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used as a textbook for graduate class.......2006-07-08
The book is a fairly well-written textbook. It's only 8 chapters long. The organization is easy to follow.
Book Description
The award-winning Play for All Guidelines has become the industry standard for all planners, designers, and managers of outdoor play settings. It is the most comprehensive design resource available for integrating children of all abilities in the same play area. It addresses the full range of play-related issues; safety and risk management, accessibility and integration, maintenance, and -- most importantly--child development. This revised edition reflects the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the current U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's guidelines for public play areas.
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design essential.......2000-04-25
I return to this book over and over as a reference for the design of play environments.
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America's leading educational architect gives readers the benefit of his decades of experience with award-winning and innovative school design. William Brubaker takes architects and educators step-by-step through the process of planning and building, or rebuilding, the schools of the future, whether large, single-unit high schools, or small, parklike, multi-unit elementary schools, and every permutation in between. The new baby boom and new philosophies of classroom learning have created a great demand for new school designs, and Planning and Designing Schools shows how those challenges can be brilliantly met.
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Great :o).......2002-02-15
Great condition and rather fast delivery. Thanks a lot I needed this for a class.
nursery.......1999-08-26
kindergarten infant school preschool baby school baby statio
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An exciting edition of this practical math methods book that provides future teachers with practical procedures for increasing student success in math. Emphasizing specific, classroom-tested strategies, these authors provide techniques for teaching major math and needed prerequisite skills, as well as extensive background in diagnosing and correcting error patterns. In addition, they offer practical guidelines for curriculum evaluation and modification, recommendations for practice and review drills, and specific information on progress-monitoring.
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Designing Effective Mathematics Instruction.......2001-11-11
My children were attending a charter school that was using Direct Instruction Math so I bought this book to see if was similar. It was the exact same math. This type of math is very unconventional and very repetitive. The children in the charter school after three years of using this math did worse than the public schools in the same town. I taught at the school for one year and found the Direct Instruction Math designed by S. Engleman and I had to pull my kids from the school because I could see that this type of mathematics was going to cause them to be way behind other children when it came to standardized testing, it sure enough the kids at the school did not do well this past year.
A tool for teachers who teach.......1999-01-03
As an elementary Special Day Class teacher and Resource Specialist I used thetext "Designing Effective Mathematics Instruction" countless times. I was constantly facedwith gaps in student math skills, confused algorithms, and lack of functionalskills such as telling time and using money.Using and adapting the materials in this book allowed me to focus myinstruction and maximize student progress. In special education, "individualized" is the main principle. Using this book,one can be equipped to assess and design math instruction which is finelydetailed and suited to individual needs. Yes, I can think of a chapter or two that ought to be written and enhance itsutility, but they only support and further its basic intent.66 dollars? Yes, a hefty price on a teacher's salary. But few books on your desk willbecome so dog-eared.
This book has helped many children........1999-01-02
This book has been a Godsend for me and many other teachers who are more interested in "teaching" than in following the latest fad. Let us hope that more teachers read it.
The best single resource for K-8 math teachers.......1998-12-28
Designing Effective Mathematics Instruction offers brilliant solutions to most of the problems that your students might be having. It includes all the most important mathematics topics from kindergarten through fractions and "pre-algebra." The chapters discuss various mathematics topics in some depth, providing a broad-based conceptual understanding as well as specific, practical suggestions for teaching procedures. Specific skills are referenced to "formats," which are wonderfully clear scripts for teaching the specific procedure, concept, or principle. Scripts range in degree of structure from totally structured, with each step taught and guided, to less structured. The less structured scripts (and accompanying worksheets) would be given to students *after* they had mastered the structured formats.
I have given chapters from this book to my teachers, who universally report success in teaching the most difficult topics. I daresay that this book will solve at least 95% of your students' mathematics problems. Even if you are already highly successful teaching math, the book will help broaden your understanding of some of the relations between different tasks and how to explain them in clear, student-friendly language. For example, the discussion of story problems has a fascinating analysis of the different kinds of problems and how to approach them in a way that students can understand.
