Reading Supports
Reading problems include word decoding, test comprehension, textbook reading, and reading text on the Internet. AT solutions include WYNN Software
Cold War and Sputnik
In the climate of Cold War America, right-wing critics blast textbooks for teaching socialism and collectivism. Sputnik changes everything, and
The Common school: 1770-1890
In the aftermath of the Revolution, a newly independent America confronted one of its most daunting challenges: how to build a united nation out of thirteen disparate colonies. This program profiles the passionate crusade launched by Thomas Jefferso...
Subject: Textbooks--United States--Early works to 1900
Transcript: textbooks from American classrooms. WEBSTER ( dramatized ): For America in her infancy to adopt the maxims of the Old World would be to stamp the wrinkles of
Euclid
textbook of all time. The theorems in the book are as true today as they were 2,000 years ago.
Palestinian Intifada Propaganda
;Death to Israel." Arab textbooks teach hatred for Israel, and by association, hatred for Jews.
Final Thoughts
Poet Maya Angelou asks Professor E.D. Hirsch, Jr. what authority he has to approve textbooks. He explains that would be done by a credible and agreed
iPad in every student hand and the policy implications for the university
Using the iPad as their only textbook, Abilene Christian University College of Business Administration students are researching what a completely
Progress in Neuroscience
illness in the years since she and co-author Fred Goodwin wrote their textbook. "I would say sixty to seventy percent of that textbook is, in one way or
Transcript: I've learned huge amounts about bipolar illness. In the 15 years since fred goodwin and i wrote a Thousand page textbook on it, i would say 60 to 70
Transforming Teaching and Learning at PCCC with Open Educational Resources (OER)
To date, PCCC has developed nearly 50 OER courses, including a Z-degree (zero textbook cost) in Liberal Arts (A.A., Humanities option). Discussion in
E-book Access and Creation for the Higher Ed Classroom: E-Books, E-books and Mobile Apps for Technician Education
used to access textbooks. While e-book adoption is soaring for pleasure reading, e-book adoption in the classroom is lagging even as prices of