Can Do Problem-solving is an innovative new series which complements the Primary National Strategy's newest guidance on the teaching of Problem Solving. The materials provide a structured progression in teaching for Key Stage 1 and 2, which will ensure that your pupils become successful problem solvers.
According to a recent survey 81% of adults harbour dreams of writing, but of those only 2% have actually completed a manuscript. Your Writing Coach offers breakthrough techniques for finding the time, the will and the way to write. The book features unique chapter bonuses including interviews with leading producers, directors and agents.
Twelve-year-old dinosaur expert Eric, his young sister Rose, and their faithful dog find themselves mysteriously transported back in time 65 million years to the era of dinosaurs. They are befriended by an intelligent, evolved creature named Weet. Will Eric and his sister ever be able to return to their own world?
With practical lessons and activities - from how to correctly use apostrophes to creating 'word snapshot' posters - this guide contains information that can help English or language arts teachers inspire middle grade and high school students. It is suitable for children of ages 12 years and over.
The Teachers' Book includes all four topic areas - Health, Power, Food and Technology. The pages are split into two main areas - worksheets and class activities. Worksheets will guide pupils through the topic and lead them to points of discussion. Class activities will be a guide for teachers to help pupils to understand a concept.
Did you know that the largest insect is a Goliath Beetle, that the Romans invented central heating and that the most spoken language in the world is Mandarin Chinese?
These amazing facts, and many more, can be found in The Big Book of Knowledge! Read in astonishment about the world around us, including the animal world, outer space, amazing inventions and much more!
Guaranteed to keep children fascinated for hours!
Features projects, games, and activities children and parents can do together to increase their understanding of basic math concepts. This book covers both content and process standards for areas such as algebra, geometry, measurement, problem solving, and reasoning/proofs.
Gives an insider's view about how you can teach usefully, revealing the secrets of the trade, with practical guides, exercises, evaluations. This book includes contributors that come from a wide and varied disciplinary background. It is organised into three sections: Before We Teach; How We Teach; and How we Assess.
At some point all writers - published or unpublished - experience either the pain of rejections, discouragement, and/or other hazards of the writing life. This book provides tips for writers on how to face and overcome these obstacles: learn the truth about Failure; discover the Ultimate Dream Killer; and, find out how to get rid of a Wet Blanket.
The ships carrying the King of Naples and his entourage are caught up in a violent storm. Plunged into the turbulent sea, they arrive separately on the same nearby island. Not only do they believe that the others have perished, they are also unaware that the storm was intentional.
Have you ever wished you could improve your reading, writing, spelling, maths, and your memory and learning skills? This title takes you through a series of simple logical steps which build on each other to enable you or your children to visualise your way to success, developing skills you already possess.
Providing teachers with strategies for classroom control, this guide helps both new and experienced educators survive the school week. It presents proven methods of education and offers guidance and advice to help teachers communicate better with students and their parents, deal with bullying behaviour, and foster student efforts and achievements.
Hong Kong and Macao have much in common. The dominant populations in both territories are Cantonese-speaking Chinese; and both have undergone political transition to reunification with China. Yet in education, they are very different. This book contributes to the field of comparative education.
Meet Little Three, an energetic and friendly girl who counts all things in sets of three. Join Little Three while she counts some famous fairy-tale characters that come in threes, including the little pigs, bears, and blind mice! My First Steps to Math makes learning math fun! Each book features a different character your child will love and focuses on a single number. Together, these books provide a strong foundation for math awareness, helping your child develop the early skills of number recognition, counting, and even simple addition and subtraction. Creatively written by early childhood educator Jane Belk Moncure, the My First Steps to Math series will not only help your child learn to love numbers but also to master the essential concepts. Before you know it, your child will be stepping up to math with confidence!
The seventh edition of the bestselling parents' guide, reviewing over 375 of the UK's top private and state schools. In addition to vivid descriptions of the schools, and outspoken critical analysis of each school's strengths and weaknesses, the guide provides helpful advice on how to select a school, what to look for, what to ask, and where else to look if things go wrong.
The ships carrying the King of Naples and his entourage are caught up in a violent storm. Plunged into the turbulent sea, they arrive separately on the same nearby island. Not only do they believe that the others have perished, they are also unaware that the storm was intentional.
Presenting personality profiles, historical essays, and first-person reminiscences, this book offers a history of the University of Texas. It recalls some of the most dramatic and challenging episodes in the university's history, including recurring attacks on the school by politicians and regents.
