The district found that the majority of teachers still
used the textbook as the primary resource for instructional planning, rather than the district curriculum or state academic standards.
And it taught them how to
use the textbook as a manual.
[ii] We dropped the 20 percent of students whose teachers reported they did not use a textbook, an additional 30 percent whose teachers did not
use their textbook as their primary curriculum, and limited the sample to textbooks that at least two teachers reported using.
In other words, if schools
use textbooks as the key curriculum content provider, then students need textbooks that they can read accurately, fluently, and with high levels of understanding.
When you as a substitute are familiar with the subject at hand, you can typically
use the textbook as a basis for a lesson about the topic currently being taught.
Not exact matches
Although
textbook testimonials aren't
used as much
as before, they still work to some degree.
uSell, an online marketplace for
used electronics, wanted to see whether it should expand into items such
as used textbooks, clothing, and video games.
«The edX course was
used as a sort of new age
textbook,» says edX president Anant Agarwal.
Combined, his books have been translated into 15 different languages and are
used as textbooks at many schools including Stanford University, Boston University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and The University of Texas at Austin.
Just like federal loans, they can be
used for school - related expenses such
as tuition,
textbooks, and housing.
FACT: Product Idea to Product Success is now read in over 14 countries, and
used by major universities
as a
textbook.
Powell's will buy
used books online,
as will Amazon. Bookscouter.com, which allows sellers to compare price offers on
used textbooks from more than 50 buyback vendors.
This should not be surprising because the bible was not written
as a
textbook, applying consistency and technicality in how it
used terms; moreover, we are talking about a number of different writers.
Strikingly, our catechists these days often just
use apologetics tracts
as their
textbooks for catechism class, giving the faithful mere leftovers of what was actually prepared for others who do not yet share our faith.
In an issue of the Intercollegian
as late
as 1948, Paul Popenoe, author of the widely
used textbook Applied Eugenics, warns readers that «too large a proportion» of children are «born in homes which can give them the worst start in every way.
As for the conclusion of Aidan O'Neill QC, that schools will be within their statutory rights to dismiss staff who refuse to
use stories or
textbooks promoting same - sex marriage and that parents who object to gay marriage being taught to their children will have no right to withdraw their children from lessons, does that sound at all unlikely, given the cases of the Strasbourg four, which were considered by the European Court of Justice in September?
This has led Arthur H. Robinson, professor emeritus of cartography at the University of Wisconsin and author of the most widely
used textbook on cartography, Elements of Cartography (John Wiley, 1984), to describe the Gall - Peters land - masses
as «somewhat reminiscent of wet, ragged, long winter - underwear hung out to dry on the Arctic Circle» («Arno Peters and His New Cartography,» The American Cartographer, October 1985)
I recently taught a 10 - week course in Bible study at two local churches here in CA, and
used the Bible
as the primary
textbook (funny thought, huh?).
A
textbook I
use for my introductory poetry classes, the classic Western Wind, defines sentimentality
as «emotion in excess of its object.»
The books
used as pupil
textbooks, in contradiction to Canon Law, usually carry no imprimatur.
The Compendium should be
used as a
textbook with the higher age groups of primary schools and with all ages in secondary schools.
When it is
used as a source book, it becomes the means of the Spirit that gives life, but when it is
used as a
textbook, it can become the letter that kills.
He never says that it is to be
used as a science
textbook.
The full - time Formula One driver, who skipped the Monaco Grand Prix to race at Indianapolis, executed a
textbook pass of defending race - winner Alexander Rossi where he
used the draft to slingshot to inside of Rossi and then by
as they raced down the frontstretch and into Turn 1.
food manufacturers have managed to invade what should be a commercial - free zone through vending machines and «pouring rights»; branded foods (like Pizza Hut pizzas) sold in the national school lunch program; the sale of a la carte foods; the
use of Channel One television in the classroom; the creation of
textbooks replete with math problems that
use the products» names; give - aways of branded items like
textbook covers; offering their products
as rewards for academic performance (read X number of books over the summer and earn a gift certificate to McDonald's); and much more.
