...Running head: TEACHING MATHEMATICS 1 Teaching mathematics without a textbook EDUC 301 Aisha Jaha Livingston TEACHING MATHEMATICS 2 Discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of teaching mathematics without a textbook. You probably notice most, school use textbook in the classroom and the advantages of using textbook is as teachers they depend on that textbook for the curriculum the schools sometimes mandates that the teachers to use a textbook in classroom. And the level of expertise on the part of the teachers is high, textbook provide you with several advantages and we have to admit that it can make the job easier for a teacher. If you are a new teacher textbooks can be a great help each lesson plan is design for the teacher in detail on what to do when teaching math. Textbooks provides the teacher organized units work, a textbook provide you with detailed procedures that tell you when and what to do, you will have no surprises they are balanced presentation is order chronological with the information...
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...ABSTRACT This study assessed the factors that affect the Learning Capacity or the Academic Performances of First Two Sections of Third Year Basic Education Curriculum Students in Panabo National High School S.Y. 2013-2014. This study examined the influence of School Facilities, Teaching Efficiency of Teachers, and Gender in the Academic Performance of students. The questionnaires are the main data gathering instrument and the records of grades of Third Year students. The respondents of this study were the selected students of the two sections of Third Year BEC namely, III-Amethyst and III-Beryl. This study answered the questions based on the respondents’ perception towards the condition and adequacy of the facilities in terms of library, laboratory and classroom, comfort rooms, gymnasium and canteens and the significant relationship of these facilities and academic performances of students. Also, the students perception in the Teaching Efficiency and attitude of their Teachers and the significant relationship of their level of perception and their Academic Performances. The significant difference of the Academic Performance of students having more Textbooks and students having fewer amount of Textbooks. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT A major research project like this is never the work of anyone alone. The contributions of many different people, in their different ways, have made this possible. The Researcher would like to extend her gratitude especially to the following...
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...my heavenly father, God Almighty who has been my guide and source of strength throughout my seminar work period. I wish to most sincerely express my profound gratitude to my supervisor, Prof. (Mrs.) O.M. Agbogidi, for her constructive criticism and contributions that enabled me to produce this piece of research work. Special appreciation goes to my lovely parents, Mr and Mrs Julius Akpan, for all their assistance and encouragement during the course of this work. Lastly I am grateful to my friends and course mates for the contributions and support they rendered to me, and I wish them well in their academics pursuit. ABSTRACT This study was carried out to find out the effects of non availability of teaching aids on the effective teaching of biology in some selected secondary schools in ethiope east local government area of delta state. For the purpose of the study, data were collected from five hundred and five (505) SSI-SSIII.biology students, () Biology teachers and seven (7) principals in eleven (11) selected secondary schools in Ethiope East Local Government areas of Della State. Teachers and students in the sampled schools were administered, an investigator – constructed questionnaire. Biology Achievement Test was also administered on the students in the selected schools. Results of the study indicated that adequate supply of instructional resources have significant effects on students’ performance in biology. Furthermore, the results revealed that...
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...The college wants to use adobe digital textbook because eText is a Pearson Education use books are in schools, but must bring to online easy better find has searched for class. The Internet does not work with eText online and something connects to the website is a problem about to get eText for WiFi from home and school being online. Some reason should college is important to use problem about textbook used in classes. The education into to allow put technology online is eText include WiFi has a thing than a textbook. I remember that is the first time to get my classes at TSC for a fall semester start to get my freshman year was experiencing. Because not have brought to class and use online include is a Pearson Education from success classes has technology as things....
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...analytical skills necessary for making ethical decisions or judgments. Answering questions about business ethics requires knowledge from multiple disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, political science, sociology, economics, finance, organizational management, and law. Analyzing such a vast body of data in ethical frameworks requires the highest levels (analysis, synthesis, and evaluation) of critical thinking as expressed in the taxonomy. Corporate governance, an interdisciplinary subject addressed in all these disciplines, explores the inter- workings of both for-profit firms and not-forprofit firms and is an area requiring business students to evaluate ethical issues when making decisions. Despite the broad responsibility of teaching corporate governance in the finance classroom, the pedagogy of finance has been restricted to ideas derived primarily from economics, statistics, and finance. Competing ideas from other disciplines are generally unwelcome and/or are treated with skepticism. Even the ideas of some researchers from the fields of economics and finance such as Hart (1995) and Tirole (2001) who promote alternate solutions to corporate governance beyond agency theory are ignored or overlooked. As a result, business ethics and corporate governance topics often are introduced in apro forma, compulsory fashion that may...
