Sentences with phrase «than a textbook with»

There is nothing more boring than a textbook with no last page in sight!

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I defaced more than my share of voluminous textbooks with pictures in the bottom corner that, when flipped quickly, would make a moving picture.

For years, some business schools have gotten away with just providing a textbook education but companies are looking for more than facts and figures.

That fits the textbook definition of a «value stock» with a PEG ratio of less than 1.0.

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.

Regrettably, she does little more than provide us with a reminder of a textbook example of eisegesis (reading «into» the biblical text one's own ideology) rather than exegesis (reading «out of» Scripture with attentiveness to historical and literary context, even if it conflicts with one's own personal views).

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

I should have realized that playing with fearlessness is a lot more important than having textbook strokes.

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.

He is the co-author of more than 130 scientific publications, four textbooks (including four editions of the Biochemistry textbook first written by Lubert Stryer), Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry with Stephen J. Lippard, and a book on how to interact effectively with NIH, written with Michelle Kienholz.

The first detailed genetic comparison of purebred domestic dogs promises to rewrite the textbooks with new information about breed classification and insights that may improve canine health by boosting understanding of the more than 350 inherited disorders, including cancer, heart disease, epilepsy, blindness and deafness, which affect dogs.

Anyway, I «bombed and blitzed» my biceps and triceps, pre-exhausted my quads, cranked out pulldowns like each rep added a month to my life, and followed a chest routine with more angles than a geometry textbook.

All of the trying - to - conceive women we talk to are far more interesting than textbooks... some women have multiple Cue Peaks, some women have «unexpected» ups and downs in their readings, some women end up with both a pink and purple box, and some women have vaginal readings that drop during the luteal phase.

However, most conventional practitioners are not going to be comfortable with medications other than synthetic T4 medications... Most clinical guidelines and pharmacology textbooks recommend only using synthetic T4 medications and avoiding the use of Natural Desiccated Thyroid Medications (NDT), [brand names include: Nature - Throid, WP Thyroid, and Armour] and even Cytomel, a T3 medication, for most people with hypothyroidism.

Note that for some women with less than textbook cycles (i.e. irregular cycles, ovulatory disorders, etc) it can more helpful to look at the underlying data and overall chart trends as opposed to simply relying on the color coding.

First and foremost, I liked that Strike was a regular bloke rather than a textbook «hero» with various special attributes that placed him head and above the other characters; plus, all of his interactions and reactions felt very realistic to me.

In every surface aspect, it's a textbook New York underground indie (though shot on 16 mm film rather than video), enamored with repellent details (Laura is introduced mid-crying jag, blasting a mucus strand from her nose and reflexively snorting it back in) and sporting just - get - it - done technical credits.

Here, as part of the show, a narrator (Derek Jacobi) toys with the theory, veering off into a much darker explanation than what's in textbooks.

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.

However, teaching mathematics using a problem solving approach, especially one that is based around making connections with the real world, can be demanding — certainly harder than teaching out of a textbook.

The American - history textbooks that could be destined to dominate the curriculum throughout the next decade are packed with more glossy graphics and information than ever before, but the content is shallow and disconnected and continues to overemphasize multiculturalism, concludes a forthcoming evaluation by the American Textbook Council.

While Burack argues that global education's believers «exercise a strong degree of influence among textbook publishers,» many of the problems he describes with the treatment of global diversity are a reflection of the textbook production and marketing process rather than the result of a conspiracy among educators.

When I started in education, I taught in Montgomery, Alabama, a small city in a state with much less access to customized textbooks and resources than larger and wealthier cities and states.

Plus, it forces us outside, into nature, where students may just make connections with something other than a textbook and a # 2 pencil.

A 2009 study found that eighth - grade students who were involved in hands - on science projects demonstrated a deeper understanding of concepts than students who were taught with traditional methods such as textbook readings, lectures, and tests (Riskowski et al., 2009).

Gary Bryant, from ITSI, a blended learning solution that combines the traditional academic rigour of digital textbooks with the flexibility of technology, discusses why the textbook has a prejudiced repute and explains why an effective teaching resource should support teachers, rather than replace them.

Creating the memorial... was a lot more meaningful than just reading words in a textbook, because we had to really think about the war's impact on society as a whole and how to display the emotions that came along with it.

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.

Presenting students with real problems to solve will always be more rewarding than turning to a page in a textbook.

The first is that the SARCs are only available in PDF form for more than 80 percent of the schools in the state (while there is a standard template, this is only used in approximately 20 percent of schools; thus, schools in different districts have different SARC formats with textbook information on different pages).

They try but inevitably fail to compete with television and the Internet, which will always be more exciting, more vivid, more comprehensive, and more up - to date than any textbook.

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.

Or consider the McGuffey Readers that were standard textbooks in the nineteenth century, filled with literary selections far more difficult than the ones given to today's students at equivalent ages.

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.

Under the law, districts couldn't charge more than 25 percent of the retail cost for each textbook, with the state picking up the tab for students on free and reduced lunch.

In Williams v. California, for example, teachers, parents, and students from low - income communities described overcrowded schools that had to run multiple shifts each day and multiple shifts during the school year, alternating on - months and off - months for different cohorts of students cycling in and out of the building; classrooms with more than 40 students without enough desks, chairs, and textbooks for each student to have one; lack of curriculum materials, science equipment, computers, and libraries; and crumbling facilities featuring leaky ceilings and falling ceiling tiles, sometimes overrun with rodents, and lacking heat and air conditioning.

Facing the challenges associated with an increase in student population from 3,600 in 2001 to over 13,000 in 2017, Vail has used the Beyond Textbooks approach to increase student achievement in math and reading from levels near or below state averages prior to the advent of the program to pass rates that are now consistently 20 % or more above state averages and greater than 90 % year after year at most grade levels.

They were promised that digital textbooks would replace print, and that those ebooks would not only be filled with far more content than dead trees could provide, but that they would do so at a fraction of the cost.

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).

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.

With more than 90 % of the same core titles offered by major print publishers, the company's eTextbooks can be purchased for up to 60 % less than the cost of new print textbooks.

Funded by a U.S. Department of Education grant, in partnership with the Alternative Media Access Center (AMAC), this project will remediate more than 1,000 leading textbook titles requested by students and instructors with print disabilities.

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.

But what Malek is suggesting is taking away the option to purchase anything other than ebooks; he's also suggesting removing the option to share a textbook with a classmate by having the bursar's office automatically bill the students for their digital textbooks when they enroll in the class (although the charge won't appear until after the deadline to drop the class).

Kno's digital textbook app provides students using an Ultrabook access to the largest digital textbook selection with over 100,000 titles from more than 45 publishers including Pearson, McGraw - Hill, Macmillan, and Wiley.

The new Kindle Fire is packed with a horde of cool features at a surprisingly low price, and bottom line (short of a few idiosyncrasies) it's a boon for the book enthusiast, the tablet novice, and the student who needs / wants more than just a textbook reader.

(AP)-- It's an experiment that has made back - to - school a little easier on the back: Amazon.com gave more than 200 college students its Kindle e-reading device this fall, loaded with digital versions of their textbooks.

With nothing more than a fistful of cornmeal in his stomach, a small pile of once - forgotten science textbooks, and an armory of curiosity and determination, he embarked on a daring plan to bring his family a set of luxuries that only two percent of Malawians could afford and what the West considers a necessity — electricity and running water.