Presents a case study that allows students and teachers to understand and discuss strategic issues confronting managers in contemporary biotech companies. The case study is designed for courses at schools of business, industrial management and biotech entrepreneurship. This book also includes an English-Swedish glossary of common business terms.
Features self-management tool for students. This book contains things students need to organize their information and time, including study skills advice, diary pages, personal finance guidance, timetables, useful contacts and websites, spelling rules, notes pages, bookmark, plastic pocket and maps.
From Ancient origins of astronomy to the Copernican revolution, and from Galileo to Dark Matter and Dark Energy, The Story of Astronomy charts the discoveries made by some of the greatest minds in human history in their attempts to unveil the secrets of the stars.
Adopts a problem solving approach where abstract ideas are motivated by real world problems. This title includes problems that range from practicing algebraic skills to open ended, non routine questions. It focuses on exploring how algebra is used in the social, physical, and life sciences.
The CD ROM - which covers both Key Stages 1 and 2 - uses the seven key science skills as a starting point. These are linked to the 38 investigation topics contained in the QCA Scheme of Work, so that the CD guides you through the key points that underpin Sc 1.
This book follows a group of teachers who worked to create a program that supported their students' native languages and funds of knowledge, finding that structures within the school and discourses from other teachers, administrators, and the nation/community both constrained/enabled the teachers to create an equitable learning environment.
Shows that by collapsing the artificial boundaries between schools, off-school sites, local communities and families, and by welcoming the spiritualities, languages, and indigenous knowledges that students bring with them, schools can be transformed from sources of oppression into sites for social transformation.
Helps readers to understand how forces for change reshape colleges and universities. This book illustrates how external special-interest groups influence campus affairs and analyses their influence on curriculum, contract issuance and unionism. It presents ways in which concerned citizens and community leaders can address change in positive ways.
Suitable for those who are curious about Educational Psychology, this book provides myriad keys to the variety of themes in Educational Psychology. It focuses on the positive constructs in Educational Psychology and reflects on the wide range of strengths, assets and resources available to the educational psychologist.
Illustrates the importance of love and family heritage. This title is a celebration of Hanukkah, a tribute to Toronto's multicultural heritage and a guide for any young girl coming to grips with loss and mourning. It is intended for ages 8 to 12 years.
Starting with the creation of the world and ending with the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, this book illustrates 48 in-sequence stories with craft ideas - models from salt dough and papier mache, musical instruments, paperweights, collages, calendars and cards: creative fun for children which reinforce the message of the Bible stories.
This practical guide offers advice to teachers running GNVQ courses. Using case studies, the author identifies the key implementation issues and suggests possible solutions to problems that the teacher might encounter. Models of good practice are given, along with alternative approaches.
It should be simple. When your children reach the age of 11 they go to the comprehensive down the road. But what happens if the local comp is an academic black hole, where the majority of children cannot achieve the undemanding task of getting five GCCEs with a grade of C or better?
Developed on the premise that art is linked to the experience of being human, this program engages students by demonstrating that art is and always has been a way for people across time and cultures to express their ideas. It includes: chapter support and home/community connections; vocabulary, studio and assessment masters; and, Manipulatives.
Addressing challenges in modern teaching, this title offers guidance on using technology in the classroom, communicating with parents, dealing with tough issues such as bullying and sexual harassment, and coping with legislation requirements and student pressures. It includes a section that deals with cell phones and other classroom distractions.
Provides practical and applicable skills and critical-thinking strategies by emphasizing self-discovery, self-management, and self-assessment, with an underlying theme of helping first-year students to be confident in their approach to learning. This title focuses on student diversity, not only in their backgrounds but also in the ways they learn.
Reflecting the changes in tuition and other college-related costs, this directory guides parents and students toward colleges and universities. It describes more than 250 accredited American colleges with reference to academic programs, campus environment, financial aid resources and costs.
A series of annual guides that contains information to help prospective postgraduates choose the right course for them, including: a comprehensive listing of postgraduate courses; financial advice; information on careers and employment issues; guidance on how to apply; and case studies of former postgraduate students.
Providing students, teachers, and parents with a road map to online high schools, this guide lists courses in math, science, history, English, foreign languages, and even physical education and electives at 113 high schools that offer courses over the Internet. The index provides instructions to help students track down specific courses.
Offers an overview of the asset-building approach, with a list of the 40 Developmental Assets, asset-building activities, stories of assets in action, and asset-building ideas for youth and adults, that is presented in a functional format for using with groups.
