigned textbook» by providing a presentation comparing screen - shots of pages from both Boundless Alternative Textbooks and the Faculty Recommended Textbook

Kno combines the best of a physical textbook along with more than 70 interactive features, including a Course Manager to organize textbooks by course, chapter preview to visually navigate pages, and innovative features such as 3D, Smart Links, Journal, Smart Search, and Social Sharing, which are engineered to increase students» learning potential and retain the most important information.

DynamicBooks textbooks, which will accessible on an computer, as well as the iPhone (and presumably the iPad) will be much — about 50 % — cheaper than print textbooks, which are sold at high prices with the expectation that they'll later be resold.

Randy's best - selling book has become one of the standard textbooks on fiction writing, with more than 80,000 copies sold.

My other use cases are reading pdf mathematics textbooks and journals as well as extensive note taking (the nibs last longer than people complain, I use the pencil like ones).

What better way to help than to have ALL a student's textbooks contained in one ebook reader.

Trade books, mass - market books, textbooks, magazines, newspapers, and children's books all look and function better on the Nook Tablet than on the Kindle Fire.

For example, rather than waiting until the day before classes start to get your textbooks, find out what books you'll need for your classes as soon as possible and then find the best deals, which may be ordering online rather than using the college bookstore.

There's more talk now about an impending deflationary period than we've heard in several years and the thing about this churn is that even if we don't truly experience textbook extensive deflation, the sentiment alone could easily drive investors in droves into assets that perform well during periods of deflation.

Frankly, I think this book would have been a better textbook for the retirement planning course than the textbook that was used.

In addition, he edited four major textbooks on laboratory animal science, including the three - volume «Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science» with Norman H. Altman, as well as publishing more than 50 scientific papers.

She has published more than 20 chapters in veterinary textbooks, as well as journal manuscripts, and has presented over a hundred lectures in the US and internationally.

With more than 40,000 pages from the best veterinary textbooks, journals, and conference proceedings housed within one powerful online database, Sofie provides veterinary teams with search capabilities across multiple credible sources at once, finding only the most relevant information to inform and support diagnosis and treatment decisions.

So far the series has done a better job at gauging an interest towards major historical events and places more than any textbook or teacher has been able to accomplish albeit the motives of the players might not be strictly educational and they rather indulge themselves in randomly running around and do some buccaneering, Unity will give us the chance to explore Victorian England during the french revolution.

When you were in high school, did you glance up from your world history textbook, roll your eyes and say, «I could have done better than that»?