Sentences with phrase «book as an experiment»

McGonigal asks readers to treat the book as an experiment.

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This campaign is also an experiment designed to see how I can collaborate with all of you as part of the research process for my next book (working title: The Startup Way).

But Evans bridges the divide between the belts in her new book, The Year of Biblical Womanhood, the result of an experiment in which she lived the Old and New Testament's instructions for women as literally as possible for an entire year.

CNN: «Bible Belt» meets «Borscht Belt» Rachel Held Evans bridges the divide between the belts in her new book, «The Year of Biblical Womanhood,» the result of an experiment in which she lived the Old and New Testament's instructions for women as literally as possible for an entire year.

It was primarily written as a way for me to experiment with writing books and to learn the self - publishing process.

P.S. I've already been experimenting from Debs book... and it's turning out to be as wonderful as both of Heidi's.

Maybe after they have retired some of those who left Arsenal will come out and write a book with comments such as «no faith in Wenger to win an EPL title», «too many simple mistakes by Wenger», «too slow in the transfer market», «Wenger's desire to win is non-existent», «too busy experimenting with player's positions...» etc..

Booked tickets: Russia coach Stanislav Cherchesov has had more than a year for experiments in friendlies and the FIFA Confederations Cup as he was building a nearly new team.

Experiment with what goes where, and look at it from the front as a buyer would, and then also from behind to make sure you have space for your market essentials (cashbox, paper bags, sales book, card machine etc).

The Icky Stick Science Activity Book, isn't as full of experiments and activities as some others on the market, but we like the mix of doodles, games, quizzes and puzzles which make it a great book for taking out and abBook, isn't as full of experiments and activities as some others on the market, but we like the mix of doodles, games, quizzes and puzzles which make it a great book for taking out and abbook for taking out and about.

Oobleck or Gloop is a fabulous sensory experiment and this literacy linked post from ABC Creative Learning with some Dr Seuss inspired Oobleck fun helps brings books alive as well.

I recently read the book French Kids Eat Everything by Karen le Billon, a North American (from Canada) who decided that she wanted to move her family to France (her husband is French) as a social experiment.

«As someone interested in baby experiments what struck me is that Experimenting with Babies is really a book about child development, though in a sign of our times of anxious parenting Gallagher has to issue a disclaimer that if your child doesn't «measure up» you shouldn't panic.

They grew their own food, built their own houses, published their own books, and, as word of their social experiment spread, created a model of care for women and babies that changed a generation's approach to childbirth.

As battle over Britain consumed the Tory party in 2016 Anthony Barnett drafted a book about its significance for Europe and Britain as a week - by - week experimenAs battle over Britain consumed the Tory party in 2016 Anthony Barnett drafted a book about its significance for Europe and Britain as a week - by - week experimenas a week - by - week experiment.

In a book that has been compared in its revolutionary effect with Newton's Principia more than 700 years later, a Muslim scientist in Cairo — Abu Ali al - Hasan ibn al - Hasan ibn al - Haytham (or as he is known in the West, Alhazen)-- proved that light traveled in straight lines via various experiments that employed mirrors and refraction.

A book entitled Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force, by Allan Franklin [American Institute of Physics, 1993], makes interesting reading about the types of issues that bear on the quality and repeatability of experiment, as well as the interpretation of data.

You'll hear from Richard Nikoley and Tim Steele, co-authors on an upcoming Resistant Starch book, as they share what they are learning and the results from many RS experiments around the world.

Whether you're already a home decor and pattern lover or someone like me who's been shy to experiment, «Living with Pattern» is a beautiful book to own as a resource.

A good book to read together — but be prepared for frequent interruptions as you have to discuss and experiment with various sections.

As you were making the Pusher sequels and Bronson, were you learning the craft from books, from other people, just from experimenting?

on the whole, i find the adaptations of Ian McEwan's thought experiment books, to be as unfulfilling as the description of the sexual relationship of these two people.

Dallas and D.C. were «input» experiments where students were paid for taking certain specific steps that they controlled: In Dallas, second - graders were paid $ 2 each time they read a book and passed a quiz on it; in D.C., middle - schoolers received money rewards for such things as good behavior, attendance, turning in homework, and wearing a school uniform.

The first complex TD experiment started in 2008 at the «Moise Nicoară» National College, from Arad, Romania and it was carried out as it is described in the book published in 2010.15 The project was carried out for two years, involving activities attended by high school students and teachers.

In his keynote address to the December conference, included in our book as the essay «Sustaining the American Experiment,» he expresses his worry:

Smith, who used to be president of the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools and is now a senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, provides and fair and accurate description of our book's thesis: that we should return to Albert Shanker's original vision of charter schools as institutions that provide flexibility to experiment with new approaches, that enhance the role of teachers in running schools, and that integrate students of different racial and economic backgrounds.