Provides the information you need for an easy-to-use musical and dramatic interpretation of the Christmas story. This title offers the flexibility to run a series of five assemblies in the busy lead-up to Christmas, a stand-alone act of worship with presentation readings, or an end-of-term presentation in school or service in the local church.
Part of the Which Degree Series 2007, which provides information for students wishing to narrow their choice of course before turning to prospectus' - saving them precious time when they need it most. Grouped by study field, this volume is divided into subject chapters with courses arranged alphabetically by title and institution.
This book brings together authors actively involved in shaping the field of literacy studies, presenting a robust approach to the theoretical and empirical work which is currently pushing the boundaries of literacy research and also pointing to future directions for literacy research.
Showing how to draw, compose, and create with line, this workbook jump-starts the creative process while introducing fundamental art vocabulary and ideas. It covers topics such as the elements of design, design and composition, art history, drawing and colouring techniques.
Includes a of point-of-use teaching support that helps teachers easily pick and choose. This title features: support for differentiated instruction; numerous links across the curriculum; reading and language arts links; suggestions for Children's Trade Books for each lesson and Studio Exploration; and, evaluation criteria for each studio.
Examines the various ways in which traffic and parking are controlled and helps children identify the nature of a road in relation to traffic. This CD-ROM introduces children to words and phrases related to traffic and helps them discover the purpose of various road signs, parking controls and road safety measures.
How does Kindergarten set a different standard? This book includes: Art images and a Studio Exploration with the lessons; and lessons in the first unit that focus on basic skills, such as how to hold and use a crayon, a pair of scissors, a paintbrush, and how to tear and cut paper; while fostering creative expression and exploration.
Anger is a natural response to circumstances. However, sometimes it can be disproportionate to the situation and can lead to unacceptable behaviour. This book gives you a teaching programme of 15 sessions to teach primary-aged children to express anger responsibly, safely and in a controlled way.
Contains the lesson that include three lesson objectives which relate to the theme, the art concepts and the studio. This title features: Studio Evaluation Criteria that include evaluation criteria at point-of-use; and Aesthetic Awareness in which the lessons end with suggestions for encouraging students to view their world like an artist.
Features student book that include six units, each organised around a universal theme relevant to students' lives that foster meaningful connections to artworks across time and place. This title contains various strands that include two concept lessons - each with a studio - and an extended Studio Exploration.
Includes point-of-use teaching support to help teachers pick and choose. This book includes support for differentiated instruction; links across the curriculum; reading and language arts links; suggestions for Children's Trade Books for each lesson and Studio Exploration; and, biographies of featured artists in the Student Book.
Includes six units, each organised around a universal theme relevant to students' lives; these themes foster meaningful connections to artworks across time and place. This book also features elements and principles that are embedded throughout each unit to ensure continual application and understanding.
If you are a parent considering homeschooling, a homeschooling novice, or a long-time homeschooler, this book provides helpful insight into the ins and outs of homeschooling. It offers parents and guardians the information on how to homeschool their children and describes homeschooling as a journey - one that is more than worth taking.
Despite the sophistication of the modern world it is still, thankfully, still a place full of mystery and fascination, some of which may be repellent and terrifying, the rest awesome and spell-binding. Here are strange beasts and monsters, phantom warriors, children raised by wolves, and people with strange talents and even stranger attributes. How is it that some can levitate or walk on fire? Can a crowd of people go collectively mad? Do you believe in fairies?
Includes activities that enable children to: recognise different aspects of humour in stories, including anticipation and surprise, choice of vocabulary, characterisations, actions and events; explore the development of funny characters and events; and, engage in word play to create humour.
Offers an overview of the asset-building approach (sold in packs of 20), complete with a list of the 40 Developmental Assets, asset-building activities, stories of assets in action, and asset-building ideas for youth and adults that is presented in a functional format for using with groups.
Providing listings of UK first degree courses, this two volume set allows students to narrow down their course and university choices before turning to prospectuses. Volume 1 covers Arts, Humanities, Languages, Social Sciences, Business, Education and Law, and Volume 2 covers Engineering, Technology, Geography, Sciences, Medicine and Mathematics.
Offers advice on money issues such as making the right decisions about part-time jobs, overdrafts, loans and accommodation. This guide provides information on the range of financial help available including grants, hardship funds, trusts, charitable awards, sponsorships, scholarships and bursaries.
Features student book that include six units, each organised around a universal theme relevant to students' lives that foster meaningful connections to artworks across time and place. This title contains various strands that include two concept lessons - each with a studio - and an extended Studio Exploration.
