Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Mathematics
Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Mathematics

Author: Evan M. Glazer

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2001-08-30

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 0313074348

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Mathematics teachers and school library media specialists will find this book a valuable resource for using the Web to promote critical thinking in the high school mathematics classroom. It is filled with instructional strategies and an expansive set of activities that cover a broad array of mathematics topics spanning from prealgebra through calculus. Teachers using the questions and activities in this book will help their students meet the standards set forth by the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics. Various types of mathematics related sources on the Internet are outlined within this book, including data and simulations related to real world situations such as saving funds and computing interest earned for college, purchasing a home, or decoding train and plane schedules. The author develops a framework for critical thinking in mathematics and helps teachers create a supportive classroom environment. Each activity highlights a web source, the mathematics topics involved, the appropriate grade levels of study, possible student investigations, and related web sources for continued exploration, promoting a student-centered inquiry.

Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Visual Arts
Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Visual Arts

Author: Pamela J. Eyerdam

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2003-03-30

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0313078270

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Use the Internet to teach visual arts and refine students' critical thinking skills! This book is based on the Discipline-Based Art Education program, a proven art instruction program that teaches everything from the creative process and art history to criticism and aesthetics. An abundance of primary source Web sites and background information is offered. The main focus of the book is western art history and painting, but examples of sculpture, drawings, prints, and architecture are included, along with a chapter on diversity. Part I provides background material. A brief history of art education is presented, followed by a review of the components of design elements and principles. The book describes using the Internet as a primary source by identifying and evaluating websites. Part II follows the program through the main historical periods, from prehistoric and ancient Middle Eastern art, through the Renaissance, through the 20th century. A bibliography and index are included.

Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in World Literature
Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in World Literature

Author: Roxanne M. Kent-Drury

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2005-03-30

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 0313068658

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Presenting web sites from around the world covering much of the world's literature, this book provides creative and interesting thinking activities to enhance student understanding of literature and culture and to promote critical thinking. This book will be very useful to teachers of world history and literature at the senior high school and undergraduate level. Part of a well reviewed series of titles Using Internet Primary Sources to Promote Critical Thinking, carries on the tradition of excellence in instructional tools. Grades 9-12.

Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Government, Economics, and Contemporary World Issues
Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Government, Economics, and Contemporary World Issues

Author: James M. Shiveley

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2001-09-30

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0313075727

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Teachers of political science, social studies, and economics, as well as school library media specialists, will find this resource invaluable for incorporating the Internet into their classroom lessons. Over 150 primary source Web sites are referenced and paired with questions and activities designed to encourage critical thinking skills. Completing the activities for the lessons in this book will allow students to evaluate the source of information, the content presented, and it usefulness in the context of their assignments. Along with each Web site, a summary of the site's contents identifies important primary source documents such as constitutions, treaties, speeches, court cases, statistics, and other official documents. The questions and activites invite the students to log on to the Web site, read the information presented, interact with the data, and analyze it critically to answer such questions as: Who created this document? Is the source reliable? How is the information useful and how does it relate to present-day circumstances? If I were in this situation, would I have responded the same way as the person in charge? Strengthening these critical thinking skills will help prepare students for both college and career in the 21st century.

Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in History
Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in History

Author: Kathleen W. Craver

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1999-10-30

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1567507360

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History teachers and school library media specialists will find this guide a valuable resource for creating technologically advanced, resource-based instructional units in American and World History in grades 7-12. It is filled with 150 recommended primary source Internet sites about history ranging from ancient civilizations to 1998 and is stocked with exciting, interesting, and challenging questions designed to stimulate students' critical thinking skills. Dr. Craver, who maintains an award-winning interactive Internet database and conducts technology workshops for school library media specialists, provides an indispensable tool to enable students to make the best use of the Internet for the study of history. Each site is accompanied by a summary that describes its contents and usefulness to history teachers and school library media specialists. The questions that follow are designed specifically to stimulate critical thinking skills. Critical thinking skills are deemed essential for students if they are to succeed academically and economically in the twenty-first century. An annotated appendix of selected primary source databases includes the Internet addresses for 60 additional primary source sites.

Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Geography
Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Geography

Author: Gary S. Elbow

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2000-09-30

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 0313032491

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Geography teachers and school library media specialists will find this resource indispensable for providing classroom lessons and activities in critical thinking for geography students in grades 7-12. It is filled with over 75 primary source Internet sites covering such topics as Places and Regions, Physical Systems, Human Systems, Environment and Society, and the Uses of Geography, and will be an invaluable tool in helping teachers and librarians meet the standards set forth in the 1994 publication Geography for Life: National Geography Standards. Each site is accompanied by a site summary that describes the site contents and usefulness to geography teachers and school library media specialists. Site subjects include: Urban Landscapes, Volcanoes and Earthquakes, Weather, The U.S. Census, and the World Wildlife Fund Global Network. The questions and activities that follow are designed to develop critical thinking skills for both oral and written presentations. An appendix of additional geography resources includes Internet addresses for approximately 25 sites relating to maps, primary sources, and critical thinking. This will provide teachers and librarians with even more resources for developing lessons to help each student meet all 18 of the National Geography Standards.

