Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Academically Adrift Academically Adrift Richard Arum,Josipa Roksa A statistical analysis of survey responses, transcript data, and the Collegiate Learning Assessment to determine how well students learn during their first few years of college. The analysis shows a… OL16092689W
Making Thinking Visible Making Thinking Visible Ron Ritchhart "Visible Thinking is a research-based approach to teaching thinking that develops students' thinking dispositions, while at the same time deepening their understanding of the topics they study. Rath… OL16121322W
Reading and writing nonfiction genres Reading and writing nonfiction genres Lee Karnowski,Kathleen Buss Offers guidance to teachers who want to introduce their elementary students to nonfiction writing, discussing the genres of recount, procedural, informational, and persuasive, and including student w… OL20479914W
Gender equality, HIV, and AIDS Gender equality, HIV, and AIDS Sheila Aikman,Tania Boler,Elaine Unterhalter "The feminization of HIV epidemics has been steadily increasing worldwide. In sub-Saharan Africa, 75 per cent of young people infected are women and girls. Gender disparities in education contribute … OL24434323W
Going beyond Google again Going beyond Google again Jane Devine This book builds upon the authors' previous well-respected book, Going beyond Google, which placed teaching the Invisible Web into information literacy programmes. This book expands on the teaching f… OL26186888W
Nuclear education and training Nuclear education and training OECD Nuclear Energy Agency The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) first published in 2000 Nuclear Education and Training: Cause for Concern?, which highlighted significant issues in the availability of human resources for the nu… OL28166225W