Teacher Training Books

I've been responsible for shifting the primary facilitation style from didactic instruction (classic lecture with some practice) to PBL (problem-based learning) in two large companies (both over 20K employees). Most of the resources available cover PBL in the context of a K-12 or Higher Education setting, rather than a corporate environment. While Maggi's book is still based in her Higher Education experience, this book transcends that context and contains information and strategies directly applicable to a corporate environment.

Even experienced facilitators have a problem grasping the philosophy of PBL, and are therefore prevented from achieving it in their classrooms. This is the first book I've come across to thoroughly distinguish Problem-Based Learning from Project-Based Learning, which is often mistaken for true PBL. The book then moves on to help guide trainers through the transformation from lecturer to facilitator. There are even some sections on performing assessments within a PBL curriculum and conducting virtual PBL sessions - both provide some very interesting ideas (I'll let you know how they work!).

Bottom line -- if you're responsible for designing PBL courses or curricula, facilitating PBL sessions, or even changing your school's or company's approach from lecture to PBL, buy this book.

I have to agree with the first review; I would not recommend this book. It has been years since I've been in a math class so I needed more detailed explanations of the concepts as well as more practice tests.

This guide worked well for me - it even had the exact essay question that was on my test. Although being fresh out of graduate school may have helped me on the exam overall, the mathematics section seemed to cover all of the areas I needed to review for the exam.

For the price and content covered, and after reviewing other PRAXIS I study guides, I would recommend this one.

Unlike the other reviewers, I found this guide to be extremely helpful. Compared to others I have read, this is my favorite. I found it was very thorough in the areas that it covers and the questions that were on the practice tests were just like what was on the actual test. I learned things from this study guide that I had forgotten since middle school & high school. I passed the Praxis 1 with flying colors the first time I attempted. I know that I would not have done so well if I had not studied with this study guide! I will be using the same line of study guides to prepare for the Praxis 2.

i never write reviews, but i was so annoyed studying with this book that i just had to. there is very little explanation for wrong answers in the practice section, less than 10 practice problems in the subject reviews, and i found several mistakes in the questions/answers. don't buy this book!