News tagged with textbooks
'Mechanics of Materials' Textbook Published Online, Available for Free
(PhysOrg.com) -- There are at least two good reasons to check out Madhukar Vable’s undergraduate textbook 'Mechanics of Materials.'
Sep 16, 2009 |
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California schoolbooks going digital
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced plans to phase out school textbooks in favor of digital learning aids as the state looks to plug its massive budget hole.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Science setback for Texas schools
After three all-day meetings and a blizzard of amendments and counter-amendments, the Texas Board of Education cast its final vote Friday on state science standards. The results weren't pretty.
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Amazon's Kindle DX: Not the answer
I am holding in my hands a device that some think could be the salvation of the beleaguered newspaper industry. It's the Amazon Kindle DX, a large-screen version of Amazon's popular e-reader that's specifically ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Iranian scholars share Avicenna's medieval medical wisdom
For pulmonary ailments, certain mediaeval physicians had a useful medical textbook on hand offering detailed information remarkably similar to those a modern doctor might use today. One of the fathers of medicine, the great ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Apple starts selling interactive iPad textbooks (Update)
Apple Inc. on Thursday launched its attempt to make the iPad a replacement for a satchel full of textbooks by starting to sell electronic versions of a handful of standard high-school books.
Jan 19, 2012 |
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School textbooks have political purpose, finds study
(PhysOrg.com) -- The simple school textbook is used by states to mould loyal citizens, according to a new study.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Many US schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks
(AP) -- For incoming freshmen at western Connecticut's suburban Brookfield High School, hefting a backpack weighed down with textbooks is about to give way to tapping out notes and flipping electronic pages ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 04, 2011 |
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Kno textbook reader to ship this year
Kno Inc., a California company making a digital textbook reader for students, announced on Tuesday it would begin shipping the tablet computer by the end of the year.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Historical movies help students learn, but separating fact from fiction can be challenge
(PhysOrg.com) -- Students who learn history by watching historically based blockbuster movies may be doomed to repeat the historical mistakes portrayed within them, suggests a new study from Washington University ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 05, 2009 |
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College e-textbooks go to class in iPhones
US and Canadian college students can pack textbooks into their pockets instead of spine-bending backpacks courtesy of an iPhone application released by CourseSmart.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Texas board hears testimony on science standards
(AP) -- Tensions over the teaching of evolution are simmering as the State Board of Education begins the final stretch in the process of adopting new classroom science curriculum standards.
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Are digital textbooks the money-saving wave of the future?
An old adage states, "As California goes, so goes the nation." If that's true, then advocates of textbook reform -- and college students bearing the brunt of spiraling textbook prices -- have to be excited by California ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Japan to pilot digital textbooks in classrooms
Japan will soon start trialling electronic textbooks in primary schools, enhancing the role of IT in the classroom for a generation of "digital natives" born in the wired age.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 24, 2010 |
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Science materials in Texas get prelim. approval
(AP) -- An expected fight over teaching evolution in Texas classrooms fizzled Thursday when the state's Board of Education gave preliminary approval to supplemental science materials for the coming school ...
Jul 22, 2011 |
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