• Fresh, out-of-the-box instruction style that is fun, wacky & effective • Focuses on single skill sets • Develops solid number sense • Challenge problems throughout Master the fundamentals of percents, grow in mathematical thinking skills, gain proficiency with number sense, and understand how and why math works the way it does. MathWise Percents will help teach and explain basic, as well as progressively advanced, percents skills. The fun, comic-style format appeals to a wide range of students. Speech bubbles are used throughout to give hints and explanations while students are solving math problems. Beginning with percent models, MathWise Percents teaches basic percent values, 10% and 1% decimal slides, converting percents to decimals and fractions, percents in terms of other percents, using 10% as a reference, and calculating rate of change. The book incorporates common, practical uses of percents: restaurant tips, discounts, and tax. Advanced percent topics include finding the percent and the whole, and solving for percents, using both the algebraic and proportion methods. A series of Concept Quizzes tests students' knowledge of key ideas and procedures regarding percents. This book, with its emphasis on various ways of manipulating numbers, is especially helpful for building number sense. This series of books is designed to be unique and to catch kids' attention in special ways: Tips and Tricks Students have found tips and tricks to be not only helpful and memorable, but also interesting and motivating. Speech Bubbles with Teacher Insights Speech bubbles are used to provide guidance, point out insights, or give helpful hints as students are solving math problems. Students learn best by doing, and the instruction given in the speech bubbles is designed to (1) sharpen students' powers of observation, (2) increase number sense, and (3) instruct in digestible chunks. Simplicity of Instruction Concepts are explained clearly and simply. Every page (excluding review pages or quizzes) has a specific focus. Most pages have generous amounts of white space to keep students focused. Movement is from the simple to the increasingly complex. Step-By-Step Procedures Students learn best when given explicit, step-by-step instruction. When several steps are involved, they are numbered. This makes learning much more logical and memorable. Depth and Complexity Throughout the book there are challenge problems to stretch students' thinking. At your discretion, you can guide students through the more challenging problems (recommended) or, alternatively, you can have them skip these harder problems. Logical-Sequential Instruction Math problems are presented in a logical sequence, so that previous problems contribute to students' abilities to solve future problems. The order in which math problems are presented plays an important role in promoting number sense. Answer Key, available separately, is expected to be ready by Nov of 2014.
• Fresh, out-of-the-box instruction style that is fun, wacky & effective • Focuses on single skill sets • Develops solid number sense • Challenge problems throughout Master the fundamentals of fractions, grow in mathematical thinking skills, gain proficiency with number sense, and understand how and why math works the way it does. MathWise Fractions, Books 1 and 2 will help teach and explain basic, as well as progressively advanced, fraction skills. The fun, comic-style format appeals to a wide range of students. Speech bubbles are used throughout to give hints and explanations while students are solving math problems. Fractions, Book 1 teaches fractions as two-step problems (dividing by the bottom number and multiplying by the top number). Fraction circles, rulers, and counting exercises help students to progress in their understanding of number sense. This first volume includes material on equivalent fractions, fraction multiplication, converting mixed numbers to improper fractions (and vice versa), and simplifying fractions. Concept quizzes are given throughout the book to test students' knowledge of the procedures involved in working with fractions. This series of books is designed to be unique and to catch kids' attention in special ways: Tips and Tricks Students find tips and tricks not only helpful and memorable, but also interesting and motivating. Speech Bubbles with Teacher Insights Speech bubbles are used to provide guidance, point out insights, or give helpful hints as students are solving math problems. Students learn best by doing, and the instruction given in the speech bubbles is designed to (1) sharpen students' powers of observation, (2) increase number sense, and (3) instruct in digestible chunks. Simplicity of Instruction Concepts are explained clearly and simply. Every page (excluding review pages or quizzes) has a specific focus. Most pages have generous amounts of white space to keep students focused. Movement is from the simple to the increasingly complex. Step-By-Step Procedures Students learn best when given explicit, step-by-step instruction. When several steps are involved, they are numbered. This makes learning much more logical and memorable. Depth and Complexity Throughout the book there are challenge problems to stretch students' thinking. At your discretion, you can guide students through the more challenging problems (recommended) or, alternatively, you can have them skip these harder problems. Logical-Sequential Instruction Math problems are presented in a logical sequence, so that previous problems contribute to students' abilities to solve future problems. The order in which math problems are presented plays an important role in promoting number sense. Answer Key, available separately, is expected to be ready by Nov of 2014.
