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Dreamers, Joyce Montanez
Dreamers, Joyce Montanez
Diverse Families Bookshelf Lesson Plans and Activities
The student will understand that everyone is different and unique no matter where they come from. ● The student will be able to understand the impact of building vocabulary and understanding by reading. ● The student will be able to understand what the word “immigrant” means. ● The student will be able to understand the difference between “emigrate” and “immigrate”. ● The student will be able to answer key details from the book “Dreamers” by Yuyi Morales. ● The student will be able to identify the elements of the story. ● The student will be able to analyze what the …
Is Price Why Students Don't Get Their Books? Undergraduate Acquisition Of Class Materials, Joseph Todd Patton
Is Price Why Students Don't Get Their Books? Undergraduate Acquisition Of Class Materials, Joseph Todd Patton
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
A study of the acquisition of assigned textbooks and materials was conducted among 1,333 active undergraduates, exploring the widely reported phenomenon of two-thirds of students not getting all the books and materials assigned to them in their college classes. Current research focuses on high textbook & materials prices as the reason why students do not get assigned materials, and government policies are focused on bringing down these prices. This study’s major focus was investigating whether it is true that high prices explain why undergraduates do not get their assigned class materials. The findings suggest that price is not the reason …