Demystify Math, Science, and Technology
Demystify Math, Science, and Technology

Author: Dennis Adams

Publisher: R&L Education

Published: 2013-04-16

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1475804644

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In a rapidly evolving local and global economy, skills related to mathematical problem solving, scientific inquiry, and technological innovation are becoming more critical for success in and out of school. Thus, Demystify Math, Science, and Technology addresses the need to cultivate these skills in young students so that ingenuity, teamwork, and imaginative skills become part of their arsenal in dealing with real world challenges. This whole package of attributes is essential for learners imagining new scenarios and future work in areas that don’t even exist yet. Another important issue is that teachers now deal with students who span the entire spectrum of learning. Students differ widely in levels of preparedness, personal interests, and cultural ways of seeing and experiencing the world. One size does not fit all. Teachers need to learn to turn diversity into an advantage because innovation builds on the social nature of learning; the more diverse the inputs, the more interesting the outputs. The authors also believe that no one should be sidelined with basic skill training in a way that keeps them away from the creative and collaborative engagement associated with problem solving, inquiry, and the technological products of math and science.

Demystify Math, Science, and Technology
Demystify Math, Science, and Technology

Author: Dennis Adams

Publisher: R&L Education

Published: 2010-02-15

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1607096366

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Technology is viewed as a powerful force both in and out of school and has long been linked with math and science. Although concepts and activities of this book apply to any grade, the primary focus is on the elementary and middle school levels. This book provides principles and practical strategies for promoting creative and innovative work in math, science, and technology. The authors pay close attention to the social nature of learning and how collaboration can spark student interest in open-ended problem-solving. Shining a light on mathematic, scientific, and technological processes gives everyone more control over what is going on around them and increases understanding of how things work.

Engaging Eager and Reluctant Learners
Engaging Eager and Reluctant Learners

Author: Dennis Adams

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2017-03-08

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 1475834470

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This book will help educators design STEM programs and lessons that foster teamwork and thinking while getting students actively involved in their own learning. There are many practical ideas and lesson plans that will help teachers reach both eager and reluctant learners. The suggestions for STEM curriculum and instruction are research based and standards driven. This book looks at collaborative learning, differentiation, and diversity all the while building instruction in the STEM subjects and good hands-on materials. This is done in a way that is designed to help every student feel successful and part of the class as a whole. It shows a deep respect for the unique relationship between teachers and their students as they try to navigate their way into the future. Suggestions are designed to help learners question, analyze, interpret, problem solve, and discover. The STEM subjects of science, technology, engineering, and math are essential to understanding the world of today and the world of tomorrow. The authors view is that it takes more than innovation alone; for innovation to be useful, products of the imagination must be arranged in ways that allow them to be used to solve real world problems.

Imagine, Inquire, and Create
Imagine, Inquire, and Create

Author: Dennis Adams

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-10-29

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1475821786

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In this book, the authors integrate STEM (i.e., science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) concepts and the cultivation of young minds in order to be open to innovation. This book uses STEM instruction as blurring the lines among basic subject areas. Often, it’s more than integrating science, mathematics, engineering, and technology. Ideas, activities, and projects can be integrated with lessons from the language arts to the Arts as well. In this book, STEM is treated as more of a philosophy than a program or a set of activities.

A Teaching Guide to Revitalizing STEM Education
A Teaching Guide to Revitalizing STEM Education

Author: Daryao Khatri

Publisher: R&L Education

Published: 2012-11-13

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1610484495

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Standard math and science textbooks typically follow a deductive style of content presentation that involves too much lecturing, too much of the teacher’s back at the chalkboard, too little interaction with students, and too little time for all of the students to take adequate notes. By reading and using A Teaching Guide to Revitalizing STEM Education, educators will rediscover how to streamline the subject matter— math, physics, statistics, and organic chemistry—by eliminating unnecessary difficulties and distractions from course textbooks. A useful guide for both high school teachers and postsecondary faculty, this book explains how to organize, arrange, and streamline STEM content so that it is approachable, understandable, and applicable for students. Likewise, this guide discusses important classroom management skills and pedagogical techniques that will help students master these critical subjects. Providing and explaining over a dozen lesson plans, A Teaching Guide to Revitalizing STEM Education will encourage educators to effectively optimize the recent emphases on science, technology, engineering, and math education.

