Goodheart-Willcox—News and Announcements

News and Announcements

Friday, February 26, 2010
New from G-W! - Video Game Design Foundations
Video Game Design Foundations provides students with a complete understanding of the technological and creative aspects of video game design in an easy-to-follow format. This “turnkey” curriculum is the complete guide to immersion in the field, from beginning each game build project through completion, integration, and marketing. Simulated design teams will have the opportunity to learn all aspects of team building, including the creative, business, and technological components required to launch a new video game system.

Students will participate in a simulation of a real video game design team, seeing each project from origination to fruition. This provides an invaluable lesson in team building that can be applied to any other aspect of the technology and engineering industries in real-life future careers. View E-Mail Blast

Friday, February 19, 2010
New from GW! - Teaching
Educators throughout have been looking for a quality textbook that helps prepare students for a career in education. Goodheart-Willcox is pleased to present its exciting new textbook, Teaching.

Teaching helps the teachers of tomorrow explore the world of education, and discover what makes a teacher effective. This new text explores the theories of human development and the various developmental stages of children through their teen years. Your students will learn about the history of education in the United States and how schools impact society. They will learn about all types of learners – how they change physically, intellectually, emotionally, and socially – and how that impacts the way they are taught. They will also learn how to design an instructional plan, choose teaching strategies, and create an effective learning environment for their future students.

Teaching brings together all the elements required to take the first step toward a career in education, and combines them in a hardcover, full-color text. The complete teaching package available this April includes a workbook and an Instructor's CD to complement the text. The Instructor's CD contains bulletin board ideas, student learning experiences, transparency and reproducible masters, chapter tests, and answer keys. Help your students take a first step toward their career in teaching. Request your preview copy today.

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Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Adventures in Food and Nutrition Safety Notice
Important notice regarding this text update. View E-Mail Blast

Friday, January 29, 2010
Now Available! - Auto Engine Performance and Driveability
The new 2010 edition of Auto Engine Performance and Driveability is designed to help you diagnose and repair the complex engine and computer control systems on modern automobiles. The text provides information on the operation, service, and repair of the various systems that affect engine performance and driveability, including the computer system, emission control system, fuel system, and ignition system. Troubleshooting today's vehicles requires complex test procedures, knowledge of service information, and elaborate test equipment. In addition, fuel economy and exhaust emissions must be closely controlled to meet federal and state guidelines. This comprehensive textbook emphasizes the use of strategy-based troubleshooting procedures and the latest diagnostic equipment to pinpoint problems.

Auto Engine Performance and Driveability correlates to the A8 Engine Performance section of the NATEF Task List, and contains ASE-type review questions in all chapters. The text is heavily illustrated to reinforce important topics. The appendix includes OBD II diagnostic trouble codes and a guide to using scan tools. The textbook includes NATEF Standards Job Sheets on CD, with more than 200 pages of A8-related job sheets.

Auto Engine Performance and Driveability is the key to jump-starting any student's automotive education. View E-Mail Blast

Thursday, January 28, 2010
New from G-W! - Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
The new 2011 edition of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing provides complete coverage of GD&T, from understanding the symbols on existing drawings to calculating and applying tolerances for proper size and location of features. The ASME Y14.5–2009 standard is strictly followed in this two-color, highly illustrated text. The use of a second color enhances learning by separating the symbols and text of the drawing from the callouts and labels in the figure.

GD&T concepts are introduced in a methodical manner to help ensure a full understanding of basic concepts before building knowledge of more advanced applications. The text includes Chapter Tests, Print Reading Exercises, and a comprehensive Final Exam to reinforce learning. Drafting Problems are provided to apply drawing skills and convey information using GD&T symbology.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Now Available! - Foundations of Personal Finance
The greatly anticipated Foundations of Personal Finance is now available from Goodheart-Willcox!

Teaching personal finance just got easier with the release of Foundations of Personal Finance. Business and economics teachers will appreciate the depth of coverage, including chapters that address the Jump$tart National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education. Teachers new to personal finance will appreciate the text’s user-friendly format and the inclusion of valuable resources. Students will like the easy-to-understand text, color photos and charts, anecdotal case studies, and use of interactive online tools.

Foundations of Personal Finance discusses current events, the expanded economic role of the U.S. government, and the growing impact of globalization on U.S. businesses and workers. Students are introduced to fundamental economic concepts so they can better understand an increasingly complex world. They learn how to identify and manage resources to achieve their own economic goals. A chapter covers each personal finance area: taxes, credit, insurance, savings, investments, and financial institutions. Students also learn how to make wise decisions about items that affect many household budgets: food, clothing, transportation, housing, technology, and health. Foundations of Personal Finance challenges students to plan their futures—with education, job training, and careers—and help make environmental resources available for future generations. Each chapter contains colorful photos and charts, compelling case studies, career profiles, and related content from other academic areas. View E-Mail Blast

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