book being examined is the "Carnegie Learning Math Series 2" textbook. This textbook is used by our current seventh grade. The company's other books are used within our elementary, eighth grade, and Algebra 1 course. This is a large textbook that comes in two volumes. The textbooks are consumables so students can write directly within the textbook. Additionally, the textbook comes with a companion software called MathiaX. This software mirrors the textbook. Students log onto the software and can
The six best Business Textbooks to impress your boss The study of business is an important skill for students in college and beyond. Business study helps students learn the basics of businesses, economics and business management. By studying business not only will one get help to gain knowledge about the types of businesses and management techniques, but it also polishes your thinking skills as a businessman (or woman!). Students need to know which textbook is most suitable for them at different
taught me what textbook could not teach me which was speaking socially. In fact, textbook was limiting my ability to speak socially since it only provided the correct way of talking not slangs or any speaking styles. T.V. shows has taught me better way to communicate socially which in all help me to grow as a speaker. Textbook like I mentioned before have limitation. It has limited me from learning the English language properly. This limitation carries thorough our school textbooks also. For example
importantly, they believe that it is more cost effective than staying with the hard copy textbooks. Teachers in K-12 schools should continue to use traditional textbooks instead of replacing them with tablets because of the student’s ability to retain more information, have a lesser chance of being distracted, and the cost effectiveness of staying with textbooks. One important reason to stay with traditional textbooks is that students retain information more effectively when they read from print rather
“For when textbook authors leave out the warts, the problems, the unfortunate character traits, and the mistaken ideas, they reduce heroes from dramatic men and women to melodramatic stick figures. Their inner struggles disappear and they become goody- goody, not just merely good.” (Loewen, pg. 29). “Lies My Teacher Told Me” is a non- fiction book written by author, American sociologist, and historian, James W. Loewen. The popular belief is that schools buy the textbook that best fits the curriculum
“Ripe for digital destruction,” (A Textbook) were words of the late Steve Jobs referring to the enormous potential for the textbooks industry. He believed the textbook market to be worth an estimated 8 billion dollars in the U.S. alone. His vision was to lessen the burden of carrying heavy textbooks around, while also offering them as a free feature with the iPad. He wanted to change the culture of textbooks forever. The essay “What are the Enablers and Barriers to Successful Adoption and Commercialization
inadequecy of textbooks (content) result from every individual class’ own learning needs. Therefore, it is possible to argue that the aims of participants ( those who scored disagree or not sure) did not effectively correspond to the textbook aims in terms of skills. They may rely heavily on one or more skills while neglecting the others. Thus, their expectations would not naturally be reflected in textbooks. The literature also indicates the evidence that different teaching approaches and styles
level students prefer using digital textbooks over using printed books because it makes learning more interesting and interactive. Some grade level teachers and parents, however, think digital textbooks can be a distraction in the classroom. The issues concerned in this controversial discussion include the cost, learning distractions,and health issues involved, and the motivation to learn. There are many schools in grades K-12 that are digitizing their textbooks. One positive factor of using e-books
has always impacted both students and teachers in the classroom. The invention of Guttenberg’s printing press in 1451 brought the printed word to the masses and made learning more accessible to the common man. The introduction of the pocket calculator in the 1970’s freed professionals and students from the slide rule and made learning and performing mathematical calculations much less time consuming. Fast forward to today and the technological opportunities are stunning. Students today carry around
After robbing your bank account to pay tuition, high textbook costs add insult to injury. However, solutions to the staggering cost of college textbooks are close to home. No one struggles alone. The College Board estimates an average college student spends over $1,000 on textbooks every year. In a report published by Student Public Interest Research Groups, more than half of students say they did not buy a required textbook because it is too expensive and over 90 percent of students who go without