News tagged with textbook
Amazon's Kindle to get audible menus, bigger font
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Dec 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. will add two features to the Kindle e-book reader to make the gadget more accessible to blind and vision-impaired users.
School textbooks have political purpose, finds study
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The simple school textbook is used by states to mould loyal citizens, according to a new study.
Iranian scholars share Avicenna's medieval medical wisdom
Oct 30, 2009 |
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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 ...
'Mechanics of Materials' Textbook Published Online, Available for Free
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There are at least two good reasons to check out Madhukar Vable’s undergraduate textbook 'Mechanics of Materials.'
Are digital textbooks the money-saving wave of the future?
Aug 19, 2009 |
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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 ...
Historical movies help students learn, but separating fact from fiction can be challenge
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Aug 05, 2009 |
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(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 ...
California schoolbooks going digital
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Jun 09, 2009 |
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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.
Amazon seeks more paths for sales with new Kindle
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May 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. hopes a bigger version of its Kindle electronic reading device can be a hit, even if it's more expensive, and the company is aiming it in part at college students who are eager to ...
Amazon's larger Kindle for textbooks, periodicals
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May 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. will release a larger - and more expensive - version of its Kindle electronic reading device that is geared toward periodicals and textbooks.
Science setback for Texas schools
Mar 31, 2009 |
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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.
Texas board hears testimony on science standards
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(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.
