Ask the Teacher: A Practitioner's Guide to Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom is designed as a down-to-earth guide to success in the classroom. Chapters relating to educational foundations, applied psychology, curriculum, methodology, technology, as well as family involvement in the learning process make this a real "hands on" handbook for enhanced school achievement. The Q&amp;A format presents all kinds of useful research-base information about the learning process in "bite size" chunks. Dozens of illustrations, a topic based color scheme, and a "can do" attitude about teaching and learning, in a society ever more diverse, add another dimension to the book.

Ask the Teacher: A Practitioner's Guide to Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom

Education & Teaching

Ryan, Mark

Schools & Teaching

McGraw-Hill Primis Custom Pub

Indeed, Socrates posited over 2500 years ago that having students think for themselves by means of rigorously thoughtful dialogue was more desirable than filling their heads with the "right" answers for later regurgitation. The Q&amp;A format of Ask the Teacher presents the teacher candidate the opportunity to confront his or her ambiguity concerning questions dealing with foundations, educational psychology, curriculum, methodology, or family involvement in the pedagogical process. Questioning and the responding to common questions faced by the practitioner every day in the diverse classroom, creates a form of dialogue, which gives a "voice" that can enhance the understanding of ideas, issues and values.

Using a question-and-answer format, this book presents the teacher candidate with the opportunity to confront issues dealing with foundations, educational psychology, curriculum, methodology, or family involvement in the teaching process. Teacher candidates learn to reflect on classroom problems when they are confronted with curiosity, confusion, or uncertainty. The replies to those queries, within this book, are based on educational theory and practice that attempt to resolve various educational issues by indicating a variety of solution sets. Because its purpose is to stimulate reflective thought, Ask the Teacher is not for the passive reader but for one who desires a contextual intellectual discourse-a dialogue that promotes a genuinely reflective understanding of the diverse classroom in the 21st Century. Pre-service and new teachers.

Allyn&Bacon

Developed by two educators with experience in both elementary and secondary classrooms, Writing Effective Lesson Plans details a unique a step-by-step procedure designed to streamline the process of lesson planning and make teaching smoother and more efficient. Coined the "Five-Star Lesson Plan" by the authors, this model consists of five classic components: lesson description, goals and objectives, materials and tools, procedures, and reflective assessment and evaluation. This workbook guides beginning and experienced teachers through each step to create lesson plans that best meet the needs of every student. It also explores the inherent challenges to effective lesson planning, such as time efficiency, knowledge construction, skill development, involving the students’ families, and implementing your plan. With its mix of concise theory and hands-on activities, this book is a one-stop resource encouraging a deep and thoughtful approach to a skill that is often not sufficiently developed in teacher preparation programs.

Writing Effective Lesson Plans: The 5-Star Approach

Serdyukov, Peter

Pearson

Using a straightforward and versatile question and answer approach, the Second Edition of Ask the Teacher speaks directly to the teacher candidate with a wealth of tips about educational issues in foundations, history, psychology, curriculum, methodology, classroom management, and family involvement.

Pearson College Div

Unlocking the Law is the groundbreaking series of textbooks with a unique approach to the study of law. Designed specifically to make the subject matter accessible, the text includes features, activities, key facts charts, diagrams, and clear headings and sub-headings to aid students in understanding the different areas within their course. Unlocking the Law textbooks have been written specifically to ensure that readers understand fully the concepts required and are able to apply them with confidence. All titles in the series follow the same format and include the same features so students can move easily from one subject to another. The series covers all the core undergraduate foundation subjects required by the Bar Council and the Law Society for entry onto professional qualifications. Unlocking the Law remains the most original and accessible textbook series available.

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Foster, Steve

Routledge

Everyday math skills can be painlessly learned and easily mastered, transforming readers from a person who doesn't know the meaning of APR into someone who understands credit card rates. Ryan's guide is broken into sections which review basic arithmetic from fractions to percents.

Everyday Math for Everyday Life: A Handbook for When It Just Doesn't Add Up

Reference

Grand Central Publishing

Geometry For Dummies

Learning geometry doesn’t have to hurt. With a little bit of friendly guidance, it can even be fun! Geometry For Dummies, 2nd Edition, helps you make friends with lines, angles, theorems and postulates. It eases you into all the principles and formulas you need to analyze two- and three-dimensional shapes, and it gives you the skills and strategies you need to write geometry proofs. 
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So quit scratching your head. Geometry For Dummies, 2nd Edition, gets you un-stumped in a hurry.

Geometry for Dummies

Science & Math

Mathematics

For Dummies

Learning geometry doesn’t have to hurt. With a little bit of friendly guidance, it can even be fun! Geometry For Dummies, 2nd Edition, helps you make friends with lines, angles, theorems, and postulates. It eases you into all the principles and formulas you need to analyze two- and three-dimensional shapes, and it gives you the skills and strategies you need to write geometry proofs. 
Before you know it, you’ll be understanding proofs like an expert. You’ll find out how a proof’s chain of logic works and discover some basic secrets for getting past rough spots. Soon, you’ll be proving triangles congruent, calculating circumferences, using formulas, and serving up pi. The non-proof parts of the book contain helpful formulas and tips that you can use anytime you need to shape up your knowledge of shapes. You’ll even get a feel for why geometry continues to draw people to careers in art, engineering, carpentry, robotics, physics, and computer animation, among others. You’ll discover how to: <ul>
<li>Identify lines, angles, and planes</li> <li>Measure segments and angles</li> <li>Calculate the area of a triangle</li> <li>Use tips and strategies to make proofs easier</li> <li>Figure the volume and surface area of a pyramid</li> <li>Bisect angles and construct perpendicular lines</li> <li>Work with 3-D shapes</li> <li>Work with figures in the x-y coordinate system</li> </ul>
So quit scratching your head. Geometry For Dummies, 2nd Edition, gets you un-stumped in a hurry. When you need to shape up, open up the included Geometry Workbook For Dummies, which contains over 290 pages with hundreds of practice problems featuring ample workspace to work out the problems. Each problem includes a step-by-step answer set to identify where you went wrong (or right). You’ll be proving yourself proof-worthy in no time! AUTHOR BIO: Mark Ryan owns and operates The Math Center in Chicago, a teaching and tutoring service for all math subjects as well as test preparation. He also wrote Geometry Workbook For Dummies.

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Many colleges and universities require students to take at least one math course, and Calculus I is often the chosen option. Calculus Essentials For Dummies provides explanations of key concepts for students who may have taken calculus in high school and want to review the most important concepts as they gear up for a faster-paced college course. Free of review and ramp-up material, Calculus Essentials For Dummies sticks to the point with content focused on key topics only. It provides discrete explanations of critical concepts taught in a typical two-semester high school calculus class or a college level Calculus I course, from limits and differentiation to integration and infinite series. This guide is also a perfect reference for parents who need to review critical calculus concepts as they help high school students with homework assignments, as well as for adult learners headed back into the classroom who just need a refresher of the core concepts. 
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Ask the Teacher: A Practitioner's Guide to Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom

Ask the Teacher: A Practitioner's Guide to Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom

Ask the Teacher: A Practitioner's Guide to Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom

Writing Effective Lesson Plans: The 5-Star Approach

Ask the Teacher: A Practitioner's Guide to Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom

Unlocking Constitutional and Administrative Law (Unlocking the Law) (Volume 1)

Everyday Math for Everyday Life: A Handbook for When It Just Doesn't Add Up

Geometry for Dummies

Geometry For Dummies Education Bundle

Calculus Essentials For Dummies