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...Report on the Textbook Rental System at Appalachian State University Prepared by the University Bookstore Committee March 24, 2006 Glenn Ellen Starr Stilling, Chairperson Dr. Patricia E. Allen Dr. Terry Wayne Cole Michael G. Coston (ex officio) Dr. John P. Geary Christopher Pereira Dr. Thomas Patrick Rardin Rebecca Jean Stamilio Laura Westmoreland, Secretary 2 C ontents Executive summary........................................................................ 3 Introduction ................................................................................... 4 The committee’s process................................................................. 5 Economic background of textbook price increases .......................... 6 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Price increases in recent years ................................................................6 Why are these increases happening? ......................................................7 How have students responded to textbook price increases? ....................10 Possible remedies for high prices ............................................................11 Predictions about the future of textbook prices .......................................14 Faculty viewpoints on the textbook rental system ........................... 15 Student viewpoints on the textbook rental system .......................... 20 Recommendations.......................................................................... 24 Rationale for the recommendations...
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...study (JNB 254) Principles of Freight Forwarding Undergraduate Studies Teaching Team: Lecturer and Unit Coordinator Lecturer (first point of contact) Livingstone Caesar Aust: 0469340820 Intl: (+61) 469340820 dlcaesar@amc.edu.au Consultations by appointment Unit Coordinator: Hilary Pateman Intl: Aust: (03) 6324 9800 (+613) 6324 9800 hilaryh@amc.edu.au Room F99 Unit Outline Contents WELCOME .................................................................................................................... 3 INFORMATION ABOUT THIS UNIT ................................................................................. 4 Unit description ................................................................................................................. 4 Linkage to other units ........................................................................................................ 4 Intended learning outcomes ............................................................................................. 4 Graduate attributes ........................................................................................................... 4 Alterations to the unit as a result of student feedback .................................................... 5 LEARNING RESOURCES ................................................................................................. 6 Prescribed textbook .................................................................................
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...106 September 11, 2013 Effective Teaching Education is something that constantly has to change with the changing world. Change is an evolutionary process. “We cannot continue to educate our children for factory work but educate for creativity.” (Hetland 66) With this change comes new forms of learning. Students today are technophiles. They love their video games and they can’t put down their smart phones, iPods, and social networks. The challenge for working in the electronic age is that we have so much access to information but we still have the same brain we always had. The problem is not access to information. It is integrating that information and making sense out of it. Students must learn to use knowledge to achieve a goal. In order to learn the knowledge we need effective teachers. James Loewen in “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong” talks about his educational views thru experience. Loewen states that “textbooks are boring.” (Loewen 386) Did anybody like textbooks as a child? He talks how the textbooks are huge and weigh at an average of four and a half pounds. Children do not want to even think about reading a book so big. Another point that Loewen states is “That students and teachers fall back on one main idea: to memorize the teams for the test following each chapter, then forget them to clear the synapses for the next chapter. Students exit history textbooks without having developed the ability to think...
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...Introduction The learners and teachers of English and EFL (English as a Foreign Language) textbooks are three major inter-related elements in the process of present day education. Hutchinson, 1994 cited in (Evaluating an EFL textbook - A new English Course) states that, “The textbook is an almost universal element of ELT teaching”. Therefore, a textbook can be mentioned as a useful instrument which serves as a guide or an instructional manual for studying a particular subject. Against the common belief that students are the key in this direction, many scholars hold the view that textbooks are the heart of education with regard to the fact that both teachers and students are to a large extent dependent on the books (Sarem, S. N., Hamidi, H., Mahmoudie, R., 2013).Therefore, it is clear that a textbook facilitates the teaching and learning process and thus, is helpful both for the teacher and the students. Textbooks are compiled and developed because they are the most convenient means of providing the structure that the teaching-learning system requires. Textbooks are a good solution to overcome the weaknesses in teaching materials. Ansary and Babaii (2002) cited in (An Evaluation of English Language Textbook 'Say it in English' for first year intermediate Grade in South Arabia, 2012) state that, “Although the textbook is not the only tool for the teaching and learning process, it is still of a significant impact for achieving the language learning objectives...
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...language arts teacher was. Her to read with audio and instead of reading from a textbook as a little experiment to see if kids would learn faster with the audio books or the online text. As Ava read she found it easier to go along with the words. Very soon, she begins to understand better about what she was reading. Ava goes to her teacher and asks if she can go to the reading teacher to ask for a tablet. She teachers gets her a tablet and she downloaded all the books, for social study and all the other subjects that you have a textbook. We need to take away textbooks and replace them with the tablets. We need to take away textbooks and replace them with tablets because...
