books about: educational     books:       Cracking the GRE with DVD, 2011 Edition (Graduate School Test Preparation)71 reviews Princeton Review Princeton Review, 2010 Cracking the GRE -- 2011 Edition In this review, I am writing to prospect customers who have either scored poorly in previous attempts of taking the GRE or customers who are about to take the exam for the first time. In my opinion, "Cracking the GRE, 2011 Edition," is money well spent and for the following reasons: (1) the outline of instructions in the book, DVD, and Online are well organized and consistent as a whole to ...             The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 12th Edition231 reviews LASTGraduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) Wiley, 2009 GMAT Review Received book in very good condition, but it took 2+ weeks to arrive from Pennslyvania.             Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project, ... The MIT Press, 2009 This report summarizes the results of an ambitious three-year ethnographic study, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, into how young people are living and learning with new media in varied settings?at home, in after school programs, and in online spaces. It offers a condensed version of a longer treatment provided in the book Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out (MIT Press, 2009). The authors present empirical ...             The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age2 reviews The MIT Press, 2009 A reflection on the effect of new technologies on higher learning The "Digital Age" that we live in has been the subject of many (too many?) books, articles, essays and blogs in recent times. Everyone who has not lived in a cave in the last few years realizes that the pace of technological advancement is increasing, and many of the traditional forms of communicating, working and shopping are continuously being redefined. Despite all of this, the role and the ...             The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher44 reviews Harry K. Wong, Rosemary T. Wong Harry K. Wong Publications, 2009 Best Teaching Book out there Those who want to be effective teachers and teach to their fullest potential will buy this book. If you're a teacher, why would you want to be anything less than that?             The Real ACT Prep Guide: The Only Guide to Include 3Real ACT Tests37 reviews ACTOrg Peterson's, 2007 Great for Practicing - not for learning strategy. I tutor students in ACT prep and this is the only workbook I use. I like it because it has real ACT tests from the past, so my students feel confident walking into the test for real. But if you're looking to learn good strategies, this is not the resource for you. I would go with Princeton Review's smaller book, I forget the exact title, but it outlines ten survival tips for acing the ACT. That ...             Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media: A Synthesis from the Good Play Project The MIT Press, 2009 Social networking, blogging, vlogging, gaming, instant messaging, downloading music and other content, uploading and sharing their own creative work: these activities made possible by the new digital media are rich with opportunities and risks for young people. This report, part of the GoodPlay Project, undertaken by researchers at Harvard Graduate School of Education's Project Zero, investigates the ethical fault lines of such digital pursuits. ...             The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education80 reviews Diane Ravitch Basic Books, 2010 We Need to be Very Worried We're in trouble...big trouble...that starts with T, which rhymes with D, and that stands for Diane. Diane Ravitch has done it again. Painted a picture of a very bleak future for American education if our communities, parents, teachers, and credentialed education leaders don't wrest control of our schools back from the pseudo-government bodies, foundations, and entrepreneurs whose plans to ...             The PowerScore LSAT Logic Games Bible143 reviews David M. Killoran PowerScore Publishing, 2008 Don't Waste Your Money on Other Prep Courses! This is the first time I've ever taken the time to write a review for a product, but I couldn't not say something about the quality of the PowerScore books. Let me say, I started preparing for the February 2010 LSAT in December 2009, and I did so by taking a $1300 Kaplan prep course. I scored a 148 on my diagnostic, and my scores with Kaplan never rose above a 153. I often felt as though their ...             Barron's GRE83 reviews Sharon Weiner Green, Ira K. Wolf Ph.D. Barron's Educational Series, 2009 Great!! This is a great book for practicing the GRE. I was impressed by the verbal section and although the Maths section was a bit confusing, I got hold of it in the end. Great purchase!             The Civic Potential of Video Games, ... The MIT Press, 2009 This report focuses on the civic aspects of video game play among youth. According to a 2006 survey, 58 percent of young people aged 15 to 25 were civically "disengaged," meaning that they participated in fewer than two types of either electoral activities (defined as voting, campaigning, etc.) or civic activities (for example, volunteering). Kahne and his coauthors are interested in what role video games may or may not play in this ...             