Myquestion is which wording, exercise book or composition book, would be preferable if I generally prefer US wording, but I need to describe both US composition books and British (and European) exercise books?
Any book with blank lined paper (or grid paper) is called a notebook. In the US, we do have notebooks with paper covers like those "exercise books", but I'm not familiar with the term "exercise book" so I would probably assume that you were referring to a book filled with exercises for a student to complete (i.e., a workbook). The term "composition book" is known, but it would seem oddly specific to use it instead of just "notebook".
They would be most commonly be simply stapled in the middle, like a magazine, but the type of binding doesn't really dictate the name. Generally they're all exercise books, for doing exercises [work] in.
I'm studying Brannan's Geometry and Lang's Introduction to Linear Algebra and I was wondering if there are some exercise books (that is, books with solved problems and exercises) that I can use as companions.
In fact it's also a great book teaching many aspects of linear algebra and a great book in teaching how to solve problems. The first part contains more than 160 problems, the last part contains detailed solutions. A nice idea is a small chapter in between about 15 pages long, which contains hints for each of the problems.
The best exercise book for Quantum Mechanics would depend on individual preferences and learning styles. Some popular options include "A Guide to Quantum Mechanics" by David Griffiths, "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics" by David J. Griffiths and Darrell F. Schroeter, and "Quantum Mechanics: Concepts and Applications" by Nouredine Zettili. It is recommended to read reviews and preview the content before choosing a book.
Yes, there are exercise books that are specifically designed for beginners in Quantum Mechanics. Some recommended options include "Quantum Mechanics for Beginners" by John Robert Taylor and "Quantum Mechanics: A Paradigms Approach" by David H. McIntyre.
Most exercise books for Quantum Mechanics will indicate the level of difficulty on the cover or in the description. It is important to assess your understanding of the subject and choose a book that aligns with your level of knowledge. Additionally, it is recommended to read reviews and preview the content before making a purchase.
Yes, there are some free exercise books available for Quantum Mechanics. These can be found online through websites such as OpenStax and MIT OpenCourseWare. However, these may not have the same level of detail and organization as paid exercise books, so it is important to thoroughly assess the content before using them for studying.
No, exercise books should not be used as a standalone resource for learning Quantum Mechanics. They should be used in conjunction with textbooks, lectures, and other educational materials. Exercise books provide practice problems and challenges to reinforce the concepts learned from other sources.
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Where I went to school, I think these books were used in Grades one though three, both in the classroom and for homework, and that they were handed to the teacher for corrections. Grade four saw the introduction of loose leaf paper, which Hilroy was also happy to supply.
I saw a twitter thread recently in which a teacher shared their exercise books, they taught a different subject to me but I was struck by how similar our books looked which to me reinforces the point that good teaching is good teaching often regardless of the subject.
I have written previously about how we interweave our GCSE curriculum to make clear the Biblical narrative and the links between the topics. Whilst this has clear merits the students will have to sit three different exams and so our students have three different coloured books for each of the 3 papers. These books are also A4+ and we use treasury tags. The money we save on buying glue can fund colour photocopying which helps the students produce books they can feel proud of. They also have a standard A4 yellow exercise book which is used for homework, which is a weekly exam question. They have a separate homework book because we often set homework on a different topic to the one they are currently studying in class. It also means that at the end of the course they will have a few homework books packed with completed exam questions and exemplars.
Our students use the ABCD structure that I have written a previous blog post about, they have a copy of this in each exercise book. You will often see students write the relevant bit of the ABCD structure at the top of their answers.
If an exercise book is going to be a revision guide it needs to be organised. We help our students with this by providing them with title pages rather than getting them to make them. The title pages have a summary of the unit and the key terms and definitions that they need for each unit which could form the basis of their part A questions. ( We study the Eduqas spec)
All of our students have PLCs which are live working documents that are not just a dusty checklist. As we move through the course we will carefully complete the PLCS together and I ask the students to reflect on the feedback they have had on that topic. They know that if a number of them flag up a topic that I will re-teach it or set a question on that topic as a homework task. If one or two students identify a gap they will be challenged to fill that gap themselves, either with a revision card or exam practice. We also tweet daily exam questions as exam practice and again the PLCS will guide me in choosing which questions to pick.
I say to the students that when revising, their PLCS will let them know which topics are a priority, which should come first and which need the most time. In this way our PLCs are a prompt for revision and for my teaching.
My students do an exam question at home most weeks, before they start to write their exam question they have to choose a target that I have given them from a similar question. I will deliberately set the same type of question two weeks running for homework so it is easy to carry their feedback forward.
Before starting writing their answers the students will record the target at the top of the page to focus their mind. Before handing in their work they will also highlight on the page where they have met their skills target. To illustrate this student is working on choosing counter arguments carefully.
Often when our students complete an exam question at home they will be given an exemplar answer to the same question which helps them visualise where they are going well and what they need to work on.
1) Time spent marking a book is time spent invested in that one student or class, I could spend that time planning lessons which would have a wider more long lasting impact. This has been a key consideration over the past few years when I have been rewriting a new curriculum for almost every year group.
3) There is a retention crisis within teaching and that is often linked with workload. Writing individual comments in books takes a long time and even if I am happy to do this many of my colleagues are not and so we have a duty towards each other and to education generally to find different ways of working. If I am sat at my dining table writing long comments in books every week that does create pressure on others to do the same.
This does take time, I would say that getting students to respond to whole class feedback can take about 20- 30 minutes a week but we are an option subject and so have five hours a fortnight. This approach also means that I can constantly adapt my teaching to the strengths and weaknesses I see in their books which to me is the essence of good teaching, rather than just ploughing through a scheme of work regardless of what the students can or cannot do. The new OFSTED framework supports this approach.
We use multi choice quizzes across the key stages because whilst they are time consuming to make they are super quick to mark. I have to admit that I am now in my third month of making these and I am still yet to make one that does not have an error in it! In fact my students see it as a personal challenge to be the first to find the error.
Each lesson starts with a retrieval quiz which tends to follow the pattern of a few things from the previous lesson, a few things from the previous month and a few questions that link with a previous topic. As with our curriculum these are interweaved, asking students to make links with topics that link with the current one rather than randomly selected questions. I am looking at converting these to sheets they fill in so that the answers make sense when the students go back and look at them for revision purposes. However there is something to be said for making up a quiz at the start of the lesson in response to the misconceptions and gaps you have seen in their work.
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