Offers practical advice on how to use an introduction of interactive whiteboards (IWB) effectively in your classroom. This book helps you to make informed decisions about the hardware and what it is capable of; to understand and use the basic IWB functions; to develop your use of an IWB as an interactive tool with your children; and more.
Offers best practices for implementing RTI at the school-wide level-to ensure success for all learners Response-to-Intervention is now mandated at schools across the country. While there are a handful of books offering tips on implementation, schools are still struggling to find the best approaches.
Parents and students alike are increasingly concerned about the rising cost of a university education and the burden of post-graduation debt. With chapters on both costs and potential income, this title is a map for guiding readers through the financial jungle and identifying the sources of available funding.
Inclusivity goes beyond special education or special interests and is intrinsically tied to how schools respond to the needs and concerns of all students from diverse racial, ethnic, gender, sexual, class, religious, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds. This book addresses the philosophical and theoretical bases for inclusivity.
This book is the story of seven schools working to create learning communities in which every student is expected and supported to learn. But it is much more about the passionate belief in the potential of all students and what it takes to foster that potential than it is about seven particular schools.
This special issue is a snapshot of current research in this area, showing many of the issues encountered, the methods employed, and the limitations faced. All four studies involve experimental or quasi-experimental studies but all are based on participants recruited from adult literacy programmes.
This text examines the legal system through the lens of psychological concepts, methods, and research, discussing the ethical, moral, legal, and psychological gray areas of the law, and addressing topics such as criminal profiling, police stress, and women and minorities in law school. Material is
Along with information on what to look for in a college and what colleges look for in their students besides grades, this college reference provides details on more than 75 colleges that make it a point to help students who have not achieved a stellar GPA.
The official book of reference of: The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference The Girls' School Association The Society of Headmasters and Headmistresses of Independent Schools The Independent Association of Prep Schools The Independent Schools Association
Work Smarter with Speed Reading is a practical guide to effective speed reading in a time-poor world. Learn about a variety of reading and memory techniques, including a five-step strategy that will enable you to read any non-fiction material easily and lots of tips and author insights into making life easier for you!
Helps readers grasp the essence of sound teacher evaluation and be able to apply its principles, facts, ideas, processes, and procedures. This book invites and assists school professionals and other readers to examine the developments in teacher evaluation.
Suitable for ages 9 to 12 years, this title includes over 250 full-colour images that can show you how to acquaint your students with the elements of design, and over 40 planned activities that can be co-ordinated with your elementary curriculum. It covers chapters that include strategies for positive feedback.
The Okanagan summer stretches out in front of twelve-year-old Nikki, with lots of time to spend at the beach and with her horse. When her cousin Trevor spoils all her plans, they take an instant dislike to one another. But a vision in the clouds will change both her and Trevor's feelings about a lot of things. This title is for kids of ages 9-12.
Appropriate for courses designed to improve reading comprehension, study skills, and reading rate, this title provides a variety of reading lessons and practice opportunities for readers who need experience with all levels of comprehension: literal, critical, and affective.
Suitable for those studying education or involved in a site-based teacher education program, this book focuses on topics such as lesson-planning, questioning, and small-group and cooperative-learning strategies. It offers coverage of teaching strategies and applications.
Enables applicants and students to source the financial assistance offered by the UK's universities and colleges. This book contains an A-Z of institutions with a brief profile of each, the degree courses offered and the financial help available. The awards are shown separately by subject, as well as by country of origin for overseas students.
Features activities that bring out the strong movement impulses in children, who love to burn off energy by spontaneously dancing around the living room or running from place to place. This work helps children develop an awareness for their bodies, time, space, weight, locomotion, flow, and shape.
Across the world, universities are more numerous than they have ever been, yet at the same time there is unprecedented confusion about their purpose and skepticism about their value. This title offers an argument for rethinking the way we see our universities, and why we need them.
Helps students explore both realistic and expressive drawing techniques through stimulating hands-on studio opportunities, from basic to advanced levels. This book includes examples of master artworks, portfolio tips, drawing careers profiles, and instructions.
Provides support for young people with learning disabilities who wish to access contraception. Book 1 contains clear, updated information on all the methods of contraception available. Book 2 helps young people with learning disabilities to understand their body, make choices about sex and contraception, and keep safe.
Looking inside a mosque and meeting some Muslims who pray there are good ways for children to find out about Islam. This CD-Rom, for whiteboard use, shows what to look for in a mosque. It explains how the building and artefacts can help visitors understand Muslim beliefs about Allah, the Prophet Muhammad and the Qur'an.