GRE: Practicing to Take the General Test 10th Edition (Practicing to Take the Gre General Test)115 reviews Educational Testing Service Ets/Educational Testing Service, 2002 Great reference for GRE I took the GRE twice within two months. November 2009 and again in Dec 2009. Princeton Review was right on my score difference. My 2nd test scores wasn't as good. This book is an easy read with some humor in it. The writers do a good job building your confidence. The best advice that I found in the book is the importance of scoring really well in the first 1/3 of the test! That is crucial as ...             Essential Words for the GRE30 reviews Barron's Educational Series, 2007 Good Haven't really studied with the book but it looks like helpful to learn some advanced vocabulary. And I thought it would be a regular size book but it's smaller like a paper back novel so even better to carry in my bag. Thanks             New Digital Media and Learning as an Emerging Area and "Worked Examples" as One Way Forward The MIT Press, 2010 In this report, noted scholar James Paul Gee discusses the evolution of digital media and learning (DMAL) from its infancy as an "academic area" into a more organized field or coherent discipline. Distinguishing among academic areas, fields, disciplinary specializations, and thematic disciplines, Gee describes other academic areas that have fallen into these categories or developed into established disciplines. He argues that DMAL will not ...             The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review, 2nd Edition43 reviews LASTGraduate Management Admissions Council Wiley, 2009 Good, but would recommend the complete (English + Math) review This is a good book with complete sets of exercises, but it would be better to buy the one with Math exercises (the purple one). Even if you don't intend to do Math exercises, it is good to read and understand the test techniques.             Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons558 reviews Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, ... Fireside, 1986 My girls can read and I'm a non-native English speaker... any questions? I've started teaching my older daughter how to read in the months before she entered Kindergarten using this book. When we were in lesson 70-something, school started and we had stopped using this book and chose to focus on the phonics lessons provided by our virtual charter school instead. With her foundation, she breezed through most of the exercies till she got to the very end of the school ...             Kaplan GRE Exam Math Workbook44 reviews Kaplan Kaplan Publishing, 2008 Kaplan/Princeton Review combination Requiring additional prep in mathematics, I followed the advice of previous users of The Princeton Review's, 'Cracking the GRE, 2010' in combination with Kaplan's 'GRE Exam Math Workbook, Seventh Edition'. 'Cracking the GRE, 2010' was a great comprehensive prep, covering not only the effective techniques to utilize when taking the exam but a great (re)primer for the quantitative section. After ...             Barron's GRE with CD-ROM15 reviews Sharon Weiner Green, Ira K. Wolf Ph.D. Barron's Educational Series, 2009 Great Book Read cover to cover. Then re-read and do all the exercises. Tests are true to original. I took the exam few weeks ago. Could not have done it without the book. Review of knowledge and tactics are the best.             Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century The MIT Press, 2009 Many teens today who use the Internet are actively involved in participatory cultures?joining online communities (Facebook, message boards, game clans), producing creative work in new forms (digital sampling, modding, fan videomaking, fan fiction), working in teams to complete tasks and develop new knowledge (as in Wikipedia), and shaping the flow of media (as in blogging or podcasting). A growing body of scholarship suggests potential benefits ...             The Official Guide for GMAT Quantitative Review, 2nd Edition38 reviews LASTGraduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) Wiley, 2009 A HUGE help I ordered this for some extra help on the quantitative review. The free GMAT test prep software is good to see where you are and get some practice with the timing, but the software's math review is not that great. This guide gives you plenty of practice problems, and answer explanations so you can see where you made your mistakes. It helped me improve my Quantitative score significantly.              search for books american, challenges, confronting, cracking, digital, education, effective, emerging, essential, examples, findings, forward, general, graduate, include, institutions, learning, lessons, official, participatory, potential, powerscore, practicing, preparation, quantitative, synthesis, teacher, testing, undermining, workbook books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: The No-Dairy Breast Cancer Prevention Program: How One Scientist's ... home  impressum - about us