Teaching of reading, writing and numeracy Books

Praise for the first edition:[This book] reflects the extensive experience and significant contributions of the author to non-linear and non-Gaussian modeling. ... [It] is a valuable book, especially with its broad and accessible introduction of models...

The 20th anniversary edition of this groundbreaking and bestselling volume offers powerful examples of the mathematics that can develop the thinking of elementary school children.Studies of teachers in the U.S. often document insufficient subject matter...

This text provides a comprehensive understanding of the foundational literacy knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes necessary to guide emerging readers and writers in early childhood.Centered on the critical question of why some children learn to...

Would you like to be able to blast through work and emails two times faster than before? Just think of the time you would save... Introducting the secrets professionals use to read faster than anyone else! With decades of tested strategies,...

""How To Obtain The P. S. Comprising The Full Course Of Examination At The School Of Instruction: With The Latest Additions And Corrections"" is a book written by Henry R. W. Lumsden in 1874. The book provides a comprehensive guide to obtaining the P.S...

""Colloquial French or The Philosophy of the Pronunciation of the French Language: With Practical Exercises"" is a book written by Antoine Claude G. Jobert and published in 1854. The book is designed to help English speakers learn the French language and...

The Advanced Manual of Latin Prose Composition, originally published in 1893, is a comprehensive guide to writing Latin prose. Written by Bingham Dixon Turner, a renowned classicist and professor of Latin, the book is designed for advanced students of...

""An Introduction To Latin Elegiac Verse Composition"" is a book written by Joseph Hirst Lupton and first published in 1885. The book is a guide for students and scholars who want to learn how to write Latin elegiac verse. Elegiac verse is a form of...

Integrating Technology in English Language Arts Teacher Education investigates the technology practices teacher candidates in the US are being introduced to, how they are using these practices in classrooms, and how technology can be effectively...

Critically analyzing the representation of pedagogy in the novels of J.M. Coetzee, this insightful text illustrates the author's profound conception of learning and personal development as something which takes place well beyond formal education.Bringing...

Mathematical Modelling for Teachers: Resources, Pedagogy and Practice provides everything that teachers and mathematics educators need to design and implement mathematical modelling activities in their classroom. Authored by an expert in Singapore,...

This special issue of Mathematical Thinking and Learning describes models and modeling perspectives toward mathematics problem solving, learning, and teaching. The concern is not only the mature forms of models and modeling in communities of scientists...

The central question in this volume is how to create a society of "engaged readers" in today's world, where reading is increasingly overruled by other media, such as television and personal computers. Engaged readers, as the term is used in this book,...

This volume focuses on two related questions that are central to both the psychology of mathematical thinking and learning and to the improvement of mathematics education: What is the nature of arithmetic expertise? How can instruction best promote it?...

Is the emerging digital multimedia culture of today transforming the textbook or forever displacing it? As new media of transmission enter the classroom, the traditional textbook is now caught up in a dialogue reshaping the textual boundaries of the...

This book addresses the need of professional development leaders and policymakers for scholarly knowledge about influencing teachers to modify mathematical instruction to bring it more in alignment with the recommendations of the current reform movement...

In the past several years, hundreds of challenges a year to books used in public schools have been reported across the nation. Most of these have come from the Religious Right. This book confronts the attacks on public education and commonly used...

This distinctive cross-linguistic examination of spelling examines the cognitive processes that underlie spelling and the process of learning how to spell. The chapters report and summarize recent research in English, German, Hebrew, and French.Framing...

This book comprises a synthesis of current directions in reading research, theory, and practice unified by what has been referred to as the engagement perspective of reading. This perspective guides the research agenda of the National Reading Research...

This volume presents chapters by researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who study the impact of classroom portfolios in the assessment of writing achievement by elementary and middle grade students. The focus throughout the volume is on the tension...

Why do some children seem to learn mathematics easily and others slave away at it, learning it only with great effort and apparent pain? Why are some people good at algebra but terrible at geometry? How can people who successfully run a business as...

During the last 20 years, there has been an enormous amount of research examining sources of coherence in reading. A major tenet of this work has been the distinction between two major sources of coherence. "Text-based" sources of coherence are contained...

The chapters in this new book span the range of reading processes from early visual analysis to semantic influences on word identification, thus providing a state-of-the-art summary of current work and offering important contributions to prospective...