Skill Set Instruction, Practice and Enrichment * Fresh, out-of-the-box instruction style that is fun, wacky & effective * Focuses on single skill sets * Develops solid number sense * Challenge problems throughout Master the fundamentals of fractions, grow in mathematical thinking skills, gain proficiency with number sense, and understand how and why math works the way it does. MathWise Decimals will help teach and explain basic, as well as progressively advanced, decimals skills. The fun, comic-style format appeals to a wide range of students. Speech bubbles are used throughout to give hints and explanations while students are solving math problems. MathWise Decimals teaches place value, decimal models, decimal-fraction-percent conversions, expanded notation, decimal ordering, and decimal addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The author employs an innovative and visual approach to place value, the "Rainbow Chart," which he has used successfully in the classroom for many years. The study of fractions, decimals, and percents form the backbone of math instruction before algebra. Students who have used the MathWise materials for all three topics have shown significant growth in number sense and a deeper-level understanding of math in general. This series of books is designed to be unique and to catch kids' attention in special ways: Tips and Tricks Students have found tips and tricks to be not only helpful and memorable, but also interesting and motivating. Speech Bubbles with Teacher Insights Speech bubbles are used to provide guidance, point out insights, or give helpful hints as students are solving math problems. Students learn best by doing, and the instruction given in the speech bubbles is designed to (1) sharpen students' powers of observation, (2) increase number sense, and (3) instruct in digestible chunks. Simplicity of Instruction Concepts are explained clearly and simply. Every page (excluding review pages or quizzes) has a specific focus. Most pages have generous amounts of white space to keep students focused. Movement is from the simple to the increasingly complex. Step-By-Step Procedures Students learn well when given explicit, step-by-step instruction. When several steps are involved, they are numbered. This makes learning much more logical and memorable. Depth and Complexity Throughout the book there are challenge problems to stretch students' thinking. Logical-Sequential Instruction Math problems are presented in a logical sequence, so that previous problems contribute to students' abilities to solve future problems. The order in which math problems are presented plays an important role in promoting number sense. Answer Key is available separately.
* Fresh, out-of-the-box instruction style that is fun, wacky & effective-on both sides of the number line! * Develops solid number sense * Challenge problems throughout * Great for Summer Bridge Master the fundamentals of integers, grow in mathematical thinking skills, gain proficiency with number sense, and understand how and why math works the way it does. MathWise Integers will help teach and explain basic, as well as progressively advanced, integer concepts. The fun, comic-style format appeals to a wide range of students. Speech bubbles are used throughout to give hints and explanations while students are solving math problems. This book teaches integer addition/subtraction through the Same Sign Rule and the Opposite Sign Rule, but also through visual manipulatives: traditional horizontal number lines, elevator-style number lines, and counters. The rules, visual manipulatives, and the problems themselves are designed to strengthen mathematical reasoning. Additional concepts include: substitution with integers, negative one as a sign switcher, integer multiplication/division, fact families with integers, basic inequalities, multiplication with negative fractions, negative numbers with exponents, and absolute value. Concept Quizzes are used throughout to test/review students' conceptual knowledge of integers. This series of books is designed to be unique and to catch kids' attention in special ways: Tips and Tricks Students find that tips and tricks are not only helpful and memorable, but also interesting and motivating. Speech Bubbles with Teacher Insights Speech bubbles are used to provide guidance, point out insights, or give helpful hints as students are solving math problems. Students learn best by doing, and the instruction given in the speech bubbles is designed to (1) sharpen students' powers of observation, (2) increase number sense, and (3) instruct in digestible chunks. Simplicity of Instruction Concepts are explained clearly and simply. Every page (excluding review pages or quizzes) has a specific focus. Most pages have generous amounts of white space to keep students focused. Movement is from the simple to the increasingly complex. Step-By-Step Procedures Students learn best when given explicit, step-by-step instruction. When several steps are involved, they are numbered. This makes learning much more logical and memorable. Depth and Complexity Throughout the book there are challenge problems to stretch students' thinking. At your discretion, you can guide students through the more challenging problems (recommended) or, alternatively, you can have them skip these harder problems. Logical-Sequential Instruction Math problems are presented in a logical sequence, so that previous problems contribute to students' abilities to solve future problems. The order in which math problems are presented plays an important role in promoting number sense.