Offers practical writing advice for student, emphasizing the writing and research processes. Including coverage of the writing and research processes, this work features discussions of grammar, style, punctuation, and mechanics as well as checklists and other boxed features to help students comprehend and apply important concepts to their writing.
Offers advice for resolving common points of contention between parents and teachers, such as the best at-home environment for doing homework, the helpfulness of parental rewards for classroom performance, and a teacher's role in supporting a student with an at-home crisis. This book tackles issues of parenting skills and classroom volunteering.
Colleges and universities may have different systems, but the basic principles for planning research are the same. This book aims to provide a guide to ways of producing a dissertation with minimum stress and frustration. It covers subject selection, planning, research methods and presentation.
A study of the politics and policies of public and nonpublic school aid and desegregation at the end of the twentieth century. It traces the evolution of policy as each president developed a stance toward these issues and discusses the repercussions and implications of policy decisions for the educational community over nearly four decades.
Digital illustration is a revolution, and this is a frontline report. The Complete Guide to Digital Illustration covers the whole breadth of this exciting field, from the most stylized line drawn artwork to photorealistic 3D animation. This comprehensive review is a must for anyone with an interest in the graphic arts.
Buying a computer for seniors in Easy steps gently guides the over 50s through the process of choosing a computer.
This book contains a complete guide to the buying process, including how to work out the right specification for your needs, how much you should spend and where to buy the computer. It also covers different support options and how to protect your computer once it
The range of performance accreditable in further education allows students to create bespoke packages of evidence of their achievements. But how are they to present the evidence to employers? This book tells them how to assemble their work using practical advice and real life examples.
A Practical Guide to Childcare Employment is an essential book for all those studying, or seeking employment in, child care. The different types of employment, the job search, writing an application, and interview technique are all covered in detail, and guidance is offered on employment conditions, working styles and career progression.
Addresses the challenges that new teachers face in front of a class. This work offers methods for using levity to build trust with students and learn how to detect and avoid common pitfalls in the classroom. It offers advice on discipline, testing, bullying, and coaching. It also provides a perspective on maintaining control of the class.
A guidebook for those considering a gap-year, it includes sections covering work, study or volunteering - in the UK or abroad, as well as chapters on travel and on staying safe, on issues for mature gappers to consider and a chapter on handling your return to complete the picture.
Explores the wonders of the human voice with the fun, magical activities. Whether it's whooshing or shushing, hooting or booing, the human voice is capable of creating all kinds of sounds. This book allows children to discover these sounds through ideas, poems, stories, and songs that invite vocal participation from all involved.
Discussing talented children and their education in the USA, this work also provides insights and ideas about what parents can do to improve the quality of their children's education. It explains the approach used at CTY, highlights drawbacks in the current system, and suggests improvements.
A comprehensive guide to photograph techniques, skills and tools, including digital photography. It addresses the demands of photography classroom. It features: both traditional and digital photography; instruction on how to take photographs of a variety of subjects from landscape to portrait to animal photography; and, student examples.
Divided into 3 parts, this volume aims to guide young women who want to explore and plan a career in science, math, or technology. It introduces readers to the career opportunities available in the sciences. It recounts stories of girls and young women in the sciences, detailing how they got involved and what they have accomplished.
A set of 10 books. It features - Chapter Organisers; Studio Support; Maps, Charts and Timelines; Computer Options; Electronic Research; ESL Support; Assessment; Guide to Art and Artists; Careers in Art; Art History, Criticism; Vocabulary and Writing About Art; Interdisciplinary support; and, Art History, Criticism & Aesthetics.
Helps students at different grade levels improve their test scores in all content areas. Using multiple intelligences as a framework, this comprehensive resource offers techniques that seek to strengthen critical thinking, build test-taking skills, and motivate students to perform their best without undue stress.
How does your surname influence your life? What does the way you walk reveal about your personality? Why should women have men write their personal ads? What is the funniest joke in the world, and do religious fundamentalists have a sense of humour? Why are people in Delhi more helpful than Londoners? How can you be persuaded to remember events that never actually happened? Why do incompetent politicians win elections?
Peer mediation offers an opportunity for pupils to be trained to help others resolve conflict. When implemented successfully, peer mediation can improve pupils' communication skills, provide an alternative to teacher arbitration, help prevent minor conflicts from escalating and make a significant contribution to calmer and more peaceful schools.
Being a SENCo in a primary school is a demanding and responsible position, one which constantly evolves as the special needs provision changes. This book explains the roles and responsibilities of the SENCo involved with a pupil with special educational needs; suggests ways to organise and manage the special needs provision effectively; and more.