TTC - The Art of Teaching:Best Practices from a Master Educator

Teaching is more than a job. It's a responsibility—one of the greatest responsibilities in civilized society. Teachers lay bare the mysteries of the world to us. They train our minds to explore, to question, to investigate, to discover. They ensure that knowledge is not lost or forgotten but is instead passed on to future generations. And they shape our lives in limitless ways, both inside and outside of the classroom.

For well over a half century, American Universities and Colleges has been the most comprehensive and highly respected directory of 4-year institutions of higher education in the United States. A two volume set that Choice magazine has hailed A most important resource in its November 2006 issue, this revised edition features the most up-to-date statistical data available to guide students in making both a smart, yet practical, decision in choosing the university or college of their dreams.

The aim of the series is to cover topics in economics, mathematical economics and econometrics, at a level suitable for graduate students or final year undergraduates specializing in economics. There is at any time much material that has become well established in journal papers and discussion series which still awaits a clear, self-contained treatment that can easily be mastered by students without considerable preparation or extra reading.

Learning to Love Math: Teaching Strategies That Change Student Attitudes and Get Results

there a way to get students to love math? Dr. Judy Willis responds with an emphatic yes in this informative guide to getting better results in math class. Tapping into abundant research on how the brain works, Willis presents a practical approach for how we can improve academic results by demonstrating certain behaviors and teaching students in a way that minimizes negativity.

Are we missing the opportunity to reach struggling learners from the very beginning? Are we hastily--and unnecessarily--referring students to intervention programs that substitute for high-quality core instruction? What if we could eliminate the need for intervention programs in the first place? Response to Intervention (RTI) programs are only as powerful and effective as the core instruction on which they re built. High-quality instruction, then, is the key ingredient that helps all students excel, and it s at the heart of Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey s unique approach to the RTI mode