*GOLD AWARD WINNER* -- Nonfiction Author's Association ★★★★★ “ 'Wise Millennial' is enrapturing, edifying and transporting.” -- Reader’s Favorite ★★★★ “An engaging and articulate self-help book, Wise Millennial combines personal storytelling and guidance and will resonate with its target generation” -- Clarion Review “Lively, appealing, and instructive; perfectly targeted to the millennial demographic.” -- Kirkus Review Who the hell is Peter Darrow? Health and wellness entrepreneur Peter Darrow thought he had life all figured out. A native of the posh and privileged Upper East Side, the young millennial lived large--attending elite schools, throwing lavish birthday parties, and spending summers in the Hamptons. Then one day his seemingly perfect, polished life came crashing down. Over the course of three hellacious years, his father died, he inherited and burned through a shit-ton of money, his girlfriend dumped him, and his first ever business floundered. One morning he found himself looking in the mirror thinking, Whose life am I living anyway? After thousands of hours of therapy, introspection, and meditation, Peter exchanged entitlement for humility and his parents' worldview for one authentically his own. His tragic crash course in the meaning of life revealed that true wealth and happiness are not found in affluence and privilege but within oneself and within healthy relationships with others. This is his story . . . In this book, you will learn: - What it was like for Peter to grow up in Manhattan's Upper East Side - How to overcome heartbreak when dealing with the loss of a parent, a failed relationship, or an unsuccessful business endeavor - About the grueling stresses of the restaurant industry, and an inside perspective on what it's like to be an owner - The unique world of online dating and how to cultivate more meaningful relationships - How millennials can break free from their parents' outdated values and their self-obsessed egos so they can discover their personal truths and live fulfilling, authentic lives ... and many other fascinating insights from a young, entitled, and privileged human being who now sees the world differently through loss, disappointment, and failure. "A powerful set of ruminations that are likely to hit many millennials of privilege where they live...and help start them on journeys that are likely to be both interesting and useful. Wise Millennial gives readers lots to think about." -- Len Schlesinger, President Emeritus-Babson College, Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School "Millennials are given a bad rap--lazy, entitled, generally bad at life. But my generation is so much stronger and wiser than you might think, and Wise Millennial proves that! Peter gives an inside take that's alternatively hilarious, poignant, and inspiring for millennials and the people who love them." -- Nicole Lapin, New York Times bestselling author of Rich Bitch and Boss Bitch "The millennial generation is reminiscent of the baby boom generation: it is already wielding enormous influence over every facet of American culture, society, politics, and economics--and yet, it is poorly if at all understood by the generations that preceded it. In Wise Millennial, Peter N. Darrow offers insights based on hard-won personal experience and assiduous academic study that make the thoughts, dreams, wants, and desires of the millennial generation understandable at long last."-- Harry Hurt III, award-winning journalist and author of Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump
This key contains answers for MathWise Fractions, Book 1, MathWise Fractions, Book 2, and MathWise Decimals. This book is useful for checking answers and for further clarification, if needed.
This method to make people wise and treat muddled thinking, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), abuse survivor, alcoholism, nicotine addiction, drug addiction, video game addition, divorce trauma, and other consciousness disorders such as autism, bipolar, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and Parkinson's disease (PD) is developed by Dr. Peter. He has provided the first proof that electromagnetic theory of human consciousness is correct and can be used to help people gain wisdom and treat all consciousness disorders.The method is revealed here in order to help more people since there is no similar successful method available in medicine, psychology, or philosophy. Normal people can be wiser and abnormal people can be rehabilitated using this method.This is a useful book for youth and their parents, veterans, abuse survivors, people in drug rehab program, divorced people, Alzheimer's disease patients, Parkinson's disease patients, and ordinary people who want to be wiser!
In over thirty years of practice, Robert A. M. Stern has developed a distinctive architecture committed to the synthesis of tradition and innovation and, above all, to the creation and enhancement of a meaningful sense of place. This monograph, covering the years 1999–2002, is the fourth in a series on Stern's work. The volume includes more than one hundred projects, including houses and apartments, buildings for cultural institutions and universities, office and commercial structures, government facilities, and designs for products, including fabric and tableware. From the Trade Paperback edition.