Developing a Vision
Developing a Vision

Author: John D. Crowley

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2011-03-21

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1591588928

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This text shows teacher librarians how to become leaders in their schools and apply their unique skills and insight to develop a timely and meaningful vision for the school's library. It can be very difficult to break the habit of addressing time-consuming tasks that are no longer mission critical. Having a vision and plan is the best way to establish a new, more effective pattern. As the education system, technology, and the world continues to evolve, it is paramount for teacher librarians to have a strategic plan to overcome today's challenges... and to be ready for the changes that are sure to come. This book describes two types of strategic planning for teacher librarians. Each methodology is presented via a sequential approach to the planning process. The first section of the text addresses those who are pressed for time and are lacking some necessary resources. The second section explains the classical approach to strategic planning for teacher librarians.

Independent School Libraries
Independent School Libraries

Author: Dorcas Hand

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-06-11

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 159158812X

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The first book published about independent school libraries since 1985, this work offers both the independent school library community and the broader school library community a wealth of insights into excellence in library practice. Independent School Libraries: Perspectives on Excellence offers readers insights into best practices in library services for school communities, using examples drawn from independent schools of various sizes, descriptions, and locations across the United States. Two overview essays introduce a statistical analysis of independent schools. Each of the remaining essays provides perspective on a different aspect of library practice, including staffing, advocacy, assessment, technology, collaboration, programs beyond the curriculum, intellectual freedom and privacy, budgeting, accreditation, disaster planning, and more. Because independent school librarians work across divisions and without a mandate to adhere to state or national standards, they have the freedom to explore and refine best practice in a school library setting. Fortunately, the ideas and methods they have developed, many of which are on display here, can be applied in any school library.

Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn)
Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn)

Author: Lina Handayani

Publisher: Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

Published:

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13:

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Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn) is an interdisciplinary international journal of original research and writing on education. The EduLearn aims to provide a forum for scholarly understanding of the field of education and plays an important role in promoting the process that accumulated knowledge, values, and skills are transmitted from one generation to another; and to make methods and contents of evaluation and research in education available to teachers, administrators and research workers. Bilingualism and Vocabulary Learning: A Comparison between Baluchi and Persian EFL Learners Yahya Keikhaie, Amirali Khoshkhoonejad 183 Professionalization of Teaching in Nigeria: Strategies, Prospects and Challenges Oluremi Dorcas Fareo 190 Prospective Teachers Proportional Reasoning and Presumption of Student Work Mujiyem Sapti 197 The Challenges and Prospects of E-learning in National Open University of Nigeria Olukayode Solomon Aboderin 207 EFL Speaking Anxiety among Senior High School Students and Policy Recommendations Amirul Mukminin, Masbirorotni, Noprival, Sutarno, Nelly Arif, Maimunah 217 Developing Critical Thinking Skills of Students in Mathematics Learning Firdaus, Ismail Kailani, Md. Nor Bin Bakar, Bakry 226 The Role of the Educator in Adult Education Georgios Giannoukos, Georgios Besas, Christos Galiropoulos, Vasilios Hioctour 237 The Application of School Watching Method to Increase the Earthquake Disaster Knowledge of Primary School Students Sri Adelila Sari, Husnul Khatimah 241 Effects of Cooperative Learning on Students’ Academic Achievement Fariha Gull, Shumaila Shehzad 246 Rule of Nahwiyah Variations in Arabiyah Bayna Yadaik Book and its Contribution on Arabiyah Asasiyah Subject Maman Abdurrahman 256

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Online Education
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Online Education

Author: Steven L. Danver

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2016-09-20

Total Pages: 1399

ISBN-13: 1483318346

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Online education, both by for-profit institutions and within traditional universities, has seen recent tremendous growth and appeal - but online education has many aspects that are not well understood. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Online Education provides a thorough and engaging reference on all aspects of this field, from the theoretical dimensions of teaching online to the technological aspects of implementing online courses—with a central focus on the effective education of students. Key topics explored through over 350 entries include: · Technology used in the online classroom · Institutions that have contributed to the growth of online education · Pedagogical basis and strategies of online education · Effectiveness and assessment · Different types of online education and best practices · The changing role of online education in the global education system