Activating Assessment for All Students
Activating Assessment for All Students

Author: Mary Hamm

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 147580198X

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This book builds on the expanding knowledge of what works in classrooms and suggests approaches that can open up individual and group possibilities for science and mathematics instruction, suggesting ways that formative assessment practices can inform differentiated teaching, learning, and assessment.

21st Century Innovation in Music Education
21st Century Innovation in Music Education

Author: Kun Setyaning Astuti

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-11-27

Total Pages: 550

ISBN-13: 0429658451

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Music is an expression of feelings of the soul conveyed through the medium of sound. But not all sounds are music. It might be said that only an organised sound or series of sounds can be called music. Thus, music is connected to the eternal and constant flow and order of the universe, to the laws and rhythms of nature. It can also be said that musical order is comparable to the natural order of the universe. There are laws of a certain nature in the natural sciences and likewise in music there are structures and procedures, or even rules, that should be followed to produce beautiful music. The International Conference "Innovations for 21st Century Music Education and Research" provided a timely opportunity to take stock of the latest developments in music education and brought together educators, researchers and members of the broader community in a welcoming forum in which they were able to express theoretical and practical views, concepts, research results and principles to help support the further development of music education.

Tomorrow's Innovators
Tomorrow's Innovators

Author: Dennis Adams

Publisher: R&L Education

Published: 2012-10-05

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1475800827

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Tomorrow’s Innovators: Essential Skills For A Changing World focuses on approaches and methods to help teachers infuse their basic subject matter lessons with creativity, innovation, and adaptability. On a broader scale, we provide elementary and middle school educators with insights into current educational issues and suggestions for converting new ideas into practical classroom applications.

Revolutionizing the Global Stock Market: Harnessing Blockchain for Enhanced Adaptability
Revolutionizing the Global Stock Market: Harnessing Blockchain for Enhanced Adaptability

Author: Geada, Nuno

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2024-04-15

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13:

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In the aftermath of the profound fiscal crisis of 2008, the very foundation of the global financial system came under intense scrutiny. The ensuing crash laid bare systemic vulnerabilities and underscored the urgent need for alternative solutions capable of fostering a more transparent and resilient model. This period of economic turbulence exposed critical flaws in the existing global financial infrastructure, prompting a search for innovations that could instill accountability, security, and transparency. It is against this backdrop of financial upheaval that Revolutionizing the Global Stock Market: Harnessing Blockchain for Enhanced Adaptability explores the solutions poised to redefine the dynamics of the stock market. Revolutionizing the Global Stock Market: Harnessing Blockchain for Enhanced Adaptability strategically addresses the objectives crucial for navigating the complexities of the contemporary business landscape. The focus extends beyond survival to thriving, emphasizing the persistence of big-picture perspectives, adaptability to new productivity approaches, and the importance of clear and consistent communication. These objectives also encompass facilitating avenues for employee feedback, fostering continuous improvement, and constructing business continuity plans with inherent elasticity. By offering both a theoretical and practical foundation, the book aims to be an indispensable resource for organizations, managers, and scholars navigating the potential of blockchain technology in the context of the global stock market.

Entrepreneurial Connectivity
Entrepreneurial Connectivity

Author: Vanessa Ratten

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-10-06

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9811655723

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This book explores how entrepreneurial networks provide the basis for individuals and firms to compete based on knowledge asymmetries. This book states that this is crucial in the increasingly interdependent world where social capital influences potential market performance. This edited book focuses on future trends regarding entrepreneurial networks in terms of social, cultural and market connections thereby bridging the entrepreneurship, strategy and network literature. This book provides a practical way to capture market changes as networks evolve to a more digital format. The impact of innovation and strategy on these market developments will be discussed in each chapter as a way to understand performance.