1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996396149803316

Autore

Baxter Richard <1615-1691.>

Titolo

Directions and perswasions to a sound conversion [[electronic resource] ] : for prevention of that deceit and damnation of souls, and of those scandals, heresies, and desperate apostasies that are the consequents of a counterfeit, or superficial change / / by Richard Baxter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by A.M. for Nevil Simmons, bookseller in Kederminster, and are to be sold by him there, and by N. Ekins ..., 1658

Descrizione fisica

[17], 534 p

Soggetti

Conversion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Errata: p. [16].

Reproduction of original in Yale University Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0198



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786341703321

Autore

Parsons Les

Titolo

Back to learning : how research-based classroom instruction can make the impossible possible / / Les Parsons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Markham, Ontario : , : Pembroke Publishers Limited, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-55138-842-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (97 p.)

Disciplina

373.236

Soggetti

Middle schools

Literacy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Doing what's possible -- Solving the bullying puzzle -- Literacy in the digital universe -- Tackling what's impossible.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779025703321

Autore

Newton Douglas P.

Titolo

Teaching for understanding : what it is and how to do it / / Douglas P Newton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-64791-0

1-283-46248-6

9786613462480

1-136-64792-9

0-203-80541-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

371.102

Soggetti

Effective teaching

Learning

Teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-170) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Teaching for Understanding What it is and how to do it; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Chapter 1 Quality counts;  why a concern for understanding?;  a thumbnail sketch of some underlying ideas;  the structure of the book; Chapter 2 Understanding: a worthwhile goal;  what does understanding offer?;  understanding as a common educational goal;  a worthwhile goal but a secondary concern; Chapter 3 The nature of understanding;  mental connections and structures;  different kinds of understanding;  understandings in various subjects

some other differences in understandings providing support for understanding; Chapter 4 Making connections;  constructing a mental representation;  working memory;  the undermind;  constraints on constructing understandings;  reconstructed knowledge; Chapter 5 Mental engagement;  a teaching orientation;  mental engagement;  explanation;  questioning;  forced prediction;  game-like activities;  reducing processing load;  supporting mental processes;  supporting particular kinds of understanding;  practice and theory; Chapter 6



Something to think with;  representations

graphic organizers analogies;  the effect of analogies;  kinds of analogy;  analogy and understanding;  bridging analogies;  using analogies to change perspectives;  limitations of support from analogies;  preparing to offer an analogy; Chapter 7 Surrogate teachers;  the surrogate teacher analogy;  text as teacher;  supporting understanding with text;  text and teaching;  supporting understanding with information and communication technology (ICT);  ICT and teaching; Chapter 8 Failing to understand;  failure to understand;  origins of misconceptions

theories about dealing with misconceptions strategies for dealing with misconceptions;  failing to be creative;  emotions matter too; Chapter 9 The total learning environment;  more than one hurdle;  the total mental environment;  learning behaviours;  providing an environment conducive to productive thought;  distance education and e-learning environments to foster understanding; Chapter 10 Knowing what counts;  conceptions of learning;  children's conceptions of understanding;  older learners' conceptions of understanding

teachers' conceptions of understanding and creative thought conceptions of learning are learned; Chapter 11 Motivated to understand;  motivation to learn;  accounts of learning motivation;  values;  expectancy;  emotions;  implications for supporting understanding; Chapter 12 The self-regulation of learning;  the self-regulation of learning;  examples of self-regulatory strategies;  the practice of conscious self-regulation;  the development of metacognition;  learning to learn;  self-regulation and motivation; Chapter 13 Evaluating understanding;  an inescapable condition

some mechanics of assessment

Sommario/riassunto

Why does understanding really matter?Why do some learners fail to understand?At a time when league tables can be everything, examination grades matter.  Perhaps more than many would admit, the cost is a lack of understanding.The new edition of Teaching for Understanding provides practical advice about how to support understanding in both children and adults. It is for all teachers and lecturers, experienced or otherwise, who want learners to do more than simply memorize and regurgitate information.  It describes what understand



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910703454403321

Titolo

Motorcycle helmet use in ... : overall results

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Traffic safety facts. Research note

Disciplina

363.12

Soggetti

Motorcycle helmets - United States

Motorcycle helmets

Periodicals.

Statistics.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

"DOT HS."



5.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910808012703321

Autore

Rinner Susanne

Titolo

The German student movement and the literary imagination : transnational memories of protest and dissent / / Susanne Rinner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013

ISBN

0-85745-755-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Collana

Protest, Culture & Society ; ; 9

Protest, culture and society ; ; v. 9

Disciplina

83/.91409

83.91409

Soggetti

German fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Student movements in literature

Opposition (Political science) in literature

Social conflict in literature

Memory in literature

Literature and transnationalism

Social change in literature

Literature and society - Germany - History - 20th century

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-170) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction. Trans/national memories of 1968 -- Remember? 1968 in German fiction -- Forget it? 1968 in East Germany -- Transatlantic encounters between Germany and the United States as intercultural exchange and generational conflict -- Transnational memories: 1968 and Turkish-German authors -- Conclusion. Continued taboos, confirmed canons.

Sommario/riassunto

Through a close reading of novels by Ulrike Kolb, Irmtraud Morgner, Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Bernhard Schlink, Peter Schneider, and Uwe Timm, this book traces the cultural memory of the 1960s student movement in German fiction, revealing layers of remembering and forgetting that go beyond conventional boundaries of time and space. These novels engage this contestation by constructing a palimpsest of



memories that reshape readers' understanding of the 1960s with respect to the end of the Cold War, the legacy of the Third Reich, and the Holocaust. Topographically, these novels refute assertions tha