Our students surge ahead with the help of this book. Buy it!
No teacher (school or home) should be without this book........1998-12-22
In an age of fads--fuzzy math, constructivism, whole language--that waste our children's time to learn (and make the faddist authors rich)--this book is both fresh air and hope. It will teach NEW teachers what their ed professors refused to teach (or don't know how to teach). And it will show parents what real math instruction is.
Whatever (ill-informed) reviewer wrote, "...today we are on the cusp of an age where thinking, and not the rote memorization of isolated rules and procedures," obviously has not read this book--which is ALL about higher-order thinking! The same reviewer writes,"...this book could set us back 75 years." Right! Back when math was taught by people like Einstein.
Stein, Silbert & Carnine deserve medals for bravery--fighting against the nonsense that "math educators" dish up.
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In this handbook, you will find the inspiration and the practical guidance you need to start your own gifted program!
Gifted programs have the potential to change lives, but they can be difficult to develop and sustain without the appropriate research and guidance. This book gives you the "nuts and bolts" needed to design and implement a gifted program to maximize the benefits to students, teachers, schools, and parents.
In this comprehensive volume, best-selling author Joan Franklin Smutny brings some of the leading gifted educators together under the aegis of the National Association of Gifted Children. Lending editorial guidance and her own contributions, Smutny directs the individual expertise of each contributor, with chapters that include guidelines for:
- Designing and implementing curriculum for pre-K through middle school
- Identifying and selecting the best teachers
- Creating the vital support networks among parents, school, and community
- Assessing the program’s impact on children, parents, and teachers
- Developing special programming for the disadvantaged gifted students
The book offers several examples of different learning experiences that fall under the definition of a "gifted program," as well as a chapter that outlines all of the essentials for starting a gifted program, including sample forms and letters.
Customer Reviews:
An inspirational and insightful gathering.......2003-10-14
Knowledgeably compiled and edited by Joan Franklin Smutny (the founder and director of the Center for the Gifted at National-Louis University), Designing And Developing Programs For Gifted Students is a service publication of the National Association for Gifted Children and collects under one cover thirteen erudite and expert essays concerning the teacher selection process, curriculum designs, solid advice or organization, and more, for helping gifted children in developing their intellectual and academic potential to the maximum. An inspirational and insightful gathering of educational wisdom, Designing And Developing Programs For Gifted Students is also available in a hardcover edition and is highly recommended reading -- especially for the teachers and parents of gifted children.
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Designing Rubrics for Mathematics
Eileen Depka
Manufacturer: Corwin Press
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Formerly a SkyLight publication.
Students need to conquer math in order to succeed in today's world. This insightful book not only provides problem-based learning projects to use in the classroom, but it also explains how to evaluate students' math abilities. Author Eileen Depka stresses the importance of the assessment process and rubric development detailed with examples, sample lessons, and hands-on projects that actively engage the learner.
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- Curriculum design vs. classroom disclipline
- Number 1 Missed the point
- This book will no help anyone!
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Designing Interdisciplinary Curriculum in Middle, Junior High and High Schools
Richard E. Maurer
Manufacturer: Allyn & Bacon
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Binding: Paperback
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High School
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ASIN: 020514117X |
Customer Reviews:
Curriculum design vs. classroom disclipline.......2001-07-12
...this book is focused on curriculum design. It has nothing to do with teaching teachers how to maintain classroom disclipline. There are pleanty of other books for that. This book provides good interdiciplinary models from award winning schools.
Number 1 Missed the point.......2001-01-31
The first reviewer missed the whole point of the book. The book is not to teach educators how to discipline students, but rather how to use many different mental disciplines in creating a curriculum for students. Hence the inter (between) discipline (systematic training).
