IAE Kindle Books
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- "The second most important job in the world, second only to being a good parent, is being a good teacher." (S.G. Ellis)
Introduction
The goal of Information Age Education is to help improve informal and formal education throughout the world. Since its beginning, IAE has distributed materials via the Web and email. Now, a new component of the distribution system is being added. IAE is using Amazon.com to distribute Kindle editions of various books related to IAE's overall goal.
Books distributed in the Kindle format are, of course, readable on a Kindle. However, they are also readable on computers (Windows and Mac operating systems), on the iPad, iPhone/iPod Touch, Android phone, and BlackBerry.
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Currently IAE Books Available for the Kindle
Each of the following books is available from the Amazon Kindle Site.
Here are brief descriptions of three books that are currently available. More will be added in the future.
Math Games and Word Problems
Moursund, David and Albrecht, Robert (2011). Using Math Games and Word Problems to Increase the Math Maturity of K-8 Students. Price: $3.99.
- This 222 page book was created for preservice and inservice teachers with the goal of improving the informal and formal math education of preK-8 students. The authors emphasize using simple, inexpensive games to provide students with learning environments that help to increase their levels of math maturity.
- The book is a mixture of theory and practice. It contains a careful analysis of a small number of games and links to a large number of games and related resources.
- The book has a strong emphasis on students learning to develop and test strategies. This is in marked contrast with a common approach to learning about strategies in which students are expected to memorize (and, accept without question) strategies to solve or help solve a variety of problems.
- Click here to learn more about the book and to read some of its content.
STEM for Children
Moursund, David (2011). Expanding the Science and Technology Learning Experiences of Children. Price $1.00.
- This 136 page book is for all adults who are interested in working with children to help improve the science and technology education of children. It contains a very large number of examples and links to other materials. Some activities can be used independently by children, and some are best used via a child and adult working together.
- The book is especially aimed at three audiences:
- Parents who take their children to a Science and Technology Museum and/or who want to recreate part of such an experience with their children at home. Parents doing home schooling fall into this category. The book is designed to help parents and other caregivers learn more about the science and technology their children can be learning.
- Teachers who take their students to a Science and Technology Museum and/or who want to make use of the Web as a "virtual Science and Technology Museum" for their students.
- Preservice teachers who want to learn about Web-based Science and Technology resources that will be useful to them when they do field placements in schools and later become teachers.
Problem Solving
Moursund, David (2011). Introduction to Problem Solving in the Information Age. Price $2.99.
- This 104-page book is published by Information Age Education, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving education at all levels and throughout the world.
- In this book, the term problem solving includes posing and solving problems, posing and accomplishing tasks, posing and answering questions, and posing and making decisions. Problem solving is an integral component of every academic discipline.
- The Information Age officially began in the United States in 1956 when the number of "white collar" workers first exceeded the number of "blue collar" workers.
- The primary audience of this book is preservice and inservice teachers, and others who help students to learn. The goal of this book is to help K-12 students get better at problem solving in the various disciplines they study.
- We get better at problem solving through informal and formal education, and through reflective practice. We also get better at problem solving through learning to make effective use of tools. In some sense, a tool incorporates the problem-solving insights of the inventors and developers of the tool. When you learn to make effective use of a tool, you are building upon the knowledge and skills inherent to the tool.
- This is true whether the tool is designed to aid your physical capabilities or your mental capabilities. A bicycle, motorbike, and a piece of factory machinery are aids to one's physical capabilities. Reading, writing, and computes are aids to one's mental capabilities.
- This book explores how Information and Communication Technology (including calculators and computers) aid both your physical capabilities and your mental capabilities. By learning to make effective use of ICT tools, you can improve your problem-solving capabilities.
- The book contains an appendix on Brain Science. Some readers may want to read this first. Knowledge of brain science (cognitive neuroscience) is of steadily growing importance in teaching and earning.
- The book ends with an extensive set of references and a fairly detailed Index. In the preparation of this new edition (the 4th edition) of this book, all of the links in the References have been checked.
Math Maturity Course
Moursund, David (2011). Increasing the Math Maturity of K-8 Students and Their Teachers. Price $.99.
- This 70-page document is detailed syllabus for a 10-week (three quarter hours or two semester hours) graduate course developed by David Moursund. The course was offered as a College of Education distance education course through the University of Oregon Continuation Center in Spring Term, 2010.
- This detailed syllabus and a variety of materials available free on the Web constituted all of the required reading for the course. The links have been checked and work correctly as of 5/21/ 2011.
- The course is designed for inservice elementary school teachers with an interest in improving their knowledge and skills in teaching math. The materials are suitable for self-instruction.
- The goal in this course is to help you get better at helping your students get a better math (or, math and science) education. Thus, much of the content and a number of the assignments have the flavor of translating theory into practice. The course will give you increased insight into a number of research-based (theory-based) ideas. The course is successful to the extent that you incorporate such ideas into your teaching in a manner that leads to your students getting a better education.
- This document also contains the Preface and Chapter 2 of the book:
- Moursund, David and Albrecht, Robert (2011). Using Math Games and Word Problems to Increase the Math Maturity of K-8 Students.
- The Moursund & Albrecht book’s content is related to the course but is not required reading for the course.
- The author of this course (David Moursund) is a retired professor from the University of Oregon. Learn more about David Moursund at http://iae-pedia.org/David_Moursund.
Computers and Problem Solving Workshop for Educators
Moursund, David (1984, 1988, 2004, 2011). Computers and Problem Solving: A Workshop for Educators. Price $1.00.
The following description is from the Preface of the 58 page book.
- Over the past few years I have presented a large number of Leadership Development Workshops for educators involved with instructional uses of computers. Many of these workshops contain a major component on roles of computers in problem solving.
- Gradually the problem-solving component of these workshops has taken on a life of its own and has grown into a self-contained workshop. Typically this workshop is a half-day or a full day in length, although it expands or contracts to fit the particular amount of time available. The materials are easily expanded to a much longer workshop, since problem solving is a relatively large and complex field.
- Problem solving is an important aspect of every academic discipline, and computers are useful aids in solving a wide variety of problems. Thus, my problem solving workshops are designed for mixed audiences. They typically include a mixture of elementary and secondary schoolteachers and administrators, as well as computer coordinators and college faculty. Moreover, the computer backgrounds and interests of workshop participants vary widely.
- One conclusion I have reached is that workshop participants need to have in hand and carry away a written document that captures the essence of the content and process of the workshop. The document needs to be relatively easy and fun to read. It needs to contain some new ideas and to reinforce ideas covered in the workshop. It needs to suggest applications of the workshop content and to encourage participants to use some of these applications. In a nutshell, that describes the purpose of this booklet.
- For me, a workshop is a delightful environment for interacting with educators, trying out new ideas, and working to improve our educational system. A workshop is a balance between content and process. It involves substantial interaction among the participants and with the workshop facilitator.
Kindle Books by Robert Albrecht
Robert Albrecht is co-author of one of the books listed above. Click here for additional Kindle format books by Robert Albrecht.
Author
This page was developed by David Moursund.
