Author: Publisher: Dennis Adonis
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Mastering Information Technology for CXC CSEC CAPE
Author: CXC Information Technology
Author: Kelvin SkeetePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521601061
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Mastering English for CXC
Author: Clive BorelyPublisher: Nelson Thornes
ISBN: 9780175664580
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
This textbook provides a full two-year course for students in the fourth and fifth years of Caribbean secondary schools. The book revises and develops all the language skills that students need to help them achieve the best result in their examinations. The text features: a wide range of stimulating passages; writing from all genres; exercises and activites to challenge and motivate all abilities; attention to developing competence in all the language skills; and particular focus on improved accuracy in comprehension and writing.
Metacognition: Fundaments, Applications, and Trends
Author: Alejandro Peña-AyalaPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319110624
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
This book is devoted to the Metacognition arena. It highlights works that show relevant analysis, reviews, theoretical, and methodological proposals, as well as studies, approaches, applications, and tools that shape current state, define trends and inspire future research. As a result of the revision process fourteen manuscripts were accepted and organized into five parts as follows: · Conceptual: contains conceptual works oriented to: (1) review models of strategy instruction and tailor a hybrid strategy; (2) unveil second-order judgments and define a method to assess metacognitive judgments; (3) introduces a conceptual model to describe the metacognitive activity as an autopoietic system. · Framework: offers three works concerned with: (4) stimulate metacognitive skills and self-regulatory functions; (5) evaluate metacognitive skills and self-regulated learning at problem solving; (6) deal with executive management metacognition and strategic knowledge metacognition. · Studies: reports research related to: (7) uncover how metacognitive awareness of listening strategies bias listening proficiency; (8) unveil how metacognitive skills and motivation are achieved in science informal learning; (9) tackle stress at learning by means of coping strategies. · Approaches: focus on the following targets: (10) social metacognition to support collaborative problem solving; (11) metacognitive skills to be stimulated in computer supported collaborative learning; (12) metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive experiences are essential for teaching practices. · Tools: promotes the use of intelligent tutoring systems such as: (13) BioWorld allows learners to practice medical diagnostic by providing virtual patient cases; (14) MetaHistoReasoning provides examples to learners and inquiries about the causes of historical events. This volume will be a source of interest for researchers, practitioners, professors, and postgraduate students aimed at updating their knowledge and finding targets for future work in the metacognition arena.
National Bibliography of Barbados
Author: CSEC Information Technology
Author: Kelvin SkeetePublisher:
ISBN: 9780521697002
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Written by a highly experienced IT lecturer and consultant, this full-colour book covers the syllabus for CSEC Information Technology – Technical Proficiency. In addition to covering Information Technology theory (including programming), it teaches students essential practical skills using Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access. This new edition of the popular CXC Information Technology book contains: Updates for Microsoft Office XP and 2003. A fifth section, showing how to integrate word processing, spreadsheet and database documents. A CD containing the files used in the Exercises. Solutions for CXC programming questions from 2001 to 2006. Exercises at the end of each chapter allowing students to practise the newly learned concepts and assess their knowledge.
Handbook of Research on E-Learning Applications for Career and Technical Education: Technologies for Vocational Training
Author: Wang, Victor X.Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1605667404
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 956
Book Description
Provides an authoritative reference collection on leading international insights into the integration of technology tools and applications with adult and vocational instruction.
Handbook of Research on Education and Technology in a Changing Society
Author: Wang, Victor C. X.Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1466660473
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1471
Book Description
Technology has become an integral part of our everyday lives. This trend in ubiquitous technology has also found its way into the learning process at every level of education. The Handbook of Research on Education and Technology in a Changing Society offers an in-depth description of concepts related to different areas, issues, and trends within education and technological integration in modern society. This handbook includes definitions and terms, as well as explanations of concepts and processes regarding the integration of technology into education. Addressing all pertinent issues and concerns in education and technology in our changing society with a wide breadth of discussion, this handbook is an essential collection for educators, academicians, students, researchers, and librarians.
School and Work in the Eastern Caribbean
Author: Andreas BlomPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821374591
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
This book reviews current education and skills training options in the Eastern Caribbean and asks whether the prevailing education policies adequately prepare youth for the global economy. It provides in-depth analysis and relevant international cutting-edge practices to guide policymakers, educators and private sector leaders in fostering a creative, productive and well-paid workforce. Specifically, it makes the case for why the OECS education and training systems need to be more responsive to changing labor market demands in the region, and discusses how this could be achieved, taking into c.
Education in the Commonwealth Caribbean and Netherlands Antilles
Author: Emel ThomasPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1623564301
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Education in the Commonwealth Caribbean and Netherlands Antilles provides a contemporary survey of education development and key educational issues in the region. The chapters cover: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, the Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Saint Eustatius and Saint Maarteen), Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The book includes discussions of the impact of local, regional and global occurrences, including social, political and geographical events, on education systems and schooling in the region. As a whole, the book provides a comprehensive reference resource for contemporary education policies in the Caribbean, and explores some of the problems these countries face during the process of development. It is an essential reference for researchers, scholars, international agencies and policy-makers at all levels.