Sentences with phrase «by reading textbooks»

I learned by reading the textbooks — I could go back and forth over things at my own speed until I understood them, which is difficult if not impossible to do with video — and then asking the teacher questions about the things I still didn't understand.

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To adjust the supply of liquidity in the market, the Bank operates in the market by either buying or selling securities, which is the stuff you read in textbooks.

FACT: Product Idea to Product Success is now read in over 14 countries, and used by major universities as a textbook.

They're reading boring but effective textbooks full of information reinforced in the class's power point presentations, doing very practical group projects (often in labs), and being challenged by detail - driven objective tests.

Even though it flatly contradicts astronomy, geology and biology, Morris attempts to defend a literal reading of his textbook on the facts of nature: «The Bible teaches that the earth existed before the stars, that it was initially covered by water, that plant life preceded the sun, that the first animals created were the whales, that birds were made before insects, that man was made before woman.»

«Typically,» says Professor Harry M. Buck, Jr., «it is a three - hour course in «comparative religions» in which Christianity, Judaism and all the religions of Asia are surveyed in a single semester by lectures, textbook assignments and collateral readings.»

Gunter's essay once and for all sets to rest the most popular criticism of Bergson that is made by process philosophers and repeated in textbooks and popular media by writers who do not bother to read Bergson for themselves.

About two years ago (2005), we read about the «Breast Crawl» in a textbook of neonatology «Care of the High - Risk Neonate» by Dr. Marshall Klaus and Dr. Avroy Fanaroff.

When I first started working, I had no training in biology except what I had picked up by reading my husband's textbooks while he was in college and medical school.

Me Before You by Hope Madden A textbook tear jerker / romance that somehow manages to miss both of those targets, Me... read more →

Although written directly for the screen, «Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them» shares its title with a zoology textbook, written by one Newt Scamander, that popped up as assigned Hogwarts reading in «Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.»

«Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them» is the name of a textbook read by those enrolled in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the institution attended by Potter and his magical peers in Rowling's seven books.

With Augmented Reality products like Elements 4D by Daqri, students manipulate and combine elements — like mercury — right from their Android or iOS devices, rather than just reading about them in a textbook.

Like all the other students in Joanna Ecke's American - literature class at Wilton High School here, Sister M. Andrina Logan dutifully carries her textbook to class four days a week and does the required readings by Mark Twain, Henry David Thoreau, and Benjamin Franklin.

Also, read a blog by David Thornburg on open source textbooks, or read more about the educational holodeck in «Trendspotting at ISTE 2011,» a blog post by Suzie Boss.

The curriculum — which embeds all - purpose academic words the students will need to read high school and college textbooks in math, English, science, and history — has helped to «build a bridge toward greater understanding of what is being read by students,» says Ben Honoroff, the literacy coach for MSQI in the Department of Education.

Meanwhile, according to research by the California State Board of Education, the combined weight of textbooks in the four core subjects of history, math, reading, and science alone typically exceed the recommended weight limits.

Language and reading skills were assessed, primarily using tests created by Snow and Chall as well as existing science textbooks and passages developed in collaboration with local pediatricians.

In the 21st century, students enjoy using tech tools, expect quick access to information, and won't sit still for yesterday's process of learning by listening to lectures and reading textbooks.

In our primary niche (medical education), medical students often must endure academic torture by studying complex medical science concepts through the traditional medium of organized study, including attending boring classes, reading dense textbooks, and practicing thousands of arduous vignettes.

Teachers can help older students by including more diverse reading and writing each day, giving students more time for tests and answering questions, providing greater access to textbooks, and using more challenging vocabulary and word retrieval games such a Scrabble.

Challenging the Research Base of the Common Core State Standards: A Historical Reanalysis of Text Complexity Educational Researcher, October 2013 Researchers find that contrary to the authors of the English Language Arts component of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)-- which builds a case for higher complexity in textbooks and reading materials for students by pointing to research showing a steady decline in the difficulty of student textbooks over the past 50 years — text complexity actually has either risen or stabilized over this time.

Just as preschoolers learn math by operating a pretend store instead of doing work sheets, he suggests high schoolers learn government by staging a mock Congress rather than reading a textbook.