This thesis examines Brigadier General Henry A. Wise’s involvement in the Western Virginia Campaign of 1861. This Confederate defeat resulted in the Federal occupation of a large, strategically important section of the Confederacy in the first year of the Civil War. The author presents the reasons for this capitulation and, against the backdrop of Wise’s political career, evaluates the General’s performance as a military commander. This paper discusses the personal conflict which ensued between Henry Wise and John B. Floyd in the Kanawha Valley as a reason for the Confederate failure in western Virginia. The author presents the results of this capitulation to demonstrate how Wise, a popular ex-Governor of Virginia, significantly affected the course of the Civil War.
Death in Famagusta Two Austrian majors are found murdered in 'The Buffer Zone', just outside an area controlled by the Turks on the island of Cyprus. An Australian chief inspector and a Canadian major in charge of the military police with the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces are assigned to investigate. They set out on a journey which will change their lives forever. Who is the person who wears a gold sovereign ring depicting St George fighting the dragon? Mt. Mee Murders 'Page turning stuff! Barbed wire I now learn has many uses.' Sometimes the facts are more frightening than fiction. Kimberley Killers Peter Sage and his beautiful assistant, Bella Paise, set out on a journey in the great state of Western Australia. This is a thriller which has something for everyone: Mystery; Shock; Suspense; Sex; Romance; Recipes and Excitement.
Good and smart decisions should be distinguished from wise decision-making — especially in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) where algorithms are increasingly used to automate business processes or to augment the accuracy and speed of decisions. This book argues why specific forms of intelligence as well as consciousness and enhanced conscience are crucial to make wise decisions — with consciousness to be clearly distinguished from intelligence. It also addresses why machine learning and smart computers (AI) are plausibly able to make 'smart' (and thus to a certain extent 'intelligent') decisions but definitely unable to help us to become wiser. In essence, optimizing a desired output in a business context will require a balanced approach with cognitive awareness and ethical reflection — synthesizing intuitive and algorithmic thinking — encompassing short-term profit and longer-term envisioning, and aiming to optimize created and captured value for shareholders while taking the concerns of those who have a real stake in the organization seriously. If business is about creating and sharing value in a future that is both 'digital' and 'relational', then innovative technologies like AI will play an increasingly important role. Consequently, mindful executives and their responsible boards therefore need to acknowledge the limitations of AI in business — especially when the uncertain future is estimated to be rather volatile or ambiguous than stable.
This unique patient information service for general practitioners and hospital staff is a systematic, comprehensive collection of descriptive, single-sheet summaries of over 300 common disorders, medical investigations and surgical procedures. Patient Wise allows health care providers to reinforce verbal consultations with patients by providing background information printed directly from a PC or photocopied from the manual.
A workbook to accompany the acclaimed series on teaching writing, from the author of The Well-Trained Mind. In Writing with Ease, Susan Wise Bauer lays out an alternative plan for teaching writing, one that combines the best elements of old-fashioned writing instruction with innovative new educational methods. The Complete Writer workbooks (each sold separately) complement this plan with lessons, student worksheets, and teacher instructions for every day of writing instruction. Each covers one year of study. Used along with Writing with Ease, The Complete Writer, Level One (first in a four-volume set) complete the elementary-grade writing curriculum.
This illuminating study enables the reader to better understand the vocation and message of an extraordinary prophet. The message Ezekiel delivered to the people of Babylon centered on the holiness of God. Even though he foretold doom and judgement, the prophet held out the promise of hope, based on the continuing mercy and forgiveness of God. Carrying forward brilliantly the pattern established by Barclay's New Testament series, the Daily Study Bible has been extended to cover the entire Old Testament as well. Invaluable for individual devotional study, for group discussion, and for classroom use, the Daily Study Bible provides a useful, reliable, and eminently readable way to discover what the Scriptures were saying then and what God is saying today.
Peter Sage and his beautiful assistant, Bella Paise, set out on a journey in the great state of Western Australia. This is a thriller which has something for everyone: Mystery; Shock; Suspense; Sex; Romance; Recipes and Excitement.
Two Austrian majors are found murdered in 'The Buffer Zone', just outside an area controlled by the Turks on the island of Cyprus. Their bodies have horrific injuries. Investigations at the crime scene indicate they were dragged along a deserted bitumen road by a vehicle in the area of Famagusta. An Australian chief inspector and a Canadian major in charge of the military police with the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces are assigned to investigate. They set out on a journey. Their lives will change forever. One will be shot and will survive while the other will die in the search for the truth. 'Honour killing' will raise its head as events unfold. Who is the person who wears a gold sovereign ring depicting St George fighting the dragon?
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