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...written in English first. The number of textbooks and teaching materials concerned solely with SC pronunciation is quite small. Huang (1969) is limited to simple descriptions of the articulation of particular consonants, vowels, diphthongs, and triphthongs, accompanied by sketches of vocal organs, adding explanation of tones (note that Huang uses the IPA symbols in comparison with various romanization systems including Pinyin). Dow (1972) treats the topic more comprehensively (up to stress, but not intonation), although the main emphasis is on description of vowels and consonants (he does not work with Pinyin, using the IPA instead; the sketches of the position of articulatory...
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...International University SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COURSE SYLLABUS[?] BA121IU International Economics Note: The outline with specific venue and time, and updated learning materials for the current semester will be provided to the enrolled students by the lecturer 1. COURSE STAFF Lecturer: Ho Nhut Quang. Ph.D Room: A.401 Telephone: 0903339767 E-mail: hnquang@hcmiu.edu.vn Consultation Hours: 13h.00- Mondays - Thursdays Teaching Assistant: TBA Room: TBA Telephone: TBA E-mail: TBA Consultation Hours: TBA Should the students wish to meet the staff outside the consultation hours, they are advised to make appointment in advance. 2. COURSE INFORMATION 2.1 Teaching times and Locations Lecture: TBA Venue: TBA 2.2 Units of Credit This course is worth 3 credits. 2.3 Parallel teaching in the course There is no parallel teaching involved in this course. 2.4 Relationship of this course to others The International Trade course focuses on two main parts. The first part deals with international trade theories and policies among countries. And the second part mentions the problems international monetary. Both parts utilize many concepts and knowledge from the courses of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. Theoretical analysis will be based on the demand and supply model, the concepts of consumer surplus and producer surplus, as...
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...sociology textbooks from 1996 to 2007 were compared with the definition given by Durkheim in his own writings both in the original French and the English translation. It was found that only one textbook correctly gave Durkheim’s own definition while the other definitions showed little or no relationship to the original concept. The original concept was based on an analysis of the economy, more particularly the business cycle, and refers only to the structure of society and not to the mental state of the individual. An attempt is made to discover the source of such a widespread and well-accepted error. All of us are concerned about the introductory course in sociology, no matter the august reaches of academe we might have attained. Nearly all of us have taught it at least once, if only as teaching assistants during our graduate school days. Some of us always teach it. The rest depend on it as a basis for their advanced courses, for a supply of research assistants, and ultimately to build public appreciation and support for the field. If we think of the number of students who take introductory sociology in just one small college in one semester, let alone in a major university over many years, we can easily appreciate the influence that these courses have on our discipline. All of us have an interest in the quality of introductory course instruction, including the accuracy of material in the textbooks used in these courses. Between 1973 and 2003, Teaching Sociology...
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...the textbook in the class and how the students respond to it, is an important procedure of evaluation. It has to be seen how well the students have grasped the concepts and how proficient they have really become in using the language. For this purpose an evaluator has to observe the teacher while she is actually teaching in the class by the use of the course book and the students when they are being taught. It will also help the evaluator to check the students’ level of motivation. A clear idea about the interest of the learners can be obtained by viewing the learners in the class when they are being taught by the use of the textbook. It also has to be seen whether they enjoyed the lecture or considered it to be a dull and useless one. Observation also aids in determining how active and attentive the students are in the class. New teachers are usually full of new ideas but with the passage of several years they fall back on previous lesson plans and do not introduce anything truly creative. Therefore, teachers need to evaluate their own teaching styles. Brown thinks “A teacher who wants to avoid getting into a rut- or to climb out of a rut into which he has fallen – should make a through and honest evaluation of his teaching methods” (Brown 1975, p 342). Observation of teaching styles of a teacher also helps the teacher for the evaluation of her own teaching methodology. According to Jack C. Richards use of textbooks by teachers actually represents “plans for teaching” as, ...
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...Achievement Test was also administered on the students in the selected schools. Results of the study indicated that adequate supply of instructional resources have significant effects on students’ performance in history. Furthermore, the results revealed that schools with adequate teacher quality and material resources in History showed superiority in achievements on the history test than schools without adequate teacher quality and material resources. INTRODUCTION Education, according to Coombs (1970) consists of two components. He classified these two components into inputs and outputs. According to him, inputs consist of human and material resources and outputs are the goals and outcomes of the educational process. Both the inputs and outputs form a dynamic organic whole and if one wants to investigate and assess the educational system in order to improve its performance, effects of one component on the other must be examined. Instructional resources which are educational inputs are of vital importance to the teaching of any subject in the school curriculum. Wales (1975) was of the opinion that...
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