Sentences with phrase «course than the textbook»

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

Not exact matches

(In your third - and fourth - year courses you were presumably using journal articles more than textbooks anyway.)

Overturning textbook knowledge, the researchers discovered that the trees «exhale» less carbon dioxide during the day than previously thought, and that forest photosynthesis doesn't decline over the course of the summer.

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.

The interactive whiteboard is still largely a whiteboard, albeit including a large TV screen in its capabilities; feedback to students and parents still takes the written form, even if it is emailed or recorded electronically rather than posted or written in exercise books; and of course textbooks are still textbooks, whether in digital or print format.

Only about 100 districts joined the initiative — out of the nation's more than 14,000 — and only a couple dozen said they met their pledge to replace one traditional textbook for one course with an OER alternative within one year.

Furthermore there are no used e-books, where as at least a second hand market has sprung up around textbooks and one can often even rent at cheaper prices than a electronic texts (though of course the publishers of have attempted to quash this with their endless rehashed and reshuffled textbooks).

Many books other than textbooks can be assigned on course reading lists.

However, as the digital material and textbook rental market continues to grow, students now have more choices than ever before for how to access their course materials.

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 informCourse 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 informcourse, 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.

He has given over 250 scientific and continuing education presentations, authored more than 65 scientific publications or book chapters, served as the editor for the ophthalmology section of the Five Minute Veterinary Consult and co-editor Doug Slatter's Fundamentals of Veterinary Ophthalmology textbook, and has co-chaired the ACVO's Basic Science Course for the Veterinary Ophthalmologist for the last 12 years.

In addition, more than $ 400 million is spent every year in university bookstores to buy new textbooks, course packs, and works in digital format.

But in my opinion and as someone who is a certified driving instructor, online courses are much more effective than classroom based settings or traditional textbooks.

Through the course, you may pick up a few things from the textbook, but the real learning is going to happen after you get your license while you in the field and you have a coach, that will likely carry more than 90 % of the freight.