In fact, the Century Foundation's Rick Kahlenberg reads Putnam's book as an explicit endorsement of experimenting with various ways of integrating schools along socioeconomic lines.

We propose the active participation of the school library media program toward the development of STEM identities among young people by having school librarians (1) provide advisory information on the science - infused books and programs that young people can read — the school librarian as the information specialist; (2) collaborate with STEM teachers and provide intellectual and physical access that further enrichs the STEM learning — the school librarian as the instructional partner; and (3) act as technology allies to help educators and students experiment with new media tools and online communities.»

Each kit has a comic book about Spectra, a teacher's manual with instructions for all four experiments as well as background information, and tons of fun.

As my colleague Halley Potter and I note in our book, Albert Shanker, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, proposed charter schools in 1988 as places where teachers could experiment with new ideas and where students of different backgrounds could learn from one anotheAs my colleague Halley Potter and I note in our book, Albert Shanker, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, proposed charter schools in 1988 as places where teachers could experiment with new ideas and where students of different backgrounds could learn from one anotheas places where teachers could experiment with new ideas and where students of different backgrounds could learn from one another.

Students can show their learning in unique ways, such as by recording themselves reading a book, passage, or an essay that they wrote, or recording labs, or science experiments.

Students can show their learning in unique ways, such as by recording themselves reading a book, passage, or an essay that they wrote, or by recording labs or science experiments.

MPA received funding to provide teachers with materials and supply budgets to cover «the little things» — markers, paper, binder clips, as well as books, equipment for science experiments, and journals — in order to design quality daily lessons for students, while valuing teachers as professionals by providing needed classroom supplies and materials.

Just as a quick thought experiment, suppose every state in the union ditched their state test (some of which are decent and some of which may as well be He - Man and the Masters of the Universe coloring books) and replaced it with one of the national norm tests.

BOOKS FEATURING HANDS - ON ACTIVITIES WILL ENGAGE CHILDREN OF ALL AGES AND INTERESTS: The call to educate children about STEM - related activities grows, and as a result, more book titles will feature special coding activities, scientific experiments, and more.

So, yes, I'm exploring some of the social networks, and I'm toying with texting instead of emailing, and I'm twittering, and I'm keeping up with everything that's invented, as it's invented, and I think anyone who's seriously contemplating a book promotion camaign has to be experimenting with more media outlets, and more types of communication, than the old tried - and - true venues.

As they work on their forthcoming titles, the co-founders, who have their own personal projects in development — Lee is working on a book about the struggles of being overly connected in the digital age (eg, texting, IM, e-mail); Love is working on her second novel, about how historians and politicians in the present day contort the history of a failed slave uprising in early 19th century Virginia — continue to experiment with what both the e-book platforms and their own website user experience will look like.

One of the books that caught my eye is an advance copy of Robyn Okrant's Living Oprah: My One - Year Experiment to Live as TV's Most Influential Guru Advises (to be released in January 2010).

If this sounds like an interesting and worthwhile experiment to you, please submit your series information by August 22 (we're building our book / ad / data collection tools as we speak and need to be ready to go on September 1) and let's get started building a better way to bring readers and authors together.

On the contrary, you should aim to gather as much data from different resources as you can, this includes books, journals, results of experiments and so on.

Hughes - Williams added that Canvas will be experimenting with how they engage directly with readers, saying: «It's an incredibly exciting time to be acquiring, as we develop new ways to shape the form of the books we bring to market.»

Whether you want to embark on creating, running, or teaching a wholly tablet based course, with no hard copy books in the classroom or at home, or you are simply interested in experimenting with a single tablet device in the classroom as a teaching aid, it will pay you to take a look at the technologies available.

You tell yourself that books, your favorite 400 - year - old technology, are forever and that digital ebooks will ultimately be remembered as a failed experiment.

I just kept reading and experimenting — and of course, books on bread kept getting better as bakers rediscovered the old ways to make artisan bread.

Raymond cites the reason for launching the platform as» a fun experiment in recommending books.»

As authors and publishers alike experiment with the sweet spot for ebook prices, promotional pricing can serve as a useful tool in driving book discoverAs authors and publishers alike experiment with the sweet spot for ebook prices, promotional pricing can serve as a useful tool in driving book discoveras a useful tool in driving book discovery.

As early as 2010, publishers experimented with offering readers an added value for their book buying purchases by bundling the digital edition and the print editioAs early as 2010, publishers experimented with offering readers an added value for their book buying purchases by bundling the digital edition and the print editioas 2010, publishers experimented with offering readers an added value for their book buying purchases by bundling the digital edition and the print edition.

As an experiment, I priced my books HIGHER.

We'll explain two easy methods to calculate book page count: 1) use one of our simple formulas as a book page count calculator, or 2) use our InDesign template to experiment with book trim size and type size to accurately determine a page count for books.

We also experiment with highly designed books as well as more straightforward layouts.»