We conducted studies to determine whether introducing an interactive textbook into introductory STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) courses can improve student grades. An interactive textbook has substantially less text than a traditional textbook, instead having numerous embedded question sets designed for learning and not quizzing, numerous animations of key concepts, and some built...

We introduce a long-term competition-oriented project, using learning by doing (applets). The output of this project is updated every year at http://www.netgraphics.sk/. Many undergraduate students at the University of Warwick and the Comenius University compete in developing the e-Textbook, called Computer Graphics Virtual Textbook. The current version offers supplementary material for particu...

During the early '70's, Carver Mead began a pioneering series of courses in integrated circuit design at Caltech, presenting the basics of industry MOS design practice at the time. Observing some of the students' successes in later doing projects using these basics, Mead sensed that it might be possible to create new, much simpler methods of IC design than those then used in industry. In the mi...

Based on the theory of multiple intelligences, combined with homework design scheme a module in junior high school English textbook foreign research edition, this paper expounds application project-based teaching. It can cultivate students' speech language intelligence, logical mathematical visual spatial interpersonal intelligence and self-awareness intelligence.

In countries where textbooks are considered as the main source of teaching/learning process, textbook evaluation seems to be inevitable and necessary. The current study aimed at evaluating the new English textbook entitled “Vision 1”, developed for the Iranian first grade high school students. To achieve this goal, two groups of participants took part in the study. They consisted of 30 teachers...

Applying technologies has recently caused language education to undertake influential modifications. Hence, this study tried to investigate the impact of using technology in form of multimedia on improving grammar knowledge of Iranian high school students and also examined their attitudes toward multimedia-based mode of instruction. To do so, three intact classes of lower intermediate students ...

Writing a good textbook is akin to writing a useful software package. Both are highly creative endeavors that require a combination of sharp technical skills and artful design. In recent years, the software community has developed the open-source approach to software construction, in which improved results are obtained by sharing the talents of multiple developers. We propose to extend these id...

The purpose of this study was to assess student’s understanding variable concept. In respect thechanges math curriculum in Iran, especially way that introduced the new textbook,it is necessary students’ involving these approaches. Thepresent followed an explanatory sequential mixed method design. subjects studywere 7th, 8th and 9th grade students living different area Tehran city. Data collecte...