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This book provides a refreshing and user-friendly guide to quantitative data analysis in education for students and researchers. It assumes absolutely no prior knowledge of quantitative methods or statistics. Beginning with the very basics, it provides the reader with the knowledge and skills necessary to be able to undertake routine quantitative data analysis to a level expected of published research. Rather than focusing on teaching statistics through mathematical formulae, the book places an emphasis...
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Learning contracts are agreements negotiated between students and staff (and sometimes employers) regarding the type and amount of study to be undertaken and the concomitant assessment or credit to be gained. The use of such contracts is increasing rapidly in further and higher education and this reflects their effectiveness not only as a mechanism for managing the great variety of learning activities but as a valuable experience for students. In this book, Mike Laycock and John Stephenson present...
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Coordinate Planes and Cartesian Coordinates. Alpha-numeric grids and game strategies. Describe, extend, and make generalizations about geometric and numeric patterns. Represent data using concrete objects, pictures, and graphs. 2-D Shapes, symmetry and transformations. Spatial relationship, spatial memory, and spatial visualization skills. Express ideas through original artworks, using a variety of media. Explore and create art works based on themes. Ages: 6-8. Grades: 1-3.
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The E-revolution And Post-compulsory Education (using E-business Models To Deliver Quality Education) (new) (paperback)
The E-revolution And Post-compulsory Education (using E-business Models To Deliver Quality Education) (new) (paperback) - By Jos Boys
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PEARSON EDUCATION - Adobe Flash CS3 Professional Classroom in a Book (CS3, CD) - 0-321-49982-4
This project-based guide from Adobe will teach readers all they need to know to create engaging interactive content with Flash CS3. Using step-by-step instructions with projects that build on the knowledge learned in each lesson, readers will learn the key elements of the Flash interface, including panels, timelines, and frames. From there, readers will learn how to work with vector and bitmap graphics; create and edit symbols; modify text and add interactivity with ActionScript 3.0; and incorporate...
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Contemporary Issues in Art Education
"Contemporary Issues in Art Education" by Yvonne Gaudelius and Peg Speirs is a collection of essays that are framed around social issues, art, and teaching. Using an issues-based approach, the authors provide a valuable resource for teaching issues-based content, especially as these issues are explored through contemporary art and visual culture in the classroom. The authors present ideas for educators at all levels who want to incorporate an issues-based approach to teaching. This book combines...
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This unique four-part documentary explores the key figures of World War II--Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, and Hitler--from a psychological perspective, using extensive research of their diaries and memoirs to shed light on their inner dimensions.
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Visions: Technology in Education Kreative Komix-Dinosaurs
Actors! Over a hundred different characters from a variety of fairy tales and super heroes. Props! Use hundreds of props to create your own backgrounds. Action! Using the built-in Comic Player you can see your stories come to life on your computer. Sound! Record your own sounds or use built-in text-to-speech with a variety of voices. Make flying carpets whoosh by or give each of your characters a unique voice. Animation! Animate characters and props by simply clicking where you want them to go...
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Teachers around the globe are anxious to develop genuine, evidence-based policies and practices in their teaching of children with special educational needs, yet this field is notorious for the significant gap that exists between research and practice. What Really Works in Special and Inclusive Education presents educators of learners with special educational needs with a range of strategies they can implement right away in the classroom. David Mitchell, a leading writer in special and inclusive education...
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What Really Works in Special and Inclusive Education: Using Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies Books - Education
Books. What Really Works in Special and Inclusive Education: Using Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies
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Provides practicing art educators with a clear presentation of significant issues in the field of art education today. Each title offers sensible solutions, from critiquing to activities to scoring and judging stategies, transforming research and theory into practical classroom strategies. 148 pages paperback.
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Research and Evaluation Methods in Special Education, 1-Off Ser., John A. McLaughlin
Planning research and evaluation. Addressing the implications of legislation and program evaluation. Using empirically based data for decision-making in a variety of settings. Assessing additional research needs in areas such as standards-based reforms, personneldevelopment, family involvement, and new and developing topics in special education. Using quantitative research methods, including casual comparative, correlational, single case, and survey research. Using qualitative methods, including...
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The editors' last book, Educational Development Through Information and Communications Technology , covered how best to implement ICT programs. This text provides advice on how to ensure educational quality is maintained when ICT approaches are successfully adopted. It includes contributions from authors around the world who scrutinize the implications for using institution-wide ICT in teaching strategy and examine how quality assurance can be embedded in the development of ICT-based materials...
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Systems for Change in Literacy Education
In Systems for Change in Literacy Education Carol Lyons and Gay Su Pinnell offer the theories, designs, guidelines, examples, and materials needed to bring about schoolwide, long-lasting change in K-6 literacy teachers' professional development. A framework for conceptualizing professional development programs is presented, along with guidelines, descriptions, and examples for using this framework to create a comprehensive K-6 professional development literacy program. 262 pages, paperback.
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Designing Better Engineering Education Through Assessment (A Practical Resource for Faculty and Department Chairs on Using Assessment and ABET Criteria to Improve Student Learning) (Hardcover)
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From the series that brought you AIR STRIKE and JET BOMBERS comes another informative gem about fighter planes. This 104 minute release turns its attentive eye to the jet fighter bomber. Exploring histories and technological details of a wide array of jets -- from the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom to the Lockheed F-117 Night Hawk Stealth Fighter -- SUPERPLANES includes every interesting tidbit. Using interviews with pilots, action footage from the cockpit, and close-up shots, this remarkable provides...
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Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Character Education
Tragic events in our schools and communities have sparked the integration of character education into new and existing programs. To help aid teachers and librarians in the search for appropriate resources to emphasize good character traits, Oryx has developed another helpful reference by bestselling author Susan Hall. This unique resource provides a guide to picture storybooks and the character traits each describes.
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Research and Evaluation Methods in Special Education
Planning research and evaluation. Addressing the implications of legislation and program evaluation. Using empirically based data for decision-making in a variety of settings. Assessing additional research needs in areas such as standards-based reforms, personnel development, family involvement, and new and developing topics in special education. Using quantitative research methods, including casual comparative, correlational, single case, and survey research. Using qualitative methods, including...
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Description: B.L. Stahlman - Whether using oral, manual, or bilingual approaches to teaching language acquisition and development, this text provides a broad range of topics essential for teachers of Deaf and Hard of Hearing children. Includes practical ideas, diagrams, examples, study exercises, resources, strategies and suggestions for applied activities. (359 pgs, softcover, 6" x 9")
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Description The continuing goal of science education research is the generation of pedagogical knowledge that can be used to improve meaningful understanding of science concepts by students. Using present initiatives in science education as a foundation, the authors provide an overview of developments in cognitive science and instructional psychology and associated exemplary research findings and implications that provide researchers and practitioners with an interdisciplinary framework for improving...
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Quantitative Data Analysis in Education: A Critical Introduction Using SPSS
Rather than focusing on teaching statistics through mathematical formulae, the book places an emphasis on using SPSS to gain a real feel for the data and an intuitive grasp of the main concepts and techniques involved. Drawing extensively upon up-to-date and relevant examples, the reader will be encouraged to think critically about quantitative research and its potential as well as its limitations in relation to education.
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Title: In Pursuit of Equity in Education - Using International Indicators to Compare Equity Policies
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Created using a unique laser-engraving technique, this handsome solid walnut plaque is detailed with an intricate design and a meaningful sentiment to honor your recipient in an extra-special way. This plaque measures 9" x 12" and arrives in an elegant gift box--ready to be presented.
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