serotonin in platelets or other organs. Giarman and Schanberg (Biochem. Pharmacol. 1:301, 1959) showed that iproniazid does indeed hinder reserpine-induced release of serotonin from storage granules in rat's brain. Recently, the same has been found to be true about release of catecholamines from rabbit's atria. These objections and criticisms are raised here only to present one of the apparent ...

In situations where there is a shortage of trained teachers, language teaching is very closely tied to the textbook. This does not mean, of course, that the method demonstrated in the textbook is always faithfully reflected in the method as practised by the teacher. It is ironical that those teachers who rely most heavily on the textbook are the ones least qualified to interpret its intentions ...

Content Analysis of Seventh Grade’s Science Textbook in terms of Problem Solving Stages M. Sami’ee Zafarghandi, Ph.D. F. Khojasteh The national curriculum in science is not geared solely toward the development of scientific skills and transfer of knowledge products. Accordingly the learning of scientific methods is among the main objectives of science education. To...

D π a π b π c π d α β γ κ ξ ψ This pdf omits Chapters 1-6 which are contained in the current, 1/1/2014, version of the textbook. The chapters in this draft are not organized in the same way as the current version of the textbook. I have added comments to the table of contents to indicate which chapters in this pdf correspond to chapters in the current textbook. Omitted Omitted Omitted Omitted O...

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...

Purpose – This paper investigates the potential electronic textbooks (e-textbooks) have to augment the learning and education of children. Design/methodology/approach – The study consisted of a total of 60 pupils, split into five groups of 12 participants (six boys and six girls). Each of the five groups were in turn split into two sub-groups of six (three boys, three girls): one sub-group used...