The truth is that proponents of common - sense curriculum reform — e.g., the notion that schools should choose textbooks and reading programs that can display some evidence of effectiveness — haven't had any levers by which to advance such reforms.

However, their self - confidence and motivation to read roller - coastered each day because in their English class they were expected to read Animal Farm (1993) by George Orwell as well as ninth grade — level textbooks in science and social studies.

Copies of its first publication, an updated edition of the influential textbook Teach Anyone to Read: A No - Nonsense Guide, by Lillie Pope, were sent to libraries, colleges and universities in every state.

One teacher initiated the study of the new reading series throughout the grade levels, examining the Literacy by Design «Sourcebook» (student textbook) and guided reading series for its alignment with character virtues, ethical decision - making, coping skills and authentic learning.

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.

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No wonder it has already garnered the support of over a million loyal followers, which can easily be explained by concerns over the ever increasing costs of college textbooks, as the average... [Read more...]

I don't think it's fair to lump all people reading pirated eBooks into the same category, because many of them are victims of higher institutions of learning that force their students to buy course material written by the teachers and published in very small print runs, jacking the price of a hardcover textbook up to over $ 100 in many cases, with a new edition coming out every year, making any «used» book market obsolete.

EPUB3 has basically failed, no one is using it, other than a format for online reading apps, but we certainly have not seen the multimedia future we were promised by textbook and digital publishers.

Scribd offers a fascination collection of all kinds of reading materials: presentations, textbooks, popular reading, and much more, all organized by topic.

This is a long - awaited welcome statement since digital textbooks have been used via slate by hundreds of elementary school students since 2008, whereas many countries had not even enjoyed widespread ebook reading at that time.

While new forms of classroom technology like digital textbooks are more accessible and portable, it would be wrong to assume that students will automatically be better served by digital reading simply because they prefer it.

With so many entities in the academic arena offering new insightful features at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show, it may be hard to keep up with the innovations, especially as several companies have found new ways to improve upon digital textbooks by harnessing analytics on how students interact with... [Read more...]

GoodeReader reported on digital textbook publisher CourseSmart's involvement in a multi-year study by STEPP (STudent Erent Pilot Project) on how the rental of digital textbooks are affecting learning outcomes at the higher education level, with a special focus on providing easier and more cost effective accessibility... [Read more...]

SUNY has partnered with textbook produce Kno to bring even more options to the academic landscape for college students this spring by working to... [Read more...]

It seems by a large margin people are not offered digital textbooks from their... [Read more...]

CourseSmart, a leading supplier of e-textbooks for higher education, shared the results of a two - year study on the use of digital textbooks which had been commissioned by Alternative Media Access Center (AMAC) and AccessText Network (ATN) following a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education... [Read more...]

Imagine a device designed specifically for reading and textbooks, with full colour and video, complete with a range of active books that have been curated and can be compiled chapter - by - chapter, module - by - module to suit a particular learning outcome.

Kno's learning platform consists of a two - panel touchscreen tablet that students can use to read digital textbooks just as they would a traditional textbook, with the added highlight of being able to take notes on the pages, stick digital post-it notes to mark important spots, highlight text, and multitask by switching between text and video.

With Kindle, you don't have to worry about filling up your shelf with the latest novels or popular textbooks because all your favourite reading material will be sorted out at one place, organised by your interest.

In The Digital Reader, Nate Hoffelder describes capabilities possessed by Nook Study that render it superior to other e ‐ reading software for reading textbooks.

So much of the «open educational resources» movement and the drive to aggregate and mash up these resources is being driven by a «print on demand» philosophy that to find a textbook creator sensitive to the future of mobile reading, its cost efficiencies, and its convenience, is a real pleasure.

I'll start by telling you about a book called «the textbook on value investing», which is first on my reading list for the beginning investor.

Every single one of the audience agreed there is a zero chance that this man could perform a successful surgery just by reading a surgery textbook over the weekend.

Instead of reading just dog training books (written by people who want to sell you their stuff), you can verify my position on this by reading college textbooks and other research papers on behavior.

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