This book will no help anyone!.......2000-06-15
This books main focus is not to help educators deal with diciplin but to inform them that all young adults need it. It is an unesscessary book for any collection. This book conentrates on permanently hurting the child emotionaly so that then they will not do it ever again. I was disgusted also with the layout of this book
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This book includes advice on: finding what you're good at; succeeding in your career; avoiding powerless positions; managing others' careers; motivating your employees; handling career stress; changing careers in middle age; choosing (or being) a successor; surviving retirement; and more. Offering the experience and perspectives of more than thirty company presidents, consultants, and noted professors, this is a volume you can turn to again and again as you grow and change in your professional life.
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- Lucy Willis Knows How to Author GOOD Paintings AND Books!
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LIGHT: HOW TO SEE IT: HOW TO PAINT IT.
Manufacturer: Studio Vista
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0289800064 |
Customer Reviews:
Lucy Willis Knows How to Author GOOD Paintings AND Books!.......2007-06-28
This is a great reference for those painters and students of painting to study the effects of light, the graphic portrayal(s) of light and the great tonal understanding of a variety of subjects. Ms Willis has authored a few books, and this stands as one of the absolute best on the subject of Watercolors and realistic painting.
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- Excellent Book for Teens with Cancer and Their Families
- An indispensible book for anyone touched by cancer
- An interesting and helpful book.
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The C- Word: Teenagers and their Families Living with Cancer
Manufacturer: Elena Dorfman
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Binding: Paperback
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| Health, Mind & Body
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ASIN: 0966553403 |
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Book for Teens with Cancer and Their Families.......2001-04-03
I have a child who was a toddler when he had cancer. But we knew so many teenagers on treatment and their needs and emotions about treatment are so different. I bought this book for our Candlelighters Lending Library and was very impressed with the frank and honest nature of the book. The photography and journaling are beautiful and grounded in reality. I was very touched by it and recommend this to all teens with cancer and their parents.
An indispensible book for anyone touched by cancer.......1999-11-03
As a professional dealing with this everyday of my life, I found the insight and stories contained in Ms. Dorfman's book to be of tremendous value to myself as well as vitally necessary for the patients and families I deal with. If you or anyone you know has a youth or adult touched by cancer, you must read this book.
An interesting and helpful book........1999-10-18
In this book we read of teenagers living with cancer. How they make it through each day, how they deal emotionally. This book will be very useful in helping teenager who are dealing with their own cancer feel connected, and give them hope.
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Better than a beer at the end of the day.......1996-05-15
All of Nicole Hollander's books could serve as literary antidepressants. In a single volume of her collections you will encounter discussions with the devil, unlikely superheroes such as "Fashion Cop" and "Relationship Cop"; mighty heroines (usually) who perform such services as descending upon helpless individuals to prevent them from leaving the house wearing unacceptable earrings. Have you ever undertipped at a restaurant? Watch out - Hollander provides several scenarios about who actually runs heaven - waitresses are one option (others include lawyers and mail carriers). Her stuff is so delightfully fantastic and off-the-wall it can't fail to amuse - of course, her stuff also contains strong feminist and often political undertones and an essentially cynical view about everything. It's not exactly "warm family humor," but it never fails to delight me after any particularly grueling day. It's one of those collections you will consider copying and mailing to friends and family, or posting on your own refrigerator. The art is exquisite. Hollander can convey more attitude with a single facial expression or body stance than a professional with a camera. Great, great, great!!
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- Diller + Scofidio: Eyebeam Atelier of New Media & Technology: The Charles and Ray Eames Lecture
- Eero Saarinen, 1910-1961: A Structural Expressionist (Basic Art)
- Entourage: A Tracing File for Architects and Interior Design
- Essential CG Lighting Techniques with 3ds Max
- Form Follows Finance:: Skyscrapers and Skylines in New York and Chicago
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater: The House and Its History, Second, Revised Edition (Dover Books on Architecture)
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Stained Glass & Lightscreens
- Frank Lloyd Wright: The Masterworks
- Frank O. Gehry: The Complete Works
- French Quarter Manual: An Architectural Guide to New Orleans Vieux Carre
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