Derek Bruff , “Teaching with Classroom Response Systems: Creating Active Learning Environments”
Jossey-Bass | 2009 | ISBN: 0470288930 | 240 pages | PDF | 1,4 MB
There is a need in the higher education arena for a book that responds to the need for using technology in a classroom of tech-savvy students. This book is filled with illustrative examples of questions and teaching activities that use classroom response systems from a variety of disciplines (with a discipline index). The book also incorporates results from research on the effectiveness of the technology for teaching. Written for instructional designers and re-designers as well as faculty across disciplines. Read the rest of this entry
Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics
Addison Wesley | English | April 2, 2007 | ISBN: 080532187X | 1632 pages | HQ PDF | 275.3 MB
Refining the most widely adopted and enduring physics text available, University Physics with Modern Physics, Twelfth Edition continues an unmatched history of innovation and careful execution that was established by the best selling Eleventh Edition. Assimilating the best ideas from education research, this new edition provides enhanced problem-solving instruction, pioneering visual and conceptual pedagogy, the first systematically enhanced problems, and the most pedagogically proven and widely used homework and tutorial system available. Mechanics, Waves/Acoustics, Thermodynamics, Electromagnetism, Optics, Modern Physics. For all readers interested in university physics. Read the rest of this entry
The world treasury of science fiction By David Hartwell, Clifton Fadiman
Publisher: Little Brown & Co 1989 | 1104 Pages | ISBN: 0316349410 | PDF | 67 MB
SF historian and editor Hartwell, who in little more than a year has produced massive anthologies of horror ( The Dark Descent ) and fantasy ( Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment ), now performs a similar service for SF readers with this chest-denting, 1100-page volume. He has brought together 53 selections, virtually every one of high quality, fully a third from Europe, Asia or Latin America. Among the best stories in this first-rate collection are J. G. Ballard’s “Chronopolis,” about a future in which time pieces are outlawed; Robert Sheckley’s “Ghost V,” set on a paradise planet haunted by monsters from the subconscious, a story that expertly mixes suspense and humor; Philip K. Dick’s chilling future war scenario, “Second Variety”; Larry Niven’s tale of night of apocalyptic change, “Inconstant Moon”; and “Vintage Season,” about decadent time tourists who travel to historical tragedies to enjoy them as theater, by Henry Kuttner and his wife, C. L. Moore. There are also fine tales by Gene Wolfe, Arthur C. Clarke, Stanislaw Lem, Fritz Leiber, C. M. Kornbluth, Ursula LeGuin, Robert Heinlein, Italo Calvino, Thomas Disch and John Updike. The editor has contributed a scholarly, engaging introduction to each story.
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Robotics Ebook Collection | 2,3 GB | +150 ebooks | PDF | CHM|Filefactory-Rapidshare-Hotfile
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Amazing Ben Franklin Inventions You Can Build Yourself By Carmella Van Vleet
Publisher: Nomad Press 2007 | 128 Pages | ISBN: 0979226880 | PDF | 11 MB
Exploring everything from his groundbreaking scientific discoveries and his many useful inventions to his successful career as a writer and printer, this interactive guide reveals the life and times of one of the most famous Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin. Fun activities and compelling biographical information offer young readers a unique portrait of one of America’s most revered and original statesmen. Detailed step-by-step instructions for more than two dozen hands-on projects combine with fascinating facts and trivia to give kids a comprehensive look at the man who not only gave us the lightning rod, bifocals, and the post office, but was also instrumental in securing America’s independence from England. Encompassing Franklin’s life from childhood to death—and detailing his relationships with historical figures such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson—this handbook provides an insightful look into colonial America, while teaching kids how to create their own thermometer, letterpress, or Liberty Bell.
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