Medela produced an image to demonstrate the new findings and many
textbooks and internet sites now
use this image
as a resource.
Anne Elliott has a publishing company called Foundations Press and they are dedicated to helping homeschooling families
use the Bible
as their primary
textbook.
We'd like to give you an affordable plan for teaching one child or many,
using the entire Scriptures
as your foundation and primary
textbook.
For permission to reprint for commercial
uses, such
as textbooks, contact the Center:
[email protected]
A policy and research think tank, VIAM Africa Centre for Education and Social Policy, has pooh - poohed the Ministry of Education's response to the brouhaha over the
textbook that depicted the human head
as a part of the human body
used for carrying objects.
Since not every
textbook author can also be an expert in linguistics, computational linguistic tools
as we
used them in our study can in principle also support authors in the selection and composition of texts.»
The most widely studied set of quantum numbers is that for a single electron in an atom: not only because it is useful in chemistry, being the basic notion behind the periodic table, valence (chemistry) and a host of other properties, but also because it is a solvable and realistic problem, and,
as such, finds widespread
use in
textbooks.
The
textbooks did promote uncertainty when addressing the causes of climate change by
using verbs such
as could, may or might.
When attributing information to scientists, the
textbooks used verbs such
as believe, think or propose, but rarely were scientists said to be drawing conclusions from evidence or data.
At the September workshop, the teachers became the students
as they read a research article under the guidance of Sally Hoskins, a professor at City College of New York who studies such educational methods and teaches biology courses that
use primary literature in lieu of traditional
textbooks.
I would divide distance education via the World Wide Web into three categories, each of which incorporates the previous category: The Web can be
used as an electronic
textbook to disseminate information for users to read (my own personal Web site is a good example);
as an electronic
textbook with quizzes, which also fosters interactions between the user and the machine, typically in the form of multiple - choice or true / false tests; and
as an electronic conference, which goes beyond the electronic
textbook to foster interactions between users and teachers.
Heaney, Balete, and Rickart are also authors of a book about the mammals of Luzon Island, just published by Johns Hopkins University Press, that will be
used in the Philippines
as a college - level
textbook.
David Griffiths of Reed College, author of a widely
used introductory quantum mechanics
textbook (the second edition of which gives a version of antitunneling
as a student exercise), calls it «a very sweet paradox.»
But I think one of the things that scientists and other people concerned about science education in the country need to do is make it clear to publishers that
as citizens and voters, wherever they live, whatever state or town that they live [in], they will make sure that their elected officials know that
textbook X, Y or Z is not to be
used in this district because of its bad science.
I developed and host a web interface to the modtran model of atmospheric infrared radiation, an early example of a line - by - line code which I downloaded and
use to teach and
as part of a
textbook.
As a result, they have provided an exemplary account of the global water budget that is being
used in
textbooks and encyclopedias.
Men often display the
textbook symptoms of depression (such
as sadness, fatigue, appetite changes, feelings of worthlessness, and a loss of interest in things they
used to find pleasurable).
Using a word like «bioidentical» was simply redundant and unnecessary for biochemistry
textbooks,
as it should be today.
Using a word like «bioidentical» was simply redundant and unnecessary for a biochemistry
textbook,
as it should be today.
This
textbook is designed to teach healthcare practitioners how to
use nutritional therapy
as an alternative or adjunct to conventional medicine.
I study style magazines like I
used to study college
textbooks for new, updated ways to translate fashion trends into functional style in my life
as a mostly at - home mom.
As a college student, paying her way through school, eating Ramen and searching for
used textbooks, that just wasn't an option.
The movie stands
as a
textbook demonstration of why they don't — and probably shouldn't — make»em like they
used to.
Rotten: The movie stands
as a
textbook demonstration of why they don't — and probably shouldn't — make»em like they
used to.
Bahrani's story focuses on the brutality of these legal confrontations and their subsequent emotional trauma,
using Dennis Nash's (Andrew Garfield) family (his son and mother, played by Laura Dern)
as a
textbook example of the failed American Dream.