A helpful guide for understanding the mathematical concepts and real-world applications of measurements, including classroom tips, common terms such as volume, and exercises to encourage hands-on practice.
A helpful guide for understanding the mathematical concepts and real-world applications of graphs and diagrams, including classroom tips, common terms such as variables, and exercises to encourage hands-on practice.
A helpful guide for understanding the mathematical concepts and real-world applications of geometry, including classroom tips, common terms such as segments, and exercises to encourage hands-on practice.
A helpful guide for understanding the mathematical concepts and real-world applications of arithmetic, including classroom tips, common terms such as quotients, and exercises to encourage hands-on practice.
A helpful guide for understanding the mathematical concepts and real-world applications of probability and statistics, including classroom tips, common terms such as outliers, and exercises to encourage hands-on practice.
If you struggle to turn sticks into figures, then perhaps it is time to seek out a Trained Professional Artist! Illustrator Elwood H. Smith consults his expert funny bone as he leads budding artists through a tutorial on how to draw tricycle- riding pigs, silly-grinning cars, and jousting ketchup bottles. Emphasizing that subjects can be based on everyday materials and that artists have unique styles, this is a workbook that will encourage readers to experiment with their own types of visual expression.
A simple overview of adverbs--the words that describe actions--including their uses in sentences, their degrees of comparison, and how to spot different and irregular forms.
An examination of the rules behind English grammar, focusing on the components known as phrases, clauses, and conjunctions, which are groups of words that comprise and connect all parts of a sentence.
An examination of the rules behind English grammar, focusing on the components known as sentences and punctuation, whose various forms and types provide the fundamental structures of writing.
An examination of the rules behind English grammar, focusing on the components known as nouns and pronouns, which name the people, places, and things that serve as the subjects and objects of sentences.
An examination of the rules behind English grammar, focusing on the components known as adjectives and prepositions, which modify and help describe the relationships between words in sentences.
An examination of the rules behind English grammar, focusing on the most common mistakes made by writers--including dangling participles, run-on sentences, and misused words--and how to fix them.
An examination of the rules behind English grammar, focusing on the components known as verbs and adverbs, which name and describe the action or state of being necessary to compose sentences.
A narrative guide to conducting research with print and subscription sources, complete with an overview of methodologies, tips for locating reference works and periodicals, and helpful resources.
A narrative guide to conducting research at the library, complete with an overview of methodologies, tips for finding materials in databases and on the shelves, and helpful resources.
A narrative guide to conducting research on the Internet, complete with an overview of methodologies, tips for generating search words and evaluating sites, and helpful resources.
A narrative guide to conducting primary research, complete with an overview of methodologies, tips for collecting and applying qualitative and quantitative data, and helpful resources.
A simple overview of verbs--the words that tell what subjects do--including their uses in sentences, their tenses and person, and how to match them with singular and plural nouns.
A simple overview of nouns--the words that name things--including their uses in sentences, their common and proper types, and how to spot singular and plural forms.
A simple overview of adjectives--the words that describe nouns--including their uses in sentences, their common and proper types, and how to spot articles and different forms.
