Sentences with phrase «requires reading textbooks»

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Few essays have been as widely reprinted in anthologies on the sociology of religion, as routinely cited in textbook discussions of religion, or (I suspect) as commonly required on the reading lists for graduate courses and general examinations in sociology of religion.

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.

How do we connect student interests to their textbook or other required reading?

In the fourth - grade class, Tara was required to use a reading textbook during her language arts instruction.

Unfortunately, students often stumble in reading science textbooks or scholarly articles, which generally use unfamiliar, multisyllabic words and sentences that require extensive background knowledge.

Both parents and students complained of classes where teachers lecture, assign worksheets, or require students to read outdated textbooks.

The teacher / school / textbook are presenting the content they want kids to learn and texts that will require practice with particular text elements or reading skills.

Bringing more nonfiction into students» lives will require many educators to stretch a little — from English teachers who love to inspire others through their favorite poems to science teachers accustomed to relying on textbooks to kids whose reading of choice is fiction, fiction, and more fiction.

Having written a good non-fiction book that focuses on an aspect of city / urban planning (THAT will help you sleep at night) I have always believed that it would make a great textbook or at least required reading — but for college kids as noted above at over $ 40 for the hardcover it was cost prohibitive, I now have a way to repackage the ebook that is on Amazon (with 65 images) and try to create something more exciting and interesting.

While multiple surveys discovered that kids didn't like reading ebooks for fun, they had no problem consuming them when it came to required school textbooks.

Academic Books, Including School Books and Textbooks - Books that grade school and high school students use for classroom learning or that college students are required to read for their coursework are not trade books.

Note that a Kindle isn't required to read Kindle textbooks; you can use a Kindle app or Kindle desktop program as well.

He's obviously not read my article on «The Future of Educational Publishing,» which points out very clearly that the textbook publishing industry is far beyond requiring a Kindle to enable their future ventures.

There are no heavy legal textbooks in the required reading for a bold new course at the still young law school of British Columbia's Thompson Rivers University, as assistant professor Katie Sykes seeks to equip her students for the rapidly changing legal landscape they will face as newly minted lawyers.

As a result, middle and high school textbooks written for earlier generations with stronger academic backgrounds might have proved too challenging for the new cohort.39 In addition, researchers likely placed more emphasis on primary school readability in the 1920s when the prevailing approach to reading instruction shifted from a phonic approach to a sight - word approach, which required easier vocabulary.40

A thesaurus does not lose its educational textbook or supply status and become a mere book because it is not required reading in a course offered by or approved by the institution, or because a copy is available in the library.

With a traditional traffic school, you're required to sit in a classroom in front of an instructor, reading a textbook for hours until the course is totally complete.

To complete the course, you are required to read the textbook, complete the workbook, and return any borrowed materials at the end of the course.

In this alternative learning style, the school sends «learning packets» through the mail, including all required reading, textbooks, and assignments for a period of several weeks.

This course would require reading out of a certain chapter for that week's assignments, as well as work or textbook homework over the material covered in the chapter.