In the words of Aldous Huxley, "Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting." Few people question the value of reading; in fact, most...

This volume is a result of mathematicians, cognitive scientists, mathematics educators, and classroom teachers combining their efforts to help address issues of importance to classroom instruction in mathematics. In so doing, the contributors provide a...

Eminent scholars from around the globe gathered to discuss how educational systems would change if the prevailing principles of constructivism were applied to three major aspects of those systems -- knowledge and learning, communication, and environment...

The Really Useful Maths book has been written for all those who want children to enjoy the challenge of learning mathematics. It presents teachers and students with exciting and varied ideas for introducing mathematics to children. With suggestions about...

This third edition of the Handbook of International Research in Mathematics Education provides a comprehensive overview of the most recent theoretical and practical developments in the field of mathematics education. Authored by an array of...

IMPACT (Interweaving Mathematics Pedagogy and Content for Teaching) is an exciting new series of texts for teacher education which aims to advance the learning and teaching of mathematics by integrating mathematics content with the broader research and...

As high school math teachers shift to the Common Core State Standards, the question remains: What do the standards actually look like in the classroom? This book answers that question by taking you inside of real Common Core classrooms across the country...

Comprehensive, timely, and relevant, this text offers an approach to discipline-specific literacy instruction that is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and the needs of teachers, students, and secondary schools across the nation. It is...

The central unifying theme of this state-of-the-art contribution to research on literacy is its rethinking and reconceptualization of individual differences in reading. Previous research, focused on cognitive components of reading, signaled the need for...

Through using spoken language, people are able to think creatively and productively together. This ability to 'interthink' is an important product of our evolutionary history that is just as important for our survival today. Many kinds of work activity...

Current U.S. school reform efforts link school success, student achievement, and teacher performance to standardized tests and narrowly prescribed curricula. How do test-driven, mandated curricula in urban school systems overtly and subtly impact...

""Growth of the English Colonies: Highways of History"" is a historical book written by Sidney Mary Sitwell in 1884. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the growth and development of the English colonies during the colonial era. It covers the...

Greek Syntax: With A Rationale Of The Constructions (1865) is a comprehensive guide to the syntax and constructions of the Greek language. Written by James Clyde, a renowned scholar of Greek language and literature, the book provides a detailed analysis...

Grammatical Exercises in Latin Prose Composition: A Companion to the Latin Grammar of Leonhard Schmitz (1877) is a book written by George Frederick H. Sykes. This book is a comprehensive guide to Latin prose composition and serves as a companion to the...

Grammar and Composition: For Common Schools (1886) is a comprehensive textbook written by Eliphalet Oram Lyte that covers the fundamental principles of English grammar and composition. The book is intended for use in common schools and provides a...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Cobb's Explanatory Arithmetic, Number 1 is a mathematics textbook written by Lyman Cobb and originally published in 1832. The book is designed to provide students with a comprehensive introduction to arithmetic, covering topics such as addition,...

Child Life and the Curriculum is a book written by Junius Lathrop Meriam and published in 1920. The book focuses on the relationship between children's lives and the curriculum that is taught in schools. Meriam argues that the curriculum should be...

""Chess Exemplified In A Concise And Easy Notation, Greatly Facilitating Practice, Part 1"" is a book written by Charles Pearson and first published in 1842. The book serves as a guide to the game of chess and is designed to improve the skills of both...

Chambers's Standard Arithmetical Exercises, Part 1-4: Exercises In The Simple Rules (1870) is a comprehensive textbook written by John Sturgeon Mackay. The book is divided into four parts and is aimed at students who are learning arithmetic. The...

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Das Buch ""Arithmetik und Algebra f�����r h������here Schulen und Lehrerseminare, besonders zum Selbstunterricht"" wurde im Jahr 1891 von Werner Joseph Schuller ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um ein Lehrbuch, das sich an Sch�����lerinnen und...

Raising Standards in Literacy represents the best current thinking and research about literacy. The book is the outcome of a high-profile series of seminars on raising standards in literacy, and includes contributions from an impressive group of...

Focusing on adolescent multilingual writing, this text problematizes the traditional boundaries between academic writing in school contexts and self-initiated writing outside of the formal learning environment. By reconceptualizing the nature of...