College Textbooks: How are They Valued and Alternatives to Reduce the Cost Associated with Them By Zheni Goodrich Econ491-Seminar March 30‚ 2013 College textbooks are one of the largest expense and a great concern for students. The work presented here is going to answer the questions about why textbook is needed-how is it valued by students and professors‚ as provide a review of alternative options that students have in order to receive the most cost- efficient outcome when purchasing
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The article "Your Brain Lies to You" is about how the brain works in ways to remember information whether it may be true or false. The article has a strong argument due to its use of Toulmin’ terms for the shape of an argument. For instance‚ the article gives a strong claim that the brain is able to store true or false information but not from where it originated‚ a phenomenon known as amnesia. The grounds of the claim are scenarios where people believe in certain things to be true when in the contrary
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NOTE: Go to assignment directions on page 2: “Prove This Claim.” You do NOT have to answer the questions because we’ve already done them in class. The History Teacher (Billy Collins) Trying to protect his students’ innocence he told them the Ice Age was really just the chilly Age‚ a period of a million years when everyone had to wear sweaters. And the Stone Age became the Gravel Age‚ named after the long driveways of the time. The Spanish Inquisition was nothing more than an outbreak of questions such as
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Teaching is a noble profession. The teacher is a respected person. In ancient India the teacher had a place of respect next to one’s mother and father. In those days‚ men of wisdom with unlimited knowledge were teachers. Students used to go in search of such teachers to get educated. ‘Guru’ as the teachers were then called was very much respected by society. ‘Guru’ enjoyed a lot of respect even with the king of the land. Education was then limited to a few. In courser of time‚ education was democratized
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AP Modern European History Textbook Reading Schedule Mrs. Goldberg Textbook: The Western Heritage Please be sure to keep up with all your reading. Each week you will have about 20 pages of your textbook to read and to read thoughtfully before you come to class. Some of your short answer test questions will come from the essential Questions and vocabulary posed here. NOTE: You might have to read other selections in addition to this reading. I highly recommend you take notes on the vocabulary words
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Traditional Textbooks vs. Hybrid Online Textbooks Biological anthropology is a course packed with information that is relevant to all of us as human beings and should be both interesting and exciting. A biological anthropologist makes exciting discoveries that change the way we view ourselves today‚ our understandings of our past‚ and our future as human beings. Not only should textbooks provide understanding of how the information that ones just read applies to their lives‚ they need to be
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The movie that I chose to review is American History X. I picked this movie because this relates to popular culture in so many ways. The first way that it relates is the fact that people back in the day white individuals were racist against blacks and other minorities. The second way is that although faced with adversity you have to adapt to the current situation that you are arises. You can choose to go down the right path or your current path. This is exactly what happened in this movie. Derek
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world; however‚ some may try a little too hard. The teacher in Billy Collins’s poem “The History Teacher” is an example of this. By teaching the children a fairy-tale version of history rather than the reality of it‚ the children fail to learn about the consequences of their actions. The desire of the teacher to protect his students has caused him to soften the harshness and reality of the past. Not wanting to corrupt their innocence‚ “he told them the Ice Age was really just / the Chilly Age‚ a
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AMERICAN HOLOCAUST The other side of the story to our great American history is not as pretty as they teach us in grade school. The American Holocaust by David Stannard is a novel full of live excerpts from eyewitnesses to the genocide of the American Indians. He goes as far as to describe what life was most likely like before Europeans came to the Americas and obliterated the "Paradise" so described. Columbus even wrote how beautiful the places were in which he committed acts against the Natives
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The Role of Textbooks in a Language Program Jack C. Richards Textbooks are a key component in most language programs. In some situations they serve as the basis for much of the language input learners receive and the language practice that occurs in the classroom. They may provide the basis for the content of the lessons‚ the balance of skills taught and the kinds of language practice the students take part in. In other situations‚ the textbook may serve primarily